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U+504E, 偎
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-504E

[U+504D]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+504F]

Translingual

Han character

(radical 9 +9, 11 strokes, cangjie input 人田一女 (OWMV), four-corner 26232, composition)

  1. be close to, draw near
  2. comfort
  3. sit down

References

  • KangXi: page 110, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 843
  • Dae Jaweon: page 235, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 191, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+504E

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*quːl
*quːl
*quːl, *quːls
*quːl
*quːl
*quːl
*quːl
*quːl
*quːlʔ
*quːlʔ, *qulʔ
*quːlʔ
*quːlʔ, *qruːl
*quːlʔ
*qrols
*quls

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (34)
Final () (42)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔuʌi/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔuoi/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔuɒi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔwəj/
Li
Rong
/ʔuᴀi/
Wang
Li
/uɒi/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔuɑ̆i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
wēi
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 12923
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*quːl/

Definitions

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Compounds

  • 依偎 (yīwēi)
  • 倚玉偎香
  • 倚翠偎紅倚翠偎红
  • 偎乾就濕偎干就湿
  • 偎倚 (wēiyǐ)
  • 偎傍
  • 偎儂偎侬
  • 偎妻靠婦偎妻靠妇
  • 偎慵墮懶偎慵堕懒
  • 偎留
  • 偎紅倚翠偎红倚翠
  • 偎隨偎随
  • 偎風躲箭偎风躲箭
  • 偎香倚玉
  • 輕偎低傍轻偎低傍

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. cling to
  2. cuddle
  3. embrace
  4. fondle

Readings

  • On: わい (wai), (e)
  • Kun: ほのか (honoka), なじむ (najimu), したしむ (shitashimu), ちかよる (chikayoru)

Korean

Hanja

(a) (hangeul )

  1. come close
  2. approach
  3. embrace
  4. faint, vague