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喃

喃

喃 U+5583, 喃
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5583
← 喂
[U+5582] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 善 →
[U+5584]
See also: 諵, 娚, and 嫐

Translingual

Han character

喃 (radical 30 口+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 口十月十 (RJBJ), four-corner 64027, composition ⿰口南)

  1. keep talking, chattering
  2. mumble

References

  • KangXi: page 197, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3903
  • Dae Jaweon: page 418, character 37
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 650, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+5583

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 喃

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (南) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
南 *nuːm
楠 *nuːm
腩 *nuːmʔ
湳 *nuːmʔ
揇 *nuːmʔ
萳 *nuːmʔ
罱 *ruːmʔ
喃 *rnuːm
諵 *rnuːm, *rnuːms

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 喃
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 娘 (12)
Final (韻) 咸 (151)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 女咸切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɳˠɛm/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɳᵚæm/
Shao
Rongfen		 /nɐm/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɳəɨm/
Li
Rong		 /nɐm/
Wang
Li		 /nɐm/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /năm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 nán
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 喃
Reading # 1/1
No. 9362
Phonetic
component		 南
Rime
group		 侵
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 諵
Old
Chinese		 /*rnuːm/
Notes 同諵

Etymology 1

Definitions

喃

  1. Only used in 喃喃.
  2. Only used in 呢喃 (nínán).

Etymology 2

From Vietnamese 字喃 ‎(chữ Nôm).

Definitions

喃

  1. (of or relating to) chữ Nôm

Japanese

Kanji

喃

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

喃 • ‎(nam) (hangeul 남, revised nam, McCune-Reischauer nam)

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Vietnamese

Han character

喃 (nam, nôm)

  1. Common Speech.

Compounds

  • 字喃, 𡨸喃, 𡦂喃 (chữ nôm)

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