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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 32 +8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水心土 (EPG), composition)

  1. (archaic variant of ) mud, mire
  2. earth, clay
  3. plaster

References


Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*niːl, *niːls
*niːl
*niːlʔ
*niːlʔ
*niːls
*braːms, *niːl, *niːls
*nilʔ
*nilʔ
*nilʔ
*nil
*nil
*nil
*nil, *nilʔ
*nil
*nil
*nil
*rniːd
*niɡ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Initial () (8) (8) (3)
Final () (39) (39) (149)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () IV IV II
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/nei/ /neiH/ /bˠamH/
Pan
Wuyun
/nei/ /neiH/ /bᵚamH/
Shao
Rongfen
/nɛi/ /nɛiH/ /bamH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/nɛj/ /nɛjH/ /baɨmH/
Li
Rong
/nei/ /neiH/ /bamH/
Wang
Li
/niei/ /nieiH/ /bamH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/niei/ /nieiH/ /bʱamH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
bàn
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
No. 264 9423 9424
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*braːms/ /*niːl/ /*niːls/
Notes

References


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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