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Translingual

Han character

(radical 64 +5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 手卜口 (QYR), four-corner 51060, composition)

  1. pick up with fingers
  2. draw lots

References

  • KangXi: page 424, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11945
  • Dae Jaweon: page 773, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1851, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+62C8

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*taːm
*ɦlaːm, *hljems, *hl'eːms
*ɦlaːm
*rteːm, *rdeːms, *teːm, *tʰjeb
*rteːms
*sreːm
*nem
*nem
*slem, *ʔl'ɯm
*tem
*tem, *teːms, *tʰeːm
*tems, *tʰem
*tʰem, *ɡrem, *tʰeːb
*ʔljem, *tjems
*tjemʔ
*tjems, *teːm
*hljem, *hljems
*hljem, *teːms
*njem
*lem
*teːm
*tiːm
*teːmʔ
*teːmʔ, *teːms
*tiːms
*tiːms, *tim
*tʰeːm
*deːmʔ
*neːm
*neːm
*ʔl'ɯm
*teːb
*teːb, *tʰeːb
*tʰeːb
*tʰeːb
*tʰeːb
*tʰeːb

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (8)
Final () (157)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/nem/
Pan
Wuyun
/nem/
Shao
Rongfen
/nɛm/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/nɛm/
Li
Rong
/nem/
Wang
Li
/niem/
Bernard
Karlgren
/niem/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
nián
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 16732
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*neːm/

Definitions

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Compounds

  • 信手拈來信手拈来
  • 吃醋拈酸
  • 弄柳拈花
  • 惹草拈花
  • 拈來拈来
  • 拈弄 (niānnòng)
  • 拈弓搭箭
  • 拈折
  • 拈掇
  • 拈相
  • 拈筆拈笔
  • 拈花弄月
  • 拈花微笑
  • 拈花惹草 (niānhuārěcǎo)
  • 拈花摘草
  • 拈花摘葉拈花摘叶
  • 拈輕怕重拈轻怕重
  • 拈酸吃醋
  • 拈針指拈针指
  • 拈頭拈头
  • 拈題分韻拈题分韵
  • 拈香
  • 拈鬮拈阄
  • 搭搭拈拈
  • 白拈賊白拈贼
  • 績麻拈苧绩麻拈苎

References


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(nyeom>yeom) (hangeul 념>, revised nyeom>yeom, McCune-Reischauer nyŏm>yŏm, Yale nyem>yem)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(chêm, niêm, chiêm, chớm)

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