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溺
溺
See also: 尿
Translingual
Han character
溺 (radical 85 水+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 水弓一一 (ENMM), four-corner 37127)
References
- KangXi: page 641, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17990
- Dae Jaweon: page 1048, character 17
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1710, character 7
- Unihan data for U+6EBA
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
溺 | |
|---|---|---|
| alt. forms | 氼 | |
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (弱) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 嫋 | *neːwʔ |
| 弱 | *njewɢ |
| 溺 | *njewɢ, *neːwɢ |
| 蒻 | *njewɢ |
| 搦 | *rneːwɢ, *rnaːwɢ |
| 愵 | *neːwɢ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *njewɢ, *neːwɢ) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 弱 (OC *njewɢ) – water, urinate.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˋ
- Wade-Giles: nih4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nih
- IPA (key): /ni⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: nik6, nik1
- Yale: nihk, nīk
- Cantonese Pinyin: nik9, nik7
- IPA (key): /nɪk̚²/, /nɪk̚⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 溺 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ni⁵¹/ |
| Harbin | /ni⁵³/ | |
| Tianjin | /ni⁵³/ | |
| Jinan | /ȵi²¹/ | |
| Qingdao | /ni⁴²/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /ni³¹²/ | |
| Xi'an | /ni²¹/ | |
| Xining | /mji²¹³/ | |
| Yinchuan | /ni¹³/ | |
| Lanzhou | /ȵi¹³/ | |
| Ürümqi | /ȵi²¹³/ | |
| Wuhan | /ni²¹³/ | |
| Chengdu |
/ȵie³¹/ /ȵi³¹/ |
|
| Guiyang | /ni²¹/ | |
| Kunming | /ni³¹/ | |
| Nanjing | /liʔ⁵/ | |
| Hefei | /liəʔ⁵/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /niəʔ²/ |
| Pingyao | /ȵiʌʔ¹³/ | |
| Hohhot | /niəʔ⁴³/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ȵiɪʔ¹/ |
| Suzhou | /ȵiəʔ³/ | |
| Hangzhou | /ȵiəʔ²/ | |
| Wenzhou | /ȵai²¹³/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /ni²²/ |
| Tunxi | ||
| Xiang | Changsha | /ȵi²⁴/ |
| Xiangtan | /ȵi²⁴/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | |
| Hakka | Meixian | /nit̚¹/ |
| Taoyuan | ||
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /nek̚²/ |
| Nanning | /nek̚²²/ | |
| Hong Kong | /nek̚²/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) | /lik̚⁵/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /niʔ⁵/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /ni²⁴/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /nek̚⁵/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) | /niɔk̚⁵/ |
| Rime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 溺 | 溺 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 日 (38) | 泥 (8) |
| Final (韻) | 藥 (107) | 錫 (127) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | IV |
| Fanqie | 而灼切 | 奴歷切 |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ȵɨɐk̚/ | /nek̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ȵiɐk̚/ | /nek̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ȵʑiɑk̚/ | /nɛk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ȵɨak̚/ | /nɛjk̚/ |
| Li Rong |
/ȵiak̚/ | /nek̚/ |
| Wang Li |
/ȵʑĭak̚/ | /niek̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ȵʑi̯ak̚/ | /niek̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
ruò | nì |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 溺 | 溺 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
nì | niào |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ nek › | ‹ newH › |
| Old Chinese |
/*nˤewk/ | /*kə.nˤewk-s/ |
| English | to sink in water | urine |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | ||
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 溺 | 溺 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 10948 | 10952 |
| Phonetic component |
弱 | 弱 |
| Rime group |
藥 | 藥 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
若 | 惄 |
| Old Chinese |
/*njewɢ/ | /*neːwɢ/ |
Definitions
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