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Definition 2024


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Translingual

Traditional
Shinjitai
Simplified

Han character

(radical 149 +17, 24 strokes, cangjie input 卜口卜口女 (YRYRV), four-corner 00632, composition)

References

  • KangXi: page 1187, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36139
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1651, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4032, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+8B93

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*naːŋ
*naːŋ, *sraŋ, *hnjaŋs, *njaŋʔ
*naːŋʔ
*naːŋʔ, *naːŋs
*naːŋs
*naŋ, *njaŋ
*naŋ, *njaŋ
*naŋ, *njaŋ
*naŋs
*snaŋ, *snaŋ
*snaŋ
*snaŋ
*snaŋ
*snaŋ
*snaŋ, *njaŋs
*hnjaŋ, *hnjaŋʔ, *hnjaŋs
*njaŋ, *njaŋʔ, *njaŋs
*njaŋ
*njaŋ, *njaŋʔ
*njaŋ, *njaŋʔ
*njaŋ
*njaŋ
*njaŋ
*njaŋ
*njaŋ, *rnaːŋ
*njaŋ
*njaŋʔ
*njaŋʔ
*njaŋs
*njaŋs
*rnoːŋʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *njaŋs) : semantic  + phonetic  (OC *snaŋ).

Pronunciation



  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /ʐɑŋ⁵¹/
Harbin /ʐaŋ⁵³/
Tianjin /iɑŋ⁵³/
/ʐɑŋ⁵³/
Jinan /ʐaŋ²¹/
Qingdao /iaŋ⁴²/
Zhengzhou /ʐaŋ³¹²/
Xi'an /ʐaŋ⁴⁴/
Xining /ʐɔ̃²¹³/
Yinchuan /ʐɑŋ¹³/
Lanzhou /ʐɑ̃¹³/
Ürümqi /ʐɑŋ²¹³/
Wuhan /naŋ³⁵/
Chengdu /zaŋ¹³/
Guiyang /zaŋ²¹³/
Kunming /ʐã̠¹/
Nanjing /ʐaŋ⁴⁴/
Hefei /ʐɑ̃⁵³/
Jin Taiyuan /zɒ̃⁴⁵/
Pingyao /ʐɑŋ³⁵/
Hohhot /ʐɑ̃⁵⁵/
Wu Shanghai /ȵiã²³/
Suzhou /ȵiã³¹/
Hangzhou /zɑŋ¹³/
Wenzhou /ȵi²²/
Hui Shexian /nia²²/
Tunxi /ȵiau¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /ʐan⁵⁵/
/ʐan¹¹/
Xiangtan /ian²¹/
Gan Nanchang /ȵiɔŋ²¹/
Hakka Meixian /ioŋ⁵³/
Taoyuan /ʒoŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese Guangzhou /jœŋ²²/
Nanning /jœŋ²²/
Hong Kong /jœŋ²²/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /liɔŋ²²/
/niu²²/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /nuɔŋ²⁴²/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /niɔŋ⁴⁴/
Shantou (Min Nan) /ziaŋ³⁵/
/niõ²¹³/
Haikou (Min Nan) /zaŋ³³/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (38)
Final () (105)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ȵɨɐŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ȵiɐŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȵʑiɑŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ȵɨaŋH/
Li
Rong
/ȵiaŋH/
Wang
Li
/ȵʑĭaŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ȵʑi̯aŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
ràng
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 13649
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*njaŋs/

Definitions

  1. to allow; to let; to permit
    媽媽 / 妈妈   Māma bù ràng wǒ qù.   Mum won't let me go.
  2. to yield; to concede
  3. by (passive signifier)
    行李淋濕 [MSC, trad.]
    行李淋湿 [MSC, simp.]
    Xíngli ràng yǔ gěi lìnshī le. [Pinyin]
    The luggage was soaked by rain.

Compounds


Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form )

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(yang) (hangeul )

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Vietnamese

Han character

(nhượng, nhường, nhằng, nhàng, lâm)

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