仍

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

仍 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 人弓竹尸 (ONHS), four-corner 2722₇, composition ⿰亻乃)

Derived characters

• 𠯹, 𫰕, 𧥰, 芿, 𪽩, 𪝁, 㺱

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 92, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 361
• Dae Jaweon: page 194, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 110, character 3
• Unihan data for U+4ECD

Bailang

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/k-niŋ (“brain, heart, mind”). Compare Tibetan སྙིང (snying, “heart”), Old Chinese 仁 (OC *njin, “kernel”).

Noun

仍 (*niŋ)

1. heart

References

• Hill, Nathan W. (2017) “Songs of the Bailang: A New Transcription with Etymological Commentary”, in Bulletin de l'École française d'Extrême-Orient‎, volume 103, pages 386—429

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 仍
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Small seal script s05762 Transcribed ancient scripts L33480 L33481 L11443 L11444 L11445 L11446
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *njɯŋ) : semantic 亻 + phonetic 乃 (OC *nɯːʔ).

Etymology

“to be done repeatedly; as before”

A terminative derivation from 二 (OC *njis, “two”), literally “got to be done twice/again”. Alternatively, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-n(j)aŋ (“to follow; to repeat”).

Pronunciation

Definitions

仍

1. to follow; to do the same as
2. to continue; to be done repeatedly
3. frequently; repeatedly
4. the eighth generation; numerous (descendants)
5. still; yet

   • 如你所見，我們仍在工作。 [MSC, trad.]
     如你所见，我们仍在工作。 [MSC, simp.]

     Rú nǐ suǒjiàn, wǒmen réng zài gōngzuò.

     As you can see, we're still working.

   • 她的事仍有希望。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

     Tā de shì réng yǒu xīwàng.

     There is hope for her yet.

   • 有些問題仍未解決。 [MSC, trad.]
     有些问题仍未解决。 [MSC, simp.]

     Yǒu xiē wèntí réng wèijiějué.

     Some problems remain unsolved.

6. thus; as a result
7. a surname

Synonyms

• (to follow):

• (still):

Compounds

Descendants

Others:

• → Vietnamese: những

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: にょう (nyō)^{←ねう (neu, historical)}
• Kan-on: じょう (jō)^{←ぜう (zeu, historical)}
• Kun: よる (yoru); しきりに (shikirini); なお (nao)^{←なほ (nafo, historical)}
• Nanori: なお (nao)^{←なほ (nafo, historical)}

Korean

Hanja

仍 (eum 잉 (ing))

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Vietnamese

Han character

仍: Hán Nôm readings: nhưng, nhăng, nhang, những, dưng, dừng, nhẳng, nhùng

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References

• Nom Foundation