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Translingual
Han character
喃 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 口十月十 (RJBJ), four-corner 64027, composition ⿰口南)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 197, character 17
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3903
- Dae Jaweon: page 418, character 37
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 650, character 5
- Unihan data for U+5583
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 南
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*nuːm
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| 楠
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*nuːm
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| 腩
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*nuːmʔ
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| 湳
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*nuːmʔ
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| 揇
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*nuːmʔ
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| 萳
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*nuːmʔ
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| 罱
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*ruːmʔ
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| 喃
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*rnuːm
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| 諵
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*rnuːm, *rnuːms
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *rnuːm) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 南 (OC *nuːm).
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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喃
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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9362
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Phonetic
component
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南
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Rime
group
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侵
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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諵
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Old
Chinese
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/*rnuːm/
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| Notes
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同諵
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Definitions
喃
- (onomatopoeia) Used in 喃喃 (nánnán).
- (onomatopoeia) Used in 呢喃 (nínán).
Compounds
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Definitions
喃
- Only used in 噆喃.
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Definitions
喃
- (Southwestern Mandarin) Interrogative particle, equivalent to 呢 (ne) in Standard Chinese.
Etymology 4
From Vietnamese 喃 (Nôm), in turn from Chinese 南 (“south”).
Pronunciation
Definitions
喃
- (of or relating to) chữ Nôm
Compounds
Etymology 5
Pronunciation
Definitions
喃
- Used in transcription.
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
喃
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
喃 • (nam) (hangeul 남, revised nam, McCune–Reischauer nam)
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Vietnamese
Han character
喃: Hán Nôm readings: nam, nẩm, Nôm
- common speech
Compounds