柰

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See also: 奈
柰 U+67F0, 柰
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-67F0
← 柯
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 柱 →

Translingual

Han character

柰 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 木一一火 (DMMF) or 難木一一火 (XDMMF), four-corner 40901, composition ⿱木示)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 520, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14659
  • Dae Jaweon: page 908, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1176, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+67F0

Chinese

trad. 柰
simp. # 柰

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (奈) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
奈 *naːls, *naːds
柰 *naːds
渿 *naːds
捺 *naːd

木 (“tree”) + 示 – a kind of tree (Malus Prunifolia). The component 示 is a reference to a sacrifice, perhaps burning sacrifical timber or sacrifice the small apples produced by this kind of tree. Unrelated to 奈.

Etymology 1

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a kind of apple
Attested somewhat late (e.g. in SWJZ & Shiming). 柰 (OC nâ(t)s) is possibly analogous to and related to Old Japanese nasi (whence Japanese 梨 (nashi, “pear”)) (Unger, 1983; Schuessler, 2007)

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 柰
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 泥 (8)
Final (韻) 泰 (25)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 奴帶切
Baxter najH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/nɑiH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/nɑiH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/nɑiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/najH/
Li
Rong 		/nɑiH/
Wang
Li 		/nɑiH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/nɑiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		nài
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		naai6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 柰
Reading # 1/1
No. 9351
Phonetic
component 		奈
Rime
group 		祭
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		柰
Old
Chinese 		/*naːds/

Definitions

柰

  1. a kind of apple similar to the crabapple (Malus asiatica)
  2. (obsolete) jasmine
  3. a surname

Compounds

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 柰 – see 奈 (“how; why; to bear; to stand; to endure; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 奈).

References

  • “柰”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
  • 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “柰”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 162.

Japanese

Kanji

柰

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. To bear or endure.
  2. A crabapple tree.

Readings

  • On (unclassified): な (na)、だい (dai)
  • Kun: いかん (ikan)、からなし (karanashi)

Korean

Hanja

柰 (eum 내 (nae))

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Vietnamese

Han character

柰: Hán Nôm readings: nại

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