汝

汝 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 水女 (EV), four-corner 3414₀, composition ⿰氵女)

• 𰂈, 𠲤, 𫺈, 𢬨, 𪰤, 𫃤, 𨀾, 𣽮, 𦭰, 𪡑, 𫺋, 㖳

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 606, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17138
• Dae Jaweon: page 999, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1555, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6C5D

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *njaʔ) : semantic 水 (“river; water”) + phonetic 女 (OC *naʔ, *nas).

Probably related to Proto-Kam-Sui *Ɂnjaᴬ (“river”), whence Southern Kam nyal (“river”), Sui qnyal (Schuessler, 2007).

汝

1. (～水, ～河) Ru River, a northern tributary of the Huai River in modern-day southern Henan province. The name also refers to the Hong River in its lower reaches, which now shares a common course with the Ru, as well as a southern tributary of the Hong.
2. a surname

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *na-ŋ (“you”). Cognate with 你 (nǐ) and 爾／尔 (ěr).

汝

1. (literary or coastal Min) thou; you (second-person pronoun)

   • 子貢問曰：「賜也何如？」子曰：「女器也。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     子贡问曰：「赐也何如？」子曰：「女器也。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Zǐgòng wèn yuē: “Cì yě hérú?” Zǐ yuē: “Rǔ qì yě.”

     Zigong asked, "What do you say of Ci ?" The Master said, "You are a utensil."

   • 子曰：「居！吾語汝。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     子曰：「居！吾语汝。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE

     Zǐ yuē: “Jū! Wú yù rǔ.”

     The Master said, "Sit down, and I will tell you."

   • 王欲相汝，汝何不受乎？ [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: Shuoyuan, circa 1^st century BCE

     Wáng yù xiàng rǔ, rǔ hébù shòu hū?

     The king wishes to appoint you as the prime minister; why do you not accept it?

• → Betawi: lu
• → Burmese: လု (lu.)
• → Indonesian: lu, lo, elu
• → Khmer: លឺ (lɨɨ)
• → Malaccan Creole Malay: lu
• → Malay: lu
• → Thai: ลื้อ (lʉ́ʉ)

• “汝”, 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–

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

• Go-on: にょ (nyo)
• Kan-on: じょ (jo)
• Kun: なんじ (nanji, 汝)^{←なんぢ (nandi, 汝, historical)}、なれ (nare, 汝)、な (na, 汝)、うぬ (unu, 汝)、しゃ (sha, 汝)、いまし (imashi, 汝)
• Nanori: な (na)

• 汝(じょ)南(なん) (Jonan)
• 汝(じょ)窯(よう) (Joyō)
• 爾(じ)汝(じょ) (jijo)

/na mut͡ɕi/ → /namʉd͡ʑi/ → /nand͡ʑi/

Originally a compound of 汝 (na, second person singular pronoun, see Etymology 3 below) +‎ 貴 (muchi, “noble”).^[1][2]

Also written as なむぢ (namuji) in older texts, since the namuchi, namuji, and nanji readings likely existed in free variation until the development of the ん (n) grapheme.

• (Tokyo) なんじ (Atamadaka – )^[2]
• (Tokyo) なんじ (Heiban – )^[2]
• IPA^(key):

汝(なんじ) • (nanji) ^{←なんぢ (nandi)?}

1. (archaic) second-person singular pronoun: you, thou

For quotations using this term, see Citations:汝.

• 汝奴(なんめ) (nanme)
• 今(いま)汝(なんじ)は画(かぎ)れり (ima nanji wa kagireri)
• 大(おお)汝(なんじ)小(こ)汝(なんじ) (Ōnanji Konanji)

• 艱(かん)難(なん)汝(なんじ)を玉(たま)にす (kannan nanji o tama ni su)

From Old Japanese.

Derived from 汝 (na, second person singular pronoun, see Etymology 3 below) +‎ れ (-re, nominalizing suffix).

汝(なれ) • (nare) 

1. (archaic, obsolete) second-person singular pronoun: you, thou

For quotations using this term, see Citations:汝.

From Old Japanese.

Possibly cognate with second-person singular informal pronoun Korean 너 (neo).

汝(な) • (na) 

1. (archaic, obsolete; or Tsugaru, Niigata) second-person singular pronoun: you, thou

For quotations using this term, see Citations:汝.

• 汝(なれ) (nare)
• 汝(なんじ) (nanji)
• 汝等(なむだち) (namudachi)

Sound shift from reflexive pronoun 己 (ono), Old Japanese 己 (ono₂).^[2]

• (Tokyo) うぬ (Heiban – )^[2]
• (Tokyo) うぬ (Atamadaka – )^[2]
• IPA^(key):

• Pronunciation for pronoun senses unknown.

汝(うぬ) • (unu) 

1. (vulgar or Yamagata) second-person pronoun: you
2. (derogatory) first- or third-person reflexive pronoun: me, myself, himself, herself, itself, oneself

   Synonym: 自分自身 (jibun-jishin)

• 汝(うぬ)等(ら) (unura)
• うなうな (unauna)

汝(うぬ) • (unu) 

1. (vulgar) used as an insult to the second person: you!

   Synonym: 己 (onore)

⟨si⟩ → /ɕi/ → /ɕa/ Shift from Old Japanese 汝 (si) of the same meaning.

汝(しゃ) • (sha) 

1. (archaic, obsolete) second-person singular pronoun: you, thou

The nominalization of honorific verb 坐す (imasu, “to be”, honorific).^[1]

Possibly also analyzable as a compound of 汝 (i-, a rare Old Japanese second person singular pronoun) +‎ 坐 (mashi, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of honorific verb 坐す masu, “to be”).

汝(いまし) • (imashi) 

1. (honorific, archaic) second-person singular pronoun: you, thou