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Translingual
Han character
耨 (Kangxi radical 127, 耒+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 手木一女戈 (QDMVI), four-corner 51943, composition ⿰耒辱)
- hoe, rake
- weed
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 964, character 13
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28961
- Dae Jaweon: page 1412, character 20
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2775, character 6
- Unihan data for U+8028
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 耨
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*noːɡs, *nuːɡ
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| 槈
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*noːɡs
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| 鎒
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*noːɡs
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| 搙
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*rnoːɡ, *nuːɡ
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| 褥
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*nuːɡ, *njoɡ
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| 傉
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*nuːɡ
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| 辱
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*njoɡ
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| 縟
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*njoɡ
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| 蓐
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*njoɡ
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| 鄏
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*njoɡ
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| 溽
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*njoɡ
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| 媷
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*njoɡ
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| 嗕
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*njoɡ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *noːɡs, *nuːɡ) : semantic 耒 (“plough”) + phonetic 辱 (OC *njoɡ).
Etymology
Sino-Tibetan; compare Mizo hnu (“work finished; harvested or weed area”) (Schuessler, 2007). 農 (OC *nuːŋ) may be a derivative (ibid.).
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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耨
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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nòu
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ nuwH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*nˁok-s/
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| English
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to hoe, to weed
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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耨
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耨
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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| No.
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10869
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10875
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Phonetic
component
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辱
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辱
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Rime
group
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候
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覺
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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搙
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Old
Chinese
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/*noːɡs/
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/*nuːɡ/
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Definitions
耨
- (historical, agriculture) an ancient tool for weeding similar to a hoe
- (literary) to hoe; to weed
- a surname
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
耨
(Hyōgai kanji)
- hoe, rake
- plough, plow
- kanji used to transliterate Buddhist terms borrowed from Sanskrit
Readings
From Middle Chinese 耨 (MC nuwH):
From Middle Chinese 耨 (MC nowk):
Readings shared by both kanji:
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
耨 • (nu) (hangeul 누, revised nu, McCune–Reischauer nu, Yale nwu)
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