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U+8ABE, 誾
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8ABE

CJK Unified Ideographs 調

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 149, +8, 15 strokes, cangjie input 日弓卜一口 (ANYMR), four-corner 77601, composition )

  1. speak gently
  2. respectful

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1166, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35608
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1631, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4301, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+8ABE

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (31)
Final () (44)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter ngin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋˠiɪn/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋᵚin/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋien/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋjin/
Li
Rong
/ŋjĕn/
Wang
Li
/ŋǐĕn/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ŋi̯ĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yín
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ngan4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yín
Middle
Chinese
‹ ngin ›
Old
Chinese
/*rə/ (< uvular?)
English affable, reasonable

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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 14274
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ŋrɯn/

Definitions

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Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. speak gently
  2. respectful

Readings

  • Go-on: ごん (gon)
  • Kan-on: ぎん (gin)

Korean

Hanja

(eum (eun))

  1. hanja form? of (speak gently, gentle, harmonious, peaceful)

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: ngân

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