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Translingual
Han character
佞 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人一一女 (OMMV), four-corner 21244, composition ⿸仁女)
- flattery
- glib
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 99, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 521
- Dae Jaweon: page 211, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 129, character 10
- Unihan data for U+4F5E
Chinese
Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 佞
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Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
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Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
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Small seal script
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Transcribed ancient scripts
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s09286
Transcribed ancient scripts L24440 L24441 L24442
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References:
Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:
- Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
- Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
- Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
- Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
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Old Chinese
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千
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*sn̥ʰiːn
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仟
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*sn̥ʰiːn
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芊
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*sn̥ʰiːn, *sn̥ʰiːns
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阡
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*sn̥ʰiːn
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汘
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*sn̥ʰiːn
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迁
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*sn̥ʰiːn
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杄
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*sn̥ʰiːn
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人
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*njin
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仁
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*njin
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朲
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*njin
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佞
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*neːŋs
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *neːŋs) : phonetic 仁 (OC *njin) + semantic 女.
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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佞
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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nìng
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Middle Chinese
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‹ nengH ›
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Old Chinese
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/*nˁiŋ-s/
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English
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clever
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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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佞
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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10803
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Phonetic component
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人
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Rime group
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耕
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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寗
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Old Chinese
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/*neːŋs/
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Notes
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小徐仁聲
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Definitions
佞
- † eloquent
- † to flatter; to be good at flattery
- † flatterer
- † evil; wicked; crafty
- † hypocritical; hypocrisy
- † to feel dizzy
- † talent (usually in the humble expression 不佞 (bùnìng))
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
佞
(Hyōgai kanji)
- flattery
- insincerity
Readings
Korean
Hanja
佞 (eum 녕 (nyeong))
- flattery
- glib
Vietnamese
Han character
佞: Hán Nôm readings: nịnh, nạnh, nến, nính
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