禰

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See also: 祢
禰 U+79B0, 禰
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-79B0
← 禯
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 禱 →

Translingual

Japanese 祢
Simplified 祢
Traditional 禰

Han character

禰 (Kangxi radical 113, 示+14, 19 strokes, cangjie input 戈火一火月 (IFMFB), four-corner 31227, composition ⿰礻爾)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 847, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24851
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1269, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2411, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+79B0

Chinese

trad. 禰
simp. 祢*

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (爾) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
嬭 *rneːlʔ, *niːlʔ
禰 *niːlʔ
镾 *niːlʔ, *mnel
薾 *niːlʔ
檷 *niːlʔ
鑈 *niːlʔ, *neːb
瀰 *niːlʔ, *mnel, *mnelʔ
獼 *mnel
瓕 *mnel
彌 *mnel
鸍 *mnel, *hnjel
擟 *mnel
濔 *mnelʔ
壐 *smlelʔ
璽 *smlelʔ
爾 *njelʔ
邇 *njelʔ
獮 *smlenʔ
籋 *neb, *neːb

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *niːlʔ) : semantic 示 + phonetic 爾 (OC *njelʔ).

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character 禰
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 泥 (8)
Final (韻) 齊 (39)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 奴禮切
Baxter nejX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/neiX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/neiX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/nɛiX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/nɛjX/
Li
Rong 		/neiX/
Wang
Li 		/nieiX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/nieiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		nǐ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		nai5
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 禰
Reading # 1/1
No. 2798
Phonetic
component 		爾
Rime
group 		脂
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		禰
Old
Chinese 		/*niːlʔ/

Definitions

禰

  1. one's deceased father
  2. ancestral temple for one's deceased father
  3. spirit tablet of father

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character 禰
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 泥 (8)
Final (韻) 齊 (39)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 奴禮切
Baxter nejX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/neiX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/neiX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/nɛiX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/nɛjX/
Li
Rong 		/neiX/
Wang
Li 		/nieiX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/nieiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		nǐ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		nai5
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 禰
Reading # 1/1
No. 2798
Phonetic
component 		爾
Rime
group 		脂
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		禰
Old
Chinese 		/*niːlʔ/

Definitions

禰

  1. a surname

References

Japanese

Shinjitai

祢

Kyūjitai

禰

Kanji

禰

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 祢)

  1. mausoleum, ancestral shrine
  2. sacred object, idol

Readings

  • Go-on: ない (nai)、ね (ne)
  • Kan-on: でい (dei)
  • Kan’yō-on: ねい (nei)
  • Kun: かたしろ (katashiro, 禰)
  • Nanori: や (ya)

Korean

Hanja

禰 (eum 니 (ni), word-initial (South Korea) 이 (i))

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