耎

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耎 U+800E, 耎
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-800E
← 耍
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 耏 →

Translingual

Han character

耎 (Kangxi radical 126, 而+3, 9 strokes, cangjie input 一月大 (MBK), four-corner 10432, composition ⿱而大)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 961, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28877
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1409, character 22
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2811, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+800E

Chinese

trad. 耎
simp. # 耎

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 耎
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (耎) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
陾 *njɯ, *noːʔ
腝 *nuːs, *njonʔ, *nuːns
堧 *noːls, *njon
稬 *noːls, *noːnʔ, *noːns
愞 *noːls, *noːns, *njonʔ
煗 *noːnʔ
餪 *noːnʔ
渜 *noːnʔ, *noːns
偄 *noːns, *njonʔ
瑌 *njon, *njonʔ
軟 *njonʔ
輭 *njonʔ
蝡 *njonʔ, *njunʔ
碝 *njonʔ
耎 *njonʔ
緛 *njonʔ
媆 *nuːns

Originally the same character as 需. The characters diverged during the Han dynasty.

Etymology

Probably cognate with 柔 (OC *mlju, “soft”), see there for more (STEDT).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 耎
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 日 (38)
Final (韻) 仙 (78)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 而兖切
Baxter nywenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ȵiuᴇnX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ȵʷiɛnX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ȵʑjuænX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ȵwianX/
Li
Rong 		/ȵiuɛnX/
Wang
Li 		/ȵʑĭwɛnX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ȵʑi̯wɛnX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		ruǎn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jyun5
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 耎
Reading # 1/1
No. 10909
Phonetic
component 		耎
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		3
Corresponding
MC rime 		輭
Old
Chinese 		/*njonʔ/
Notes 說文而聲，疑耎𦓔皆需（濡）之隸變異構

Definitions

耎

  1. Alternative form of 軟／软 (ruǎn, “soft; weak; pliable”)
  2. to shrink back; to recoil; to cower

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

耎

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: ねん (nen)
  • Kan-on: ぜん (zen)
  • Kun: よわい (yowai, 耎い)

Korean

Hanja

耎 (eum 연 (yeon))

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Vietnamese

Han character

耎: Hán Nôm readings: nguyễn

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