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See also:
U+8033, 耳
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8033

CJK Unified Ideographs
⽿ U+2F7F, ⽿
KANGXI RADICAL EAR

Kangxi Radicals

Translingual

Stroke order
6 strokes
Stroke order (Japan)
6 strokes
Stroke order
(Chinese)
Stroke order
(Japan)

Alternative forms

When part of a compound character, particularly as the left radical, the bottom horizontal stroke may not cross at bottom right. This is a script variant, found for example in Japanese .

Han character

(Kangxi radical 128, +0, 6 strokes, cangjie input 尸十 (SJ), four-corner 10400)

  1. Kangxi radical #128, ⽿.

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 965, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28999
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1413, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2783, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+8033


Chinese

trad.
simp. #
2nd round simp. ⿻二⿰丨丨

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Qin slip script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Pictogram (象形) – an ear.

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r/g-na (ear).

Pronunciation


Note: ngi2 - variant pronunciation.
Note:
  • ngê - vernacular;
  • ngī - literary.
Note:
  • hi5 - vernacular;
  • zi3 - literary.
Note:
  • hī/hǐ/hīⁿ/nǐ - vernacular;
  • ní/jí/jíⁿ - literary.
Note:
  • hin6 - vernacular;
  • re2 - literary.
    • (Leizhou)
      • Leizhou Pinyin: hi6 / lu5
      • Sinological IPA: /hi³³/, /lu²²/
Note:
  • hi6 - vernacular;
  • lu5 - literary.
Note:
  • 3nyi - vernacular;
  • 3hher - literary.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (38)
Final () (19)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter nyiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ȵɨX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ȵɨX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȵʑieX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ȵɨX/
Li
Rong
/ȵiəX/
Wang
Li
/ȵʑĭəX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ȵʑiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
ěr
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ji5
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
ěr
Middle
Chinese
‹ nyiX ›
Old
Chinese
/*C.nəʔ/
English ear

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. 2783
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*njɯʔ/

Definitions

  1. ear
      ―  ěrlóng  ―  deaf
  2. ear-like object
      ―  mù'ěr  ―  wood ear; black fungus
  3. something on both sides
      ―  ěrfáng  ―  penthouse
      ―  ěrmén  ―  side door
  4. handle on both sides of an object
  5. (obsolete) to hear; to hear of
  6. a surname
  7. (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien, figurative) something that can be used to coerce or threaten someone
Synonyms

Etymology 2

According to Pulleyblank (1995), a contraction of 而已 (OC *njɯ lɯʔ).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (38)
Final () (19)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter nyiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ȵɨX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ȵɨX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȵʑieX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ȵɨX/
Li
Rong
/ȵiəX/
Wang
Li
/ȵʑĭəX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ȵʑiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
ěr
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ji5
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
ěr
Middle
Chinese
‹ nyiX ›
Old
Chinese
/*nəʔ/
English =⽽而已 “that’s all”

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. 2783
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*njɯʔ/

Definitions

  1. (literary) Phrase-final particle: merely; only; that's all
Synonyms

Etymology 3

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. Only used in 耳孫耳孙 (réngsūn).

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

  • Go-on: (ni)
  • Kan-on: (ji, Jōyō)
  • Kun: みみ (mimi, , Jōyō)のみ (nomi, )

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
みみ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
  • ⟨mi1mi1 → */mimi//mimi/

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.[1] From Proto-Japonic *mimi.

Pronunciation

Noun

(みみ) (mimi

  1. ear; ears
    (みみ)(かゆ)いのです。
    Mimi ga kayui no desu.
    My ear is itchy.
  2. crust (of bread)
  3. selvedge (woven edge of a bolt of fabric)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
のみ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
のみ
only, limited to
alone
merely
Alternative spellings
而已,
(This term, , is an alternative spelling (archaic) of the above term.)

References

  1. ^ ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese (MC nyiX).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 ᅀᅵᆼ〯 (Yale: )
Middle Korean
Text Eumhun
Gloss (hun) Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527 귀〮 (Yale: kwúy) ᅀᅵ〯 (Yale: )

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
  • Phonetic hangul:
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

(eumhun (gwi i))

  1. hanja form? of (ear)

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.

Okinawan

Kanji

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

Compounds

Etymology

From Proto-Ryukyuan *mimi, from Proto-Japonic *mimi. Cognate with mainland Japanese (mimi).

Noun

(みん) (min

  1. ear

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: nhĩ, nhải, nhãi

  1. chữ Hán form of nhĩ (ear).

Compounds