韌

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See also: 韧
韌 U+97CC, 韌
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-97CC
← 韋
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 韍 →

Translingual

Han character

韌 (Kangxi radical 178, 韋+3, 12 strokes, cangjie input 木手尸竹戈 (DQSHI), four-corner 47547, composition ⿰韋刃)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1393, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43109
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1908, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4503, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+97CC

Chinese

trad. 韌
simp. 韧

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 韌
Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Chu slip and silk script Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (刃) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
涊 *nɯːnʔ, *njɯnʔ
紉 *nɯn
忍 *njɯnʔ
荵 *njɯnʔ
刃 *njɯns
認 *njɯns, *njɯŋs
仞 *njɯns
軔 *njɯns
韌 *njɯns
肕 *njɯns
牣 *njɯns
杒 *njɯns
訒 *njɯns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *njɯns) : semantic 韋 + phonetic 刃 (OC *njɯns).

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Note:
  • ngan6 - vernacular;
  • jan6 - literary.
Note:
  • nông - vernacular;
  • êng - literary.
Note:
  • nong5/nuong5 - vernacular;
  • zing3 - literary.
Note:
  • lūn/jūn/lǔn - vernacular;
  • līm/jīm, līn/jīn - literary.
Note:
  • rung7 - vernacular;
  • rim2 - literary.
Note:
  • 3nyin - vernacular;
  • 3zen - literary.
Rime
Character 韌
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 日 (38)
Final (韻) 眞 (43)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 而振切
Baxter nyinH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ȵiɪnH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ȵinH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ȵʑjenH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ȵinH/
Li
Rong 		/ȵiĕnH/
Wang
Li 		/ȵʑĭĕnH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ȵʑi̯ĕnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		rèn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jan6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 韌
Reading # 1/1
No. 10835
Phonetic
component 		刃
Rime
group 		文
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		刃
Old
Chinese 		/*njɯns/
Notes 見管子
This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!
Particularly: “Dungan”

Definitions

韌

  1. strong; tough; robust; sturdy
  2. (Cantonese) tough; hard to chew or cut
    我覺得呢塊肉韌咗啲。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    我觉得呢块肉韧咗啲。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    ngo5 gok3 dak1 nei1 faai3 juk6 ngan6 zo2 di1.
    I think this piece of meat is a bit too tough.

Synonyms

  • (strong): (Hokkien) 鞫

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of “strong”): 脆 (cuì)

Compounds

References

  • 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 , editor (2021), “韧”, in 莆仙方言大词典 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 415.
  • 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “韧”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 197.

Japanese

Kanji

韌

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): じん (jin)、にん (nin)
  • Kun: しなやか (shinayaka)
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