㜤

㜤 U+3724, 㜤 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-3724 ← 㜣 [U+3723] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A 㜥 → [U+3725]

Translingual

Han character

㜤 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 女一田十 (VMWJ), composition ⿰女覃)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 270, character 37
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1080, character 2
• Unihan data for U+3724

Chinese

simp. and trad.		㜤

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niǎn (nian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nim⁵, saam²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niǎn
    • Wade–Giles: nien³
    • Yale: nyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nean
    • Palladius: нянь (njanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nim⁵, saam²
    • Yale: níhm, sáam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nim⁵, saam²
    • Guangdong Romanization: nim⁵, sam²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niːm¹³/, /saːm³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: syimX, nemX

Rime
Character	㜤	㜤
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	侵 (139)	添 (157)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	式任切	乃玷切
Baxter	syimX	nemX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiɪmX/	/nemX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕimX/	/nemX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjemX/	/nɛmX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕimX/	/nɛmX/
Li Rong	/ɕiəmX/	/nemX/
Wang Li	/ɕĭĕmX/	/niemX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯əmX/	/niemX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shěn	niǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sam2	nim5

Definitions

㜤

1. fooling around
2. weak
3. (said of a woman's figure) slender; thin and long
4. used in girl names