內

See also: 内

Translingual

Han character

內 (radical 11 入+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 人月 (OB), four-corner 4022₇, composition ⿻入冂)

1. inside, interior, internal
2. domestic

References

• KangXi: page 125, character 35
• Dae Jaweon: page 267, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 97, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5167

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Chinese

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trad.		內
simp.		内

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nèi (nei⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naap⁶, noi⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): lāi / luē

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: nèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄟˋ
    • Wade-Giles: nei⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ney
    • IPA ^(key): /neɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: naap⁶, noi⁶
    • Yale: naahp, noih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naap⁹, noi⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /nɑːp̚²/, /nɔːi̯²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāi / luē
    • Tâi-lô: lāi / luē
    • IPA (Taipei): /laɪ³³/, /lue³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /laɪ²²/, /lue²²/
  • Note: lāi - vernacular, luē - literary.

Old Chinese pronunciation (內, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
內								nà								‹ nop ›								/*nˤ[u]p/								bring or send in
內								nèi								‹ nwojH ›								/*nˤ[u]p-s/								inside
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
內					9381					內					內					3					内					/*nuːbs/

References

• Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Japanese

Kanji

內

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 内)

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Readings

• On: だい (dai), ない (nai)
• Kun: うち (uchi), いる (iru), いれる (ireru)

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Korean

Hanja

內 (nae, nap) (hangeul 내, 납, revised nae, nap, McCune-Reischauer nae, nap, Yale nay, nap)

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Middle Chinese

Han character

內 (*nuə̀i)

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Vietnamese

Han character

內 (nội, tuyền)

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