耎

Translingual

Han character

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

1. weak
2. pliable, soft, yielding

References

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

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		耎

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ruǎn (ruan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: ruǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄢˇ
    • Wade-Giles: juan³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: roan
    • IPA ^(key): /ʐu̯a̠n²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁵
    • Yale: yúhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /jyːn¹³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (耎, reconstructed)
Character (耎), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 日 (38) Final: 仙 Division: III			Openness: Closed Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 而兖切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ȵiuᴇnX/	/ȵʑi̯wɛnX/	/ȵiuɛnX/	/ȵʷiɛnX/	/ȵwianX/	/ȵʑĭwɛnX/	/ȵʑjuænX/

Old Chinese pronunciation (耎, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
耎					10909					耎					元					3					輭					/*njonʔ/					說文而聲，疑耎𦓔皆需（濡）之隸變異構

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Japanese

Kanji

耎

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: ぜん (zen), ねん (nen)
• Kun: よわい (yowai)

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Korean

Hanja

耎 (yeon) (hangeul 연, revised yeon, McCune-Reischauer yŏn, Yale yen)

1. slender
2. soft

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Vietnamese

Han character

耎 (nguyễn)

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