娓

娓 U+5A13, 娓 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A13 ← 娒 [U+5A12] CJK Unified Ideographs 娔 → [U+5A14]

Translingual

Han character

娓 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 女尸竹山 (VSHU), four-corner 4741₄, composition ⿰女尾)

1. comply
2. complying, agreeable

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 262, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6297
• Dae Jaweon: page 529, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1054, character 6
• Unihan data for U+5A13

Chinese

trad.		娓
simp. #		娓

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (尾) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
娓	*mrɯls, *mɯlʔ
尾	*mɯlʔ
浘	*mɯlʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wěi (wei³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wěi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wěi
    • Wade–Giles: wei³
    • Yale: wěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woei
    • Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁵
    • Yale: méih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: mj+jX, mijH

Rime
Character	娓	娓
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	微 (21)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	無匪切	明祕切
Baxter	mj+jX	mijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mʉiX/	/mˠiɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/mʷɨiX/	/mᵚiH/
Shao Rongfen	/miuəiX/	/miɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mujX/	/mjiH/
Li Rong	/miuəiX/	/mjiH/
Wang Li	/mĭwəiX/	/miH/
Bernard Karlgren	/mwe̯iX/	/miH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wěi	mì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mei5	mei6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mrɯls/, /*mɯlʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	娓	娓
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	12881	12883
Phonetic component	尾	尾
Rime group	微	微
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	郿	尾
Old Chinese	/*mrɯls/	/*mɯlʔ/

Definitions

娓

1. (archaic) to comply with; to yield to
2. Used in 娓娓 (wěiwěi, “tireless”).

Compounds

• 娓娓 (wěiwěi)
• 娓娓不倦
• 娓娓動聽／娓娓动听 (wěiwěidòngtīng)
• 娓娓而談／娓娓而谈
• 娓娓道來／娓娓道来

 

Japanese

Kanji

娓

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): び (bi); み (mi); き (ki)
• Kun: すなお (sunao); したがう (shitagau, 娓う); うつくしい (utsukushii, 娓しい)

Korean

Hanja

娓 • (mi) (hangeul 미, revised mi, McCune–Reischauer mi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

娓: Hán Nôm readings: vãi

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