凪

凪 U+51EA, 凪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-51EA ← 凩 [U+51E9] CJK Unified Ideographs 凫 → [U+51EB]

Translingual

Han character

凪 (Kangxi radical 16, 几+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 竹弓卜中一 (HNYLM), composition ⿵𠘨止)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 134, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1758
• Dae Jaweon: page 299, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 1, page 277, character 2
• Unihan data for U+51EA

Chinese

simp. and trad.		凪

Glyph origin

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 凪 (nagi).

Etymology

Spelling pronunciation, as 止 (zhǐ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǐ (zhi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau¹
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵tsy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐh
    • Wade–Giles: chih³
    • Yale: jř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyy
    • Palladius: чжи (čži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jau¹
    • Yale: yāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵tsy
    • MiniDict: tsy^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tsr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sz̩³⁴/

Definitions

凪

1. Used in Japanese names.

Japanese

Glyph origin

A 国字 (kokuji, “Japanese-coined character”). 𠘨 (the outer component of 風 "wind") + 止 (“to stop”).

Kanji

凪

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

• Kun: なぐ (nagu, 凪ぐ); なぎ (nagi, 凪)

Compounds

Compounds

• 朝(あさ)凪(なぎ) (asanagi)
• 油(あぶら)凪(なぎ) (aburanagi)
• 磯(いそ)凪(なぎ) (isonagi)
• 浦(うら)凪(なぎ) (uranagi)
• べた凪(なぎ) (betanagi)
• 御(お)講(こう)凪(なぎ) (okōnagi)
• 寒(かん)凪(なぎ) (kannagi)
• 小(こ)春(はる)凪(なぎ) (koharunagi)
• 風(かざ)凪(なぎ) (kazanagi)
• 巣(す)入(い)り凪(なぎ) (suirinagi)
• 土(ど)用(よう)凪(なぎ) (doyōnagi)
• 初(はつ)凪(なぎ) (hatsunagi)
• 冬(ふゆ)凪(なぎ) (fuyunagi)
• 夕(ゆう)凪(なぎ) (yūnagi)
• 夜(よ)凪(なぎ) (yonagi)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
凪
なぎ Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
和ぎ

Noun

凪(なぎ) • (nagi) 

1. calm, lull, such as in the weather or of the sea
2. a male or female given name

Korean

Hanja

凪 • (ji) (hangeul 지, revised ji, McCune–Reischauer chi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

凪: Hán Nôm readings: chỉ

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