駑

See also: 驽

駑 U+99D1, 駑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-99D1 ← 駐 [U+99D0] CJK Unified Ideographs 駒 → [U+99D2]

Translingual

Han character

駑 (Kangxi radical 187, 馬+5, 15 strokes, cangjie input 女水尸手火 (VESQF), four-corner 4732₇, composition ⿱奴馬)

1. tired, old horse
2. old, weak

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1436, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44661
• Dae Jaweon: page 1960, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4550, character 4
• Unihan data for U+99D1

Chinese

trad.		駑
simp.		驽

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
拿	*rnaː
拏	*rnaː
詉	*rnaː
蒘	*rnaː, *na
笯	*rnaː, *naː, *naːs
挐	*rnaː, *na
絮	*rnaːs, *nas, *snas, *nas
呶	*rnaːw
怓	*rnaːw
帑	*n̥ʰaːŋʔ, *naː
奴	*naː
砮	*naː, *naːʔ
駑	*naː
孥	*naː
努	*naːʔ
弩	*naːʔ
怒	*naːʔ, *naːs
袽	*na
帤	*na
女	*naʔ, *nas
籹	*naʔ
恕	*hnjas
如	*nja, *njas
茹	*nja, *njaʔ, *njas
洳	*nja, *njas
鴽	*nja
蕠	*nja
汝	*njaʔ
肗	*njaʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nú (nu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nou⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nú
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nú
    • Wade–Giles: nu²
    • Yale: nú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nu
    • Palladius: ну (nu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: nou⁴
    • Yale: nòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: nou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nou̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: nu

Rime
Character	駑
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	乃都切
Baxter	nu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/nuo/
Pan Wuyun	/nuo/
Shao Rongfen	/no/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/nɔ/
Li Rong	/no/
Wang Li	/nu/
Bernard Karlgren	/nuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	nou4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*naː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	駑
Reading #	1/1
No.	9602
Phonetic component	女
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	奴
Old Chinese	/*naː/

Definitions

駑

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Compounds

• 弊車駑馬／弊车驽马
• 鉛駑／铅驽
• 駑下／驽下
• 駑散／驽散
• 駑鈍／驽钝
• 駑鉛／驽铅
• 駑馬／驽马 (númǎ)
• 駑馬十舍／驽马十舍
• 駑馬十駕／驽马十驾
• 駑馬戀棧／驽马恋栈
• 駑馬鉛刀／驽马铅刀
• 駑駘／驽骀 (nútái)

 

Japanese

Kanji

駑

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ど (do)
• Kun: にぶい (nibui); のろい (noroi)

Korean

Hanja

駑 (eum 노 (no))

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Vietnamese

Han character

駑: Hán Nôm readings: nô

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References

• Nom Foundation