倪

Translingual

Han character

倪 (radical 9 人+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人竹X山 (OHXU), four-corner 2721₇, composition ⿰亻兒)

1. A surname​.

References

• KangXi: page 109, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 792
• Dae Jaweon: page 231, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 179, character 9
• Unihan data for U+502A

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		倪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ní (ni²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁴, ngai⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): gê

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: ní
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ
    • Wade-Giles: nih²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ni
    • IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngai⁴, ngai⁶
    • Yale: ngàih, ngaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁴, ngai⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯²¹/, /ŋɐi̯²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gê
    • Tâi-lô: gê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gee
    • IPA (Taipei): /ge²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ge¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ŋei/▼

Rime
Character	倪
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	五稽切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋei/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋei/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɛj/
Li Rong	/ŋei/
Wang Li	/ŋiei/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yí

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*ŋˤe/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋeː/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	倪
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	ní
Middle Chinese	‹ ngej ›
Old Chinese	/*ŋˤe/
English	young and weak
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	倪
Reading #	1/1
No.	2736
Phonetic component	兒
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	倪
Old Chinese	/*ŋeː/

Definitions

倪

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Japanese

Kanji

倪

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: げい (gei), がい (gai)
• Kun: きわ (kiwa)

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Korean

Hanja

倪 • ‎(ye) (hangeul 예, revised ye, McCune-Reischauer ye)

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Vietnamese

Han character

倪 (nghê, hầu)

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