嚅

Translingual

Han character

嚅 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 口一月月 (RMBB), four-corner 6102₇, composition ⿰口需)

1. talk indistinctly and falteringly

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 211, character 33
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4455
• Dae Jaweon: page 434, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 696, character 6
• Unihan data for U+5685

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Chinese

trad.		嚅
simp. #		嚅

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
羺	*noː
獳	*noː
擩	*noːs, *njoʔ, *njos, *njul, *njod
譳	*noːs
懦	*noːls, *njo
糯	*noːls
需	*sno
繻	*sno, *njo
鑐	*sno
儒	*njo
濡	*njo, *noːn
襦	*njo
嚅	*njo
顬	*njo
鱬	*njo
嬬	*njo
臑	*njo
醹	*njo, *njoʔ
蠕	*njo
孺	*njos

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rú (ru²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rú
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rú
    • Wade–Giles: ju²
    • Yale: rú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ru
    • Palladius: жу (žu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴
    • Yale: yùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: nyu

Rime
Character	嚅
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	人朱切
Baxter	nyu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵio/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵuə̆/
Li Rong	/ȵio/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	rú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*njo/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嚅
Reading #	1/1
No.	13972
Phonetic component	需
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	儒
Old Chinese	/*njo/
Notes	見七諫

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 嚅

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Japanese

Kanji

嚅

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): じゅ (ju), にゅ (nyu)
• Kun: やかましい (yakamashii)

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Korean

Hanja

嚅 • (yu) (hangeul 유)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 嚅 (nheo)

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