濡

濡 U+6FE1, 濡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6FE1 ← 濠 [U+6FE0] CJK Unified Ideographs 濢 → [U+6FE2]

Translingual

Han character

濡 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 水一月月 (EMBB), four-corner 3112₇, composition ⿰氵需)

1. immerse, moisten
2. wet, damp

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 656, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18504
• Dae Jaweon: page 1066, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1768, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6FE1

Chinese

trad.		濡
simp. #		濡

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *njo, *noːn): semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 需 (OC *sno).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rú, róu (ru², rou²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˊ, ㄖㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): jû / su

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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/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: róu
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: róu
    • Wade–Giles: jou²
    • Yale: róu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rou
    • Palladius: жоу (žou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴
    • Yale: yùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jû / su
    • Tâi-lô: jû / su
    • Phofsit Daibuun: juu, sw
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /d͡zu²⁴/, /su⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /d͡zu²⁴/, /su³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zu¹³/, /su⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /d͡zu²⁴/, /su⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /zu²³/, /su⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: nyu

Rime
Character	濡
Reading #	1/2
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/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	rú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*no/

  (Zhengzhang): /*njo/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	濡
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	rú
Middle Chinese	‹ nyu ›
Old Chinese	/*no/
English	wet, glossy
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	濡
Reading #	1/2
No.	13970
Phonetic component	需
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	儒
Old Chinese	/*njo/
Notes	需轉註字

Definitions

濡

1. to immerse; to moisten
2. wet; damp; glossy
3. Used in 濡忍.

Compounds

• 以沫相濡
• 日濡月染
• 沾濡
• 洽濡
• 涵濡
• 涸鱗濡沫 / 涸鳞濡沫
• 澍濡
• 濡化
• 濡忍
• 濡染
• 濡沫涸轍 / 濡沫涸辙
• 濡溼 / 濡湿 (rúshī)
• 濡滯 / 濡滞
• 濡筆 / 濡笔
• 濡跡 / 濡迹
• 濡首
• 狐濡尾
• 目染耳濡 (mùrǎn'ěrrú)
• 相呴相濡
• 相濡以沫 (xiāngrúyǐmò)
• 耳染目濡 (ěrrǎnmùrú)
• 耳濡目染 (ěrrúmùrǎn)
• 霑濡 / 沾濡

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nuán (nuan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄨㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nyun⁴ / nyun⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄨㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nuán
    • Wade–Giles: nuan²
    • Yale: nwán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nuan
    • Palladius: нуань (nuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nu̯än³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: nyun⁴ / nyun⁵
    • Yale: nyùhn / nyúhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nyn⁴ / nyn⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: nün⁴ / nün⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nyːn²¹/, /nyːn¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: nwan

Rime
Character	濡
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	乃官切
Baxter	nwan
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/nuɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/nʷɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/nuɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/nwan/
Li Rong	/nuɑn/
Wang Li	/nuɑn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/nuɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nuán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	nyun4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*noːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	濡
Reading #	2/2
No.	13986
Phonetic component	需
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	濡
Old Chinese	/*noːn/
Notes	原列寒韻末，集韻列桓韻

Definitions

濡

1. Used in place names.

Japanese

Kanji

濡

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. wet

Readings

• Go-on: にゅう (nyū)
• Kan-on: じゅ (ju)
• Kun: ぬれる (nureru, 濡れる)、ぬれる (nureru, 濡る)、ぬらす (nurasu, 濡らす)、ぬらす (nurasu, 濡す)、うるおう (uruou, 濡う)、うるおす (uruosu, 濡す)

Korean

Hanja

濡 (eum 유 (yu))

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Vietnamese

Han character

濡: Hán Nôm readings: nhụa

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