珥

Translingual

Han character

珥 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 一土尸十 (MGSJ), four-corner 1114₀, composition ⿰𤣩耳)

1. ear ornament
2. stick, insert

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 731, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20964
• Dae Jaweon: page 1142, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1109, character 13
• Unihan data for U+73E5

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Chinese

trad.		珥
simp. #		珥

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
佴	*nɯːs, *njɯs
麛	*miː
弭	*mniʔ
渳	*mniʔ
葞	*mniʔ
髶	*njis, *njoŋ
聻	*nɯʔ
恥	*n̥ʰɯʔ
咡	*njɯ, *njɯs
誀	*njɯ, *njɯs
耳	*njɯʔ
洱	*njɯʔ, *njɯs
駬	*njɯʔ
餌	*njɯs
珥	*njɯs
衈	*njɯs
毦	*njɯs
刵	*njɯs
眲	*njɯs, *rnɯːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ěr (er³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄦˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nei⁶ / ji⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ěr
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ěr
    • Wade–Giles: êrh³
    • Yale: ěr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eel
    • Palladius: эр (er)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: nei⁶ / ji⁶
    • Yale: neih / yih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nei⁶ / ji⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: néi⁶ / yi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nei̯²²/, /jiː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngí
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngi`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngi³
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi³¹/

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• Middle Chinese: nyiH

Rime
Character	珥
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	仍吏切
Baxter	nyiH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵɨH/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵɨH/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑieH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵɨH/
Li Rong	/ȵiəH/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭəH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	èr
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*njɯs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	珥
Reading #	1/1
No.	2787
Phonetic component	耳
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	餌
Old Chinese	/*njɯs/

Definitions

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References

• “珥”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

珥

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. ear bauble
2. hilt

Readings

• Go-on: に (ni)
• Kan-on: じ (ji)
• Kun: みみだま (mimidama), みみかざり (mimikazari), ひがさ (higasa)

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Korean

Hanja

珥 • (i) (hangeul 이, revised i, McCune–Reischauer i, Yale i)

1. (귀엣골, gwietgol): earring
2. (해귀엣골, hae-gwietgol): sun halo (literally, "sun earring")

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 珥 (nhị)

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Readings

• Nôm: nhẹ, nhĩ, nhị

References

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999