耎

耎 U+800E, 耎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-800E ← 耍 [U+800D] CJK Unified Ideographs 耏 → [U+800F]

Translingual

Han character

耎 (Kangxi radical 126, 而+3, 9 strokes, cangjie input 一月大 (MBK), four-corner 1043₂, composition ⿱而大)

Derived characters

• 偄 㐡 堧 媆 愞 㨎 渜 陾 㬉 㮕 煗 瑌 腝 㿵 碝 稬 䙇 緛 𦓜 蝡 䞂 輭 𩀋 餪
• 㓴 㼲 䓴

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 961, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28877
• Dae Jaweon: page 1409, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2811, character 4
• Unihan data for U+800E

Chinese

trad.		耎
simp. #		耎

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 耎
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
陾	*njɯ, *noːʔ
腝	*nuːs, *njonʔ, *nuːns
堧	*noːls, *njon
稬	*noːls, *noːnʔ, *noːns
愞	*noːls, *noːns, *njonʔ
煗	*noːnʔ
餪	*noːnʔ
渜	*noːnʔ, *noːns
偄	*noːns, *njonʔ
瑌	*njon, *njonʔ
軟	*njonʔ
輭	*njonʔ
蝡	*njonʔ, *njunʔ
碝	*njonʔ
耎	*njonʔ
緛	*njonʔ
媆	*nuːns

Originally the same character as 需. The characters diverged during the Han dynasty.

Etymology

Probably cognate with 柔 (OC *mlju, “soft”), see there for more (STEDT).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ruǎn (ruan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ruǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ruǎn
    • Wade–Giles: juan³
    • Yale: rwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: roan
    • Palladius: жуань (žuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu̯än²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jyun⁵
    • Yale: yúhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: nywenX

Rime
Character	耎
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	仙 (78)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	而兖切
Baxter	nywenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiuᴇnX/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵʷiɛnX/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑjuænX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵwianX/
Li Rong	/ȵiuɛnX/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭwɛnX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯wɛnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ruǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyun5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*njonʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	耎
Reading #	1/1
No.	10909
Phonetic component	耎
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	輭
Old Chinese	/*njonʔ/
Notes	說文而聲，疑耎𦓔皆需（濡）之隸變異構

Definitions

耎

1. Alternative form of 軟／软 (ruǎn, “soft; weak; pliable”)
2. to shrink back; to recoil; to cower

Compounds

• 惴耎 (zhuìruǎn)

 

Japanese

Kanji

耎

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ねん (nen)
• Kan-on: ぜん (zen)
• Kun: よわい (yowai, 耎い)

Korean

Hanja

耎 (eum 연 (yeon))

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Vietnamese

Han character

耎: Hán Nôm readings: nguyễn

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