耏

Translingual

Han character

耏 (Kangxi radical 126, 而+3, 9 strokes, cangjie input 一月竹竹竹 (MBHHH), four-corner 1222₂, composition ⿰而彡)

1. whiskers

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 961, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28878
• Dae Jaweon: page 1409, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2812, character 2
• Unihan data for U+800F

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		耏

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
耐	*nɯːs
耏	*nɯːs, *njɯ
而	*njɯ
鮞	*njɯ, *njuɡ
鴯	*njɯ
栭	*njɯ
陑	*njɯ
峏	*njɯ
輀	*njɯ
胹	*njɯ
洏	*njɯ
髵	*njɯ
恧	*nɯɡ, *nuɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ér (er²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄦˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ér
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ér
    • Wade–Giles: êrh²
    • Yale: ér
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: erl
    • Palladius: эр (er)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ji⁴
    • Yale: yìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: nyi, nojH

Rime
Character	耏	耏
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	日 (38)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	如之切	奴代切
Baxter	nyi	nojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵɨ/	/nʌiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵɨ/	/nəiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑie/	/nɒiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵɨ/	/nəjH/
Li Rong	/ȵiə/	/nᴀiH/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭə/	/nɒiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi/	/nɑ̆iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ér	nài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji4	noi6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*nɯːs/, /*njɯ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	耏	耏
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	2719	2729
Phonetic component	而	而
Rime group	之	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	耐	而
Old Chinese	/*nɯːs/	/*njɯ/

Definitions

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Kanji

耏

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): じ (ji), に (ni), だい (dai), ない (nai)
• Kun: ほおひげ (hoohige)