臬

臬 U+81EC, 臬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-81EC ← 臫 [U+81EB] CJK Unified Ideographs 臭 → [U+81ED]

Translingual

Han character

臬 (Kangxi radical 132, 自+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹山木 (HUD), four-corner 2690₄, composition ⿱自木)

1. law, rule
2. door post

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1000, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30107
• Dae Jaweon: page 1456, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3047, character 3
• Unihan data for U+81EC

Chinese

trad.		臬
simp. #		臬

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
甈	*ŋ̊ʰreds, *ŋeːds
臬	*ŋeːd
嵲	*ŋeːd, *ŋred
臲	*ŋeːd
闑	*ŋeːd, *ŋred

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niè (nie⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jit⁶, nip⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niè
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niè
    • Wade–Giles: nieh⁴
    • Yale: nyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nieh
    • Palladius: не (ne)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jit⁶, nip⁶
    • Yale: yiht, nihp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jit⁹, nip⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yid⁶, nib⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːt̚²/, /niːp̚²/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 臬
Mandarin	Beijing	/nie⁵¹/
	Harbin	/niɛ⁵³/
	Tianjin	/nie⁵³/
	Jinan	/ȵiə²¹/
	Qingdao	/niə⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/niɛ²⁴/
	Xi'an	/niɛ²¹/
	Xining	/ȵi⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/nie¹³/
	Lanzhou	/ȵiə¹³/
	Ürümqi	/ȵiɤ²¹³/
	Wuhan	/nie²¹³/
	Chengdu	/ȵie³¹/
	Guiyang	/nie²¹/
	Kunming	/niɛ³¹/
	Nanjing	/lieʔ⁵/
	Hefei	/liɐʔ⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/niəʔ²/
	Pingyao
	Hohhot	/niaʔ⁴³/
Wu	Shanghai	/kɔ⁵³/
	Suzhou	/ȵiəʔ³/
	Hangzhou	/ȵiəʔ²/
	Wenzhou	/ȵi²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/neʔ²¹/
	Tunxi
Xiang	Changsha	/ȵie²⁴/
	Xiangtan	/ȵie²⁴/
Gan	Nanchang	/ȵiɛʔ⁵/ ～台
Hakka	Meixian	/ŋiat̚¹/
	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/jit̚²/
	Nanning	/nit̚²²/
	Hong Kong	/jit̚²/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/giat̚⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/ŋieʔ⁵/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/niɛ²⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/ŋiak̚⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/ŋit̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: nget

Rime
Character	臬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	先 (87)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	五結切
Baxter	nget
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋet̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋet̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋɛt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɛt̚/
Li Rong	/ŋet̚/
Wang Li	/ŋiet̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋiet̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jit6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋeːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	臬
Reading #	1/1
No.	9522
Phonetic component	臬
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	齧
Old Chinese	/*ŋeːd/

Definitions

臬

1. archery target
2. sundial-like device used in ancient China
3. standard

   圭臬  ―  guīniè  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Compounds

• 兀臬
• 圭臬 (guīniè)
• 奉為圭臬／奉为圭臬 (fèngwéiguīniè)
• 臬司 (nièsī)
• 臬臺／臬台 (niètái)

 

References

• “臬”, 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–

Japanese

Kanji

臬

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: げち (gechi)
• Kan-on: げつ (getsu)

Compounds

• 臬(げっ)司(し) (gesshi)
• 圭(けい)臬(げつ) (keigetsu)
• 江(こう)臬(げつ) (kōgetsu)

 

Korean

Hanja

臬 (eum 얼 (eol))

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Vietnamese

Han character

臬: Hán Nôm readings: nghiệt, nghệt, niết

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