裊

See also: 嬝 and 袅

裊 U+88CA, 裊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-88CA ← 裉 [U+88C9] CJK Unified Ideographs 裋 → [U+88CB]

Translingual

Han character

裊 (Kangxi radical 145, 衣+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 竹日卜女 (HAYV), four-corner 2773₂, composition ⿹㇯鳥灬衣)

1. curling upwards
2. wavering gently

Derived characters

• 𱏕, 𡀮, 𡑩, 嬝, 𢶑, 𭲰, 𦆚, 𧒬, 𩦫

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1116, character 35
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34285
• Dae Jaweon: page 1582, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3091, character 4
• Unihan data for U+88CA

Chinese

trad.		裊/嫋/褭*/嬝
simp.		袅
alternative forms		䮍 䙚 𠌵

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): phonetic 鳥 (OC *tɯːwʔ) + semantic 衣.

Originally written 褭, see there for more.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niǎo (niao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): niu⁵ / niu¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): nēu / niēu
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): nieo³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): niáu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niǎo
    • Wade–Giles: niao³
    • Yale: nyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neau
    • Palladius: няо (njao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: niu⁵ / niu¹
    • Yale: níuh / nīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: niu⁵ / niu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: niu⁵ / niu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niːu̯¹³/, /niːu̯⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: nēu / niēu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nˡɛu³³/, /nˡieu³³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: nieo³
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: nâ̤u
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nieu⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: nieo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nieu³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niáu
    • Tâi-lô: niáu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: niao
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /niãu⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /niãu⁵⁵⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /niãu⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /niãu⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /niãu⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: newX

Rime
Character	裊
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	奴鳥切
Baxter	newX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/neuX/
Pan Wuyun	/neuX/
Shao Rongfen	/neuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/nɛwX/
Li Rong	/neuX/
Wang Li	/nieuX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/nieuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	niǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	niu5

Definitions

裊

1. slender and delicate

   姌裊／姌袅  ―  rǎnniǎo  ―  slender and delicate

   • 曰：將子無疑，昏以爲期。
     生如其言，乘昏而往。忽見桃花一枝過墻而有搖裊之影。往視之，則以鞦韆絨索繫竹兜下垂。生攀緣而踰。會月上東山，花影在地，淸香可愛。 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]

     From: late 1400s, 金時習 (Kim Si-seup), 《李生窺牆傳》, 《金鰲新話》

     Wal: Jang ja mu ui, hon iwi gi.
     Saeng yeo gi eon, seung hon i wang. Hol gyeon dohwa il ji gwa jang i yu yo nyo ji yeong. Wang si ji, jeuk i chucheon yung sak gye juk du ha su. Saeng banyeon i yu. Hoe wol sang dongsan, hwa yeong jae ji, cheonghyang ga'ae. [Sino-Korean]

     She said: "Have no doubt; let the evening be the time of our tryst."
     The young scholar followed her words and set off with the coming of evening. Suddenly, he saw a lone branch of peach blossoms going over the wall and casting a trembling, slender shadow. He went to look at it. A bamboo basket was lowered by the silken cables of a swing. The scholar clambered up and crossed the wall. He met the moon ascending the eastern hill; flowers' shadows were on the earth, and their clear fragrance was to be loved.

2. used in 裊裊／袅袅 (niǎoniǎo) and 裊娜／袅娜
3. alternative form of 褭 / 袅 (niǎo)

Compounds

• 姌裊 / 姌袅 (rǎnniǎo)
• 細裊裊 / 细袅袅
• 裊娜 / 袅娜
• 裊窕 / 袅窕
• 裊繞 / 袅绕
• 裊裊 / 袅袅 (niǎoniǎo)
• 裊裊上升 / 袅袅上升
• 裊裊婷婷 / 袅袅婷婷
• 裊裊炊煙 / 袅袅炊烟
• 裊蹄 / 袅蹄
• 裊蹏 / 袅蹄

References

• “裊”, 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

裊

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): じょう (jō)、にょう (nyō)
• Kun: しなやか (shinayaka)

Korean

Hanja

裊 • (nyo>yo) (hangeul 뇨>요, revised nyo>yo, McCune–Reischauer nyo>yo, Yale nyo>yo)

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Vietnamese

Han character

裊: Hán Nôm readings: nẻo

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