誾

See also: 訚

Translingual

Han character

誾 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+8, 15 strokes, cangjie input 日弓卜一口 (ANYMR), four-corner 7760₁, composition ⿵門言)

1. speak gently
2. respectful

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1166, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35608
• Dae Jaweon: page 1631, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4301, character 5
• Unihan data for U+8ABE

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Chinese

trad.		誾
simp.		訚

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
唁	*ŋrans
這	*ŋrans
言	*ŋan
琂	*ŋan
圁	*ŋrɯn
誾	*ŋrɯn
訔	*ŋrɯn
狺	*ŋrɯn, *ŋɯn

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yín (yin²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yín
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yín
    • Wade–Giles: yin²
    • Yale: yín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yn
    • Palladius: инь (inʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ngan⁴
    • Yale: ngàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: ngin

Rime
Character	誾
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	眞 (44)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	語巾切
Baxter	ngin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋˠiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋᵚin/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋien/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋjin/
Li Rong	/ŋjĕn/
Wang Li	/ŋǐĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yín
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngan4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ŋ]rə[n]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋrɯn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	誾
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yín
Middle Chinese	‹ ngin ›
Old Chinese	/*[ŋ]rə[n]/ (< uvular?)
English	affable, reasonable
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	誾
Reading #	1/1
No.	14274
Phonetic component	言
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	銀
Old Chinese	/*ŋrɯn/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 誾

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Japanese

Kanji

誾

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. speak gently
2. respectful

Readings

• Go-on: ごん (gon)
• Kan-on: ぎん (gin)

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Korean

Hanja

誾 • (eun) (hangeul 은)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 誾 (ngân)

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