輗

Translingual

Han character

輗 (Kangxi radical 159, 車+8, 15 strokes, cangjie input 十十竹難山 (JJHXU), four-corner 5701₇, composition ⿰車兒)

1. a cross bar at end of a carriage pole

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1244, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38357
• Dae Jaweon: page 1721, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3540, character 1
• Unihan data for U+8F17

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Chinese

trad.		輗
simp.		𫐐

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
掜	*rŋeː, *ŋeːʔ
誽	*rŋeː
倪	*ŋeː
蜺	*ŋeː, *ŋeː
霓	*ŋeː, *ŋeːs, *ŋeː
郳	*ŋeː
齯	*ŋeː
婗	*ŋeː
輗	*ŋeː
棿	*ŋeː
猊	*ŋeː
麑	*ŋeː
貎	*ŋeː
鯢	*ŋeː
兒	*ŋeː, *ŋje
觬	*ŋeː, *ŋeːʔ
堄	*ŋeːʔ, *ŋeːs
晲	*ŋeːʔ
睨	*ŋeːs
唲	*ŋje
隉	*ŋeːd
鶂	*ŋeːɡ
鬩	*ɦŋeːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ní (ni²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ní
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ní
    • Wade–Giles: ni²
    • Yale: ní
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ni
    • Palladius: ни (ni)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ngai⁴
    • Yale: ngàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: ngej

Rime
Character	輗
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	五稽切
Baxter	ngej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋei/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋei/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɛj/
Li Rong	/ŋei/
Wang Li	/ŋiei/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngai4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋeː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	輗
Reading #	1/1
No.	2742
Phonetic component	兒
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	倪
Old Chinese	/*ŋeː/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 輗

1. the crossbar used for yoking on an oxcart

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Japanese

Kanji

輗

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. crossbar at the end of a carriage pole

Readings

• On (unclassified): げい (gei), ぎ (gi)
• Kun: くさび (kusabi)

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Korean

Hanja

輗 • (ye) (hangeul 예, revised ye, McCune–Reischauer ye)

1. the crossbar at the end of a carriage pole