郳

Translingual

Han character

郳 (Kangxi radical 163, 邑+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹山弓中 (HUNL), four-corner 7722₇, composition ⿰兒阝)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1273, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39482
• Dae Jaweon: page 1772, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3779, character 8
• Unihan data for U+90F3

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		郳

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋeː) : phonetic 兒 (OC *ŋeː, *ŋje) + semantic 邑 (“city”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Ní (Ni²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Gê

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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/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gê
    • Tâi-lô: Gê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gee
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡe²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /ɡe²⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: ngej

Rime
Character	郳
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	郳
Reading #	1/1
No.	2739
Phonetic component	兒
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	倪
Old Chinese	/*ŋeː/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 郳

1. (～國) (historical) Ni, a state during the Zhou dynasty, located in modern-day Shandong, China.
2. a surname