孴

孴 U+5B74, 孴 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B74 ← 孳 [U+5B73] CJK Unified Ideographs 孵 → [U+5B75]

Translingual

Han character

孴 (Kangxi radical 39, 子+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 弓木弓木日 (NDNDA), composition ⿱孨日)

Further reading

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 280, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7013
• Dae Jaweon: page 549, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1018, character 13
• Unihan data for U+5B74

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		孴

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
孨	*nɯb, *skʷrens, *kʷjenʔ
孴	*ŋɯʔ, *lɯb

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǐ (ni³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nǐ
    • Wade–Giles: ni³
    • Yale: nǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nii
    • Palladius: ни (ni)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ji⁵
    • Yale: yíh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: ngiX, yip

Rime
Character	孴	孴
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	緝 (141)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	魚紀切	羊入切
Baxter	ngiX	yip
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɨX/	/jiɪp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋɨX/	/jip̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋieX/	/jep̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɨX/	/jip̚/
Li Rong	/ŋiəX/	/iəp̚/
Wang Li	/ŋĭəX/	/jĭĕp̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋiX/	/i̯əp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǐ	yì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji5	jap6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋɯʔ/, /*lɯb/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	孴	孴
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	9439	9440
Phonetic component	孴	孴
Rime group	之	緝
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	擬	熠
Old Chinese	/*ŋɯʔ/	/*lɯb/
Notes	讀若薿	見漢賦

Definitions

孴

1. prosperous appearance
2. Used in 戢孴.
3. to gather, to collect

References

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 96