韌

See also: 韧

韌 U+97CC, 韌 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-97CC ← 韋 [U+97CB] CJK Unified Ideographs 韍 → [U+97CD]

Translingual

Han character

韌 (Kangxi radical 178, 韋+3, 12 strokes, cangjie input 木手尸竹戈 (DQSHI), four-corner 4754₇, composition ⿰韋刃)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1393, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43109
• Dae Jaweon: page 1908, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4503, character 7
• Unihan data for U+97CC

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Chinese

trad.		韌
simp.		韧

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 韌
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
涊	*nɯːnʔ, *njɯnʔ
紉	*nɯn
忍	*njɯnʔ
荵	*njɯnʔ
刃	*njɯns
認	*njɯns, *njɯŋs
仞	*njɯns
軔	*njɯns
韌	*njɯns
肕	*njɯns
牣	*njɯns
杒	*njɯns
訒	*njɯns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *njɯns) : semantic 韋 + phonetic 刃 (OC *njɯns).

Etymology

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Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 韌

1. strong; tough; robust; sturdy
2. (Cantonese) tough; hard to chew or cut

   我覺得呢塊肉韌咗啲。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   我觉得呢块肉韧咗啲。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ gok³ dak¹ nei¹ faai³ juk⁶ ngan⁶ zo² di¹. [Jyutping]

   I think this piece of meat is a bit too tough.

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Japanese

Kanji

韌

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): じん (jin), にん (nin)
• Kun: しなやか (shinayaka)