仍

仍 U+4ECD, 仍 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4ECD ← 仌 [U+4ECC] CJK Unified Ideographs 从 → [U+4ECE]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

仍 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 人弓竹尸 (ONHS), four-corner 2722₇, composition ⿰亻乃)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 92, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 361
• Dae Jaweon: page 194, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 110, character 3
• Unihan data for U+4ECD

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		仍

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 仍
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Small seal script s05762 Transcribed ancient scripts L33480 L33481 L11443 L11444 L11445 L11446
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

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

	Old Chinese
乃	*nɯːʔ
鼐	*nɯːʔ, *nɯːs
疓	*njɯːʔ
奶	*rneːlʔ
仍	*njɯŋ
艿	*njɯŋ
辸	*njɯŋ
礽	*njɯŋ
扔	*njɯŋ, *njɯŋs
芿	*njɯŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *njɯŋ) : semantic 亻 + phonetic 乃 (OC *nɯːʔ).

Etymology

“to be done repeatedly; as before”

A terminative derivation from 二 (OC *njis, “two”), literally “got to be done twice/again”. Alternatively, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-n(j)aŋ (“to follow; to repeat”).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 仍

1. to follow; to do the same as
2. to continue; to be done repeatedly
3. frequently; repeatedly
4. the eighth generation; numerous (descendants)
5. still; yet

   • 如你所見，我們仍在工作。 [MSC, trad.]
     如你所见，我们仍在工作。 [MSC, simp.]

     Rú nǐ suǒjiàn, wǒmen réng zài gōngzuò. [Pinyin]

     As you can see, we're still working.

   • 她的事仍有希望。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

     Tā de shì réng yǒu xīwàng. [Pinyin]

     There is hope for her yet.

   • 有些問題仍未解決。 [MSC, trad.]
     有些问题仍未解决。 [MSC, simp.]

     Yǒu xiē wèntí réng wèijiějué. [Pinyin]

     Some problems remain unsolved.

6. thus; as a result
7. a surname

Synonyms

• (to follow):

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• 因襲／因袭 (yīnxí)
• 承襲／承袭 (chéngxí)
• 沿襲／沿袭 (yánxí)

 

• (still):

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• 仍是 (réngshì)
• 仍然 (réngrán)
• 仍舊／仍旧 (réngjiù)
• 依然 (yīrán)
• 依舊／依旧 (yījiù)
• 兀自 (wùzì) (dialectal or archaic)
• 原徑／原径 (⁶gnioe-cin) (Wu)
• 嘛閣／嘛阁 (Hokkien)
• 尚 (literary, or in compounds)
• 尚且 (shàngqiě)
• 本本 (Hakka)
• 猶且／犹且 (yóuqiě) (literary)
• 猶是／犹是 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 猶然／犹然 (yóurán)
• 猶自／犹自 (yóuzì)
• 還／还 (hái)
• 還是／还是 (háishì)
• 都係／都系 (Cantonese)

 

Compounds

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Japanese

Kanji

仍

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: にょう (nyō)^{←ねう (neu, historical)}
• Kan-on: じょう (jō)^{←ぜう (zeu, historical)}
• Kun: よる (yoru)、しきりに (shikirini)、なお (nao)^{←なほ (nafo, historical)}
• Nanori: なお (nao)^{←なほ (nafo, historical)}

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Korean

Hanja

仍 (eum 잉 (ing))

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Pai-lang

Etymology

From . Compare Tibetan སྙིང (snying, “heart”), Old Chinese 仁 (OC *njin, “kernel”).

Noun

1. heart

References

• Hill, Nathan W. (2017) “Songs of the Bailang: A New Transcription with Etymological Commentary”, in Bulletin de l'École française d'Extrême-Orient‎^[1], volume 103, pages 386—429

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Vietnamese

Han character

仍: Hán Nôm readings: nhưng, nhăng, nhang, những, dưng, dừng, nhẳng, nhùng

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References

• Nom Foundation