禰

See also: 祢

禰 U+79B0, 禰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-79B0 ← 禯 [U+79AF] CJK Unified Ideographs 禱 → [U+79B1]

Translingual

Han character

禰 (Kangxi radical 113, 示+14, 19 strokes, cangjie input 戈火一火月 (IFMFB), four-corner 3122₇, composition ⿰礻爾)

Derived characters

• 𭌹

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 847, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24851
• Dae Jaweon: page 1269, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2411, character 1
• Unihan data for U+79B0

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Chinese

trad.		禰
simp.		祢*

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
嬭	*rneːlʔ, *niːlʔ
禰	*niːlʔ
镾	*niːlʔ, *mnel
薾	*niːlʔ
檷	*niːlʔ
鑈	*niːlʔ, *neːb
瀰	*niːlʔ, *mnel, *mnelʔ
獼	*mnel
瓕	*mnel
彌	*mnel
鸍	*mnel, *hnjel
擟	*mnel
濔	*mnelʔ
壐	*smlelʔ
璽	*smlelʔ
爾	*njelʔ
邇	*njelʔ
獮	*smlenʔ
籋	*neb, *neːb

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *niːlʔ) : semantic 示 + phonetic 爾 (OC *njelʔ).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǐ, mí (ni³, mi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˇ, ㄇㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nei⁵ / nai⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nǐ
    • Wade–Giles: ni³
    • Yale: nǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nii
    • Palladius: ни (ni)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mí
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mí
    • Wade–Giles: mi²
    • Yale: mí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mi
    • Palladius: ми (mi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: nei⁵ / nai⁵
    • Yale: néih / náih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nei⁵ / nai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: néi⁵ / nei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nei̯¹³/, /nɐi̯¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: nejX

Rime
Character	禰
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	奴禮切
Baxter	nejX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/neiX/
Pan Wuyun	/neiX/
Shao Rongfen	/nɛiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/nɛjX/
Li Rong	/neiX/
Wang Li	/nieiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/nieiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	nai5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*niːlʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	禰
Reading #	1/1
No.	2798
Phonetic component	爾
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	禰
Old Chinese	/*niːlʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 禰

1. one's deceased father
2. ancestral temple for one's deceased father
3. spirit tablet of father

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Mí, Nǐ (Mi², Ni³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˊ, ㄋㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nei⁴ / nai⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Bí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Mí
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Mí
    • Wade–Giles: Mi²
    • Yale: Mí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Mi
    • Palladius: Ми (Mi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, literary variant)⁺
    • 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: nei⁴ / nai⁵
    • Yale: nèih / náih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nei⁴ / nai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: néi⁴ / nei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nei̯²¹/, /nɐi̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bí
    • Tâi-lô: Bí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bie
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: nejX

Rime
Character	禰
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	奴禮切
Baxter	nejX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/neiX/
Pan Wuyun	/neiX/
Shao Rongfen	/nɛiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/nɛjX/
Li Rong	/neiX/
Wang Li	/nieiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/nieiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	nai5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*niːlʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	禰
Reading #	1/1
No.	2798
Phonetic component	爾
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	禰
Old Chinese	/*niːlʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 禰

1. a surname

References

• “禰”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

禰

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. mausoleum, ancestral shrine
2. sacred object, idol

Readings

• Go-on: ない (nai)、ね (ne)
• Kan-on: でい (dei)
• Kan’yō-on: ねい (nei)
• Kun: かたしろ (katashiro)

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Korean

Hanja

禰 (eum 니 (ni), word-initial (South Korea) 이 (i))

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