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U+6C5D, 汝
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C5D

[U+6C5C]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+6C5E]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 85, +3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 水女 (EV), four-corner 34140, composition )

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 606, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17138
  • Dae Jaweon: page 999, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1555, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+6C5D

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *njaʔ) : semantic (river; water) + phonetic (OC *naʔ, *nas).

Etymology 1

trad.
simp. #

Probably related to Proto-Kam-Sui *Ɂnjaᴬ (river), whence Southern Kam nyal (river), Sui qnyal (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

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Definitions

(deprecated template usage)

  1. (, ) Ru River, a northern tributary of the Huai River in modern-day southern Henan province. The name also refers to the Hong River in its lower reaches, which now shares a common course with the Ru, as well as a southern tributary of the Hong.
  2. a surname

Compounds

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Etymology 2

trad.
simp. #
alternative forms
coastal Min (colloquial)

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *na-ŋ (you). Cognate with () and (ěr).

Pronunciation

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Definitions

(deprecated template usage)

  1. (literary or coastal Min) thou, you (second-person pronoun)
Synonyms

Compounds

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Descendants

  • Burmese: လု (lu.)
  • Thai: ลื้อ (lʉ́ʉ)
  • Indonesian: lu, lo, elu

Japanese

Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

Readings

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
なんじ
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling

/na mut͡ɕi//namʉd͡ʑi//nand͡ʑi/

Originally a compound of (na, second person singular pronoun, see Etymology 3 below) +‎ (muchi, noble).[1][2]

Also written as なむぢ (namuji) in older texts, since the namuchi, namuji, and nanji readings likely existed in free variation until the development of the (n) grapheme.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

(なんじ) (nanjiなんぢ (nandi)?

  1. (archaic) second-person singular pronoun: you, thou
Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:汝.

Derived terms
Idioms
Proverbs

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
なれ
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

From Old Japanese.

Derived from (na, second person singular pronoun, see Etymology 3 below) +‎ (-re, nominalizing suffix).

Pronoun

(なれ) (nare

  1. (archaic, obsolete) second-person singular pronoun: you, thou
Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:汝.

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term

Jinmeiyō
irregular
Alternative spelling

From Old Japanese.

Possibly cognate with second-person singular informal pronoun Korean (neo).

Pronoun

() (na

  1. (archaic, obsolete) second-person singular pronoun: you, thou
Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:汝.

Derived terms

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
うぬ
Jinmeiyō
irregular
Alternative spelling

Sound shift from reflexive pronoun (ono), Old Japanese (ono2).[2]

Pronunciation

  • Pronunciation for pronoun senses unknown.

Pronoun

(うぬ) (unu

  1. (vulgar) second-person pronoun: you
  2. (derogatory) first- or third-person reflexive pronoun: me, myself, himself, herself, itself, oneself
    Synonym: 自分自身 (jibun-jishin)
Derived terms

Interjection

(うぬ) (unu

  1. (vulgar) used as an insult to the second person: you!
    Synonym: (onore)

Etymology 5

Kanji in this term
しゃ
Jinmeiyō
irregular

⟨si⟩/ɕi//ɕa/

Shift from Old Japanese (si) of the same meaning.

Pronoun

(しゃ) (sha

  1. (archaic, obsolete) second-person singular pronoun: you, thou

Etymology 6

Kanji in this term
いまし
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

The nominalization of honorific verb 坐す (imasu, to be, honorific).[1]

Possibly also analyzable as a compound of (i-, a rare Old Japanese second person singular pronoun) +‎ (mashi, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of honorific verb 坐す masu, “to be”).

Pronoun

(いまし) (imashi

  1. (honorific, archaic) second-person singular pronoun: you, thou

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

(yeo) (hangeul , revised yeo, McCune–Reischauer yŏ, Yale ye)

  1. you
  2. the name of water, river[1]
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References

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Old Japanese

Etymology 1

Originally a first person pronoun. Later became a second person pronoun, as is often seen in Japanese. Compare Old Korean Korean na (na). Also found in some instances as a self-reference, one, oneself. This sense is more commonly spelled when used in isolation[1].

Pronoun

(na) (kana )

  1. first-person singular pronoun: I, me
  2. third-person reflexive pronoun: one, oneself, itself
  3. second-person singular pronoun: you, thou
Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:汝.

Derived terms
Descendants
  • Japanese: (na)
See also

Etymology 2

From (na, second person singular pronoun, see Etymology 1 above) +‎ (-re, nominalizing suffix).

Pronoun

(nare) (kana なれ)

  1. second-person singular pronoun: you, thou
Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:汝.

Descendants
  • Japanese: (nare)

Etymology 3

Cognate with (si, third-person pronoun) and (si, reflexive pronoun). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronoun

(si) (kana )

  1. second-person singular pronoun: you, thou
Descendants
  • Japanese: (sha)

Etymology 4

The nominalization of the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of honorific verb 坐す (imasu, to be).

Alternatively, analyzable as a compound of (i, second person singular pronoun, see Etymology 6 below) +‎ 坐し (masi, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of honorific verb 坐す (masu), “to be”).

Pronoun

(imasi) (kana いまし)

  1. (honorific) second-person singular pronoun: you, thou
Usage notes

More honorific than masi (see Etymology 5 below), but less honorific than mi1masi (see Etymology 6 below).

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:汝.

Descendants
  • Japanese: (imashi)

Etymology 5

The nominalization of the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of honorific verb 坐す (masu, to be).[1]

Alternatively, a shortening of imasi (see Etymology 3 above).[1][2]

Pronoun

(masi) (kana まし)

  1. (honorific) second-person singular pronoun: you, thou
Usage notes

Less honorific than both imasi (see Etymology 4 above) and mi1masi (see Etymology 6 below).

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:汝.

Etymology 6

Compound of (mi1-, honorific prefix) +‎ (masi, second person singular pronoun, see Etymology 4 above).[1]

Pronoun

(mi1masi) (kana みまし)

  1. (honorific) second-person singular pronoun: you, thou
Usage notes

More honorific than both imasi (see Etymology 4 above) and masi (see Etymology 5 above).

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:汝.

Etymology 7

Possibly a borrowing from Old Korean, compare modern Korean (i, this person). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronoun

(i) (kana )

  1. (rare, possibly derogatory) second-person singular pronoun: you, thou
Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:汝.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: nhớ, nhở, nhởi, nhứ, nhử, nhữ, dử, nhừ, nở

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