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See also: ⿰亻児
U+502A, 倪
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-502A

[U+5029]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+502B]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 9, +8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人竹難山 (OHXU), four-corner 27217, composition )

References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 109, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 792
  • Dae Jaweon: page 231, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 179, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+502A

Chinese

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simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character


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).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *ŋeː) : semantic + phonetic (OC *ŋeː, *ŋje).

Pronunciation 1

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Note: ghoi5 - surname.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (31)
Final () (39)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
Baxter ngej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋei/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋei/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋɛi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋɛj/
Li
Rong
/ŋei/
Wang
Li
/ŋiei/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ŋiei/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ngai4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ ngej ›
Old
Chinese
/*ŋˁe/
English young and weak

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 2736
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ŋeː/

Definitions

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  1. small child
  2. small and weak
  3. origin; beginning
  4. bound; limit; extremity
  5. to differentiate
  6. (Wu) I; we
    alt. forms: ()
  7. a surname

Compounds

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Pronunciation 2

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Definitions

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  1. Alternative form of (, to look sideways; to squint)

Compounds

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Japanese

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Shinjitai
(extended)

⿰亻児

Kyūjitai

Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanjikyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form ⿰亻児)

  1. small child
  2. edge, limit, boundary

Readings

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  • Go-on: (ge)
  • Kan-on: げい (gei)
  • Kun: きわ (kiwa)

Compounds

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Korean

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Hanja

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(eum (ye))

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: nghê, hầu

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