洱

洱 U+6D31, 洱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6D31 ← 洰 [U+6D30] CJK Unified Ideographs 洲 → [U+6D32]

Translingual

Han character

洱 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 水尸十 (ESJ), four-corner 3114₀, composition ⿰氵耳)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 622, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17412
• Dae Jaweon: page 1018, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1602, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6D31

Chinese

trad.		洱
simp. #		洱

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
佴	*nɯːs, *njɯs
麛	*miː
弭	*mniʔ
渳	*mniʔ
葞	*mniʔ
髶	*njis, *njoŋ
聻	*nɯʔ
恥	*n̥ʰɯʔ
咡	*njɯ, *njɯs
誀	*njɯ, *njɯs
耳	*njɯʔ
洱	*njɯʔ, *njɯs
駬	*njɯʔ
餌	*njɯs
珥	*njɯs
衈	*njɯs
毦	*njɯs
刵	*njɯs
眲	*njɯs, *rnɯːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *njɯʔ, *njɯs) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 耳 (OC *njɯʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ěr (er³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄦˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nei², ji⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ěr
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ěr
    • Wade–Giles: êrh³
    • Yale: ěr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eel
    • Palladius: эр (er)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nei², ji⁵
    • Yale: néi, yíh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nei², ji⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: néi², yi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nei̯³⁵/, /jiː¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: nyiX, nyiH

Rime
Character	洱	洱
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	日 (38)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	而止切	仍吏切
Baxter	nyiX	nyiH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵɨX/	/ȵɨH/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵɨX/	/ȵɨH/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑieX/	/ȵʑieH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵɨX/	/ȵɨH/
Li Rong	/ȵiəX/	/ȵiəH/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭəX/	/ȵʑĭəH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑiX/	/ȵʑiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ěr	èr
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji5	ji6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*njɯʔ/, /*njɯs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	洱	洱
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	2784	2794
Phonetic component	耳	耳
Rime group	之	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	耳	餌
Old Chinese	/*njɯʔ/	/*njɯs/
Notes	見漢書	見漢書

Definitions

洱

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Compounds

• 普洱 (pǔ'ěr)
• 普洱茶 (pǔ'ěrchá)
• 洱海 (Ěrhǎi)

 

References

• “洱”, 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–

Japanese

Kanji

洱

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): じ (ji); に (ni)

Korean

이

Vietnamese

Han character

洱: Hán Nôm readings: nhĩ

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References

• Nom Foundation