髵

髵 U+9AF5, 髵 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9AF5 ← 髴 [U+9AF4] CJK Unified Ideographs 髶 → [U+9AF6]

Translingual

Han character

髵 (Kangxi radical 190, 髟+6, 16 strokes, cangjie input 尸竹一月中 (SHMBL), composition ⿱髟而)

1. whiskers, bristles on the jaws of an animal

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1453, character 42
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45421
• Dae Jaweon: page 1984, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4524, character 3
• Unihan data for U+9AF5

Chinese

simp. and trad.		髵

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
耐	*nɯːs
耏	*nɯːs, *njɯ
而	*njɯ
鮞	*njɯ, *njuɡ
鴯	*njɯ
栭	*njɯ
陑	*njɯ
峏	*njɯ
輀	*njɯ
胹	*njɯ
洏	*njɯ
髵	*njɯ
恧	*nɯɡ, *nuɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ér (er²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄦˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ér
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ér
    • Wade–Giles: êrh²
    • Yale: ér
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: erl
    • Palladius: эр (er)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁴
    • Yale: yìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: nyi

Rime
Character	髵
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	如之切
Baxter	nyi
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵɨ/
Li Rong	/ȵiə/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭə/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ér
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*njɯ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	髵
Reading #	1/1
No.	2730
Phonetic component	而
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	而
Old Chinese	/*njɯ/
Notes	見張衡賦

Definitions

髵

1. whiskers
2. Used in 髬髵.

References

• (Cantonese) 粵音資料集叢

Japanese

Kanji

髵

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): じ (ji); に (ni)
• Kun: あごひげ (agohige)