麑

麑 U+9E91, 麑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9E91 ← 麐 [U+9E90] CJK Unified Ideographs 麒 → [U+9E92]

Translingual

Han character

麑 (Kangxi radical 198, 鹿+8, 19 strokes, cangjie input 戈心竹難山 (IPHXU), four-corner 0021₇, composition ⿸鹿兒)

1. fawn, young deer

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1510, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47656
• Dae Jaweon: page 2038, character 34
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4733, character 6
• Unihan data for U+9E91

Chinese

trad.		麑
simp. #		麑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ní (ni²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ní
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ní
    • Wade–Giles: ni²
    • Yale: ní
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ni
    • Palladius: ни (ni)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ngai⁴
    • Yale: ngàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: ngej

Rime
Character	麑
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	五稽切
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	yí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngai4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*m-ŋˤe/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋeː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	麑
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	ní
Middle Chinese	‹ mej ›
Old Chinese	/*m-ŋˁe/
English	fawn
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	麑
Reading #	1/1
No.	2745
Phonetic component	兒
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	倪
Old Chinese	/*ŋeː/
Notes	同猊

Definitions

麑

1. fawn; young deer

   Synonym: 麛 (mí)

2. Used in 狻麑.

Compounds

• 狻麑 (suānní)
• 鉏麑／锄麑
• 鉏麑觸槐／锄麑触槐
• 麑裘 (níqiú)
• 麑鹿 (nílù)

 

Japanese

Kanji

麑

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. fawn

Readings

• On (unclassified): げい (gei)、べい (bei)
• Kun: かのこ (kanoko)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
麑
げい Hyōgai
on'yomi

滞麑(たいげい)記念(きねん) (taigei kinen)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡe̞ː]

Affix

麑(げい) • (gei) 

1. (obsolete) Short for 鹿児島／麑島 (Kagoshima, “Kagoshima (a province of Japan)”).

Korean

Hanja

麑 • (ye) (hangeul 예, revised ye, McCune–Reischauer ye, Yale yey)

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