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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 61 +4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 心弓土 (PNG), four-corner 97015, composition)

  1. blush, be bashful, be ashamed

References

  • KangXi: page 378, character 27
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10397
  • Dae Jaweon: page 706, character 26
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2279, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+5FF8

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*nuː
*nuʔ
*nuʔ, *tnuʔ
*nuʔ, *nus
*nuʔ
*nuʔ, *nuɡ
*nuʔ, *n̥ʰuʔ
*nuʔ
*snu
*n̥ʰuʔ
*njuʔ, *nuɡ
*njuʔ
*nuɡ, *njuɡ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (12)
Final () (4)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɳɨuk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɳiuk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/niuk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɳuwk̚/
Li
Rong
/niuk̚/
Wang
Li
/nĭuk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ni̯uk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 1521 1531
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*nuʔ/ /*nuɡ/

Definitions

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Compounds

  • 忸忸怩怩
  • 忸怩 (niǔní)
  • 忸怩作態忸怩作态
  • 忸捏

References


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(nyu>yu) (hangeul >, revised nyu>yu, McCune-Reischauer nyu>yu, Yale nyu>yu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

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References