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Translingual

Han character

(radical 119 +5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 火木卜口 (FDYR), four-corner 91960)

References

  • KangXi: page 907, character 40
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26901
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1334, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3144, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+7C98

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*taːm
*ɦlaːm, *hljems, *hl'eːms
*ɦlaːm
*rteːm, *rdeːms, *teːm, *tʰjeb
*rteːms
*sreːm
*nem
*nem
*slem, *ʔl'ɯm
*tem
*tem, *teːms, *tʰeːm
*tems, *tʰem
*tʰem, *ɡrem, *tʰeːb
*ʔljem, *tjems
*tjemʔ
*tjems, *teːm
*hljem, *hljems
*hljem, *teːms
*njem
*lem
*teːm
*tiːm
*teːmʔ
*teːmʔ, *teːms
*tiːms
*tiːms, *tim
*tʰeːm
*deːmʔ
*neːm
*neːm
*ʔl'ɯm
*teːb
*teːb, *tʰeːb
*tʰeːb
*tʰeːb
*tʰeːb
*tʰeːb

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *nem) : semantic  (rice) + phonetic  (OC *ʔljem, *tjems) – glutinous, sticky rice.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (12)
Final () (154)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () Chongniu III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɳˠiᴇm/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɳᵚiɛm/
Shao
Rongfen
/niæm/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɳjiam/
Li
Rong
/njɛm/
Wang
Li
/nĭɛm/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ni̯ɛm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
nián
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 16699
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*nem/

Definitions

  1. sticky, glutinous
  2. to adhere, to stick

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Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(jeom) (hangeul )

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Vietnamese

Han character

(niêm, chiêm, dính)

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