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Translingual

Han character

(radical 130 +8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 月人戈心 (BOIP), four-corner 78232)

References

  • KangXi: page 986, character 31
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29619
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1439, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2089, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+814D

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*rnɯːmʔ, *nɯːmʔ, *hnjɯmʔ
*tɯːms, *tɯːns
*tɯːms, *nɯːb
*klɯːms, *n̥ʰɯːms
*hnjɯmʔ
*njɯːm
*njɯmʔ
*njɯmʔ
*nɯːb
*nɯːb
*nɯːb
*nɯːb, *sens
*nɯːb, *nɯːd

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (38)
Final () (139)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ȵiɪmX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ȵimX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȵʑjemX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ȵimX/
Li
Rong
/ȵiəmX/
Wang
Li
/ȵʑĭĕmX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ȵʑi̯əmX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
rěn
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 9498
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*njɯmʔ/
Notes

Adjective

  1. (Cantonese) soft