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軟
軟
See also: 软
Translingual
Han character
軟 (radical 159 車+4, 11 strokes, cangjie input 十十弓人 (JJNO), four-corner 57082, composition ⿰車欠)
References
- KangXi: page 1240, character 26
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38213
- Dae Jaweon: page 1716, character 21
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3518, character 15
- Unihan data for U+8EDF
Chinese
| trad. | 軟 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 软 | |
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (耎) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 陾 | *njɯ, *noːʔ |
| 腝 | *nuːs, *njonʔ, *nuːns |
| 堧 | *noːls, *njon |
| 稬 | *noːls, *noːnʔ, *noːns |
| 愞 | *noːls, *noːns, *njonʔ |
| 煗 | *noːnʔ |
| 餪 | *noːnʔ |
| 渜 | *noːnʔ, *noːns |
| 偄 | *noːns, *njonʔ |
| 瑌 | *njon, *njonʔ |
| 軟 | *njonʔ |
| 輭 | *njonʔ |
| 蝡 | *njonʔ, *njunʔ |
| 碝 | *njonʔ |
| 耎 | *njonʔ |
| 緛 | *njonʔ |
| 媆 | *nuːns |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄢˇ
- Wade-Giles: juan3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: roan
- IPA (key): /ʐu̯a̠n²¹⁴/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: jyun5
- Yale: yúhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: jyn5
- IPA (key): /jyːn¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiôn
- Hakka Romanization System: ngion´
- Hagfa Pinyim: ngion1
- IPA: /ɲi̯on²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nńg
- Tâi-lô: nńg
- Phofsit Daibuun: nngr
- IPA (Xiamen): /nŋ̍⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /nŋ̍⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /nŋ̍⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /nŋ̍⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /nŋ̍⁴¹/
- (Hokkien)
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 軟 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ʐuan²¹⁴/ |
| Harbin | /ʐuan²¹³/ | |
| Tianjin |
/yan¹³/ /ʐuan¹³/ |
|
| Jinan | /luã⁵⁵/ | |
| Qingdao | /yã⁵/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /ʐuan⁵³/ | |
| Xi'an | /vã⁵³/ | |
| Xining | /uã⁵³/ | |
| Yinchuan | /ʐuan⁵³/ | |
| Lanzhou | /vɛ̃n⁴⁴²/ | |
| Ürümqi |
/ʐuan⁵¹/ /van⁵¹/ |
|
| Wuhan | /yɛn⁴²/ | |
| Chengdu | /zuan⁵³/ | |
| Guiyang | /zuan⁴²/ | |
| Kunming | /ʐuã̠⁵³/ | |
| Nanjing | /ʐuaŋ²¹²/ | |
| Hefei |
/ʐʊ̃²⁴/ /ʐən²⁴/ |
|
| Jin | Taiyuan | /zuæ̃⁵³/ |
| Pingyao | /nzuɑŋ⁵³/ | |
| Hohhot | /ʐuæ̃⁵³/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ȵyø²³/ |
| Suzhou | /ŋø³¹/ | |
| Hangzhou | /nuõ⁵³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /ȵy³⁵/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /ne³⁵/ |
| Tunxi | /ȵyɛ²⁴/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /yẽ⁴¹/ |
| Xiangtan | /ȵyẽ⁴²/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /ȵyɵn²¹³/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /ŋion⁴⁴/ |
| Taoyuan | /ŋion²⁴/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /jyn²³/ |
| Nanning | /yn²⁴/ | |
| Hong Kong | /jyn¹³/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) |
/luan⁵³/ /nŋ̍⁵³/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /nuoŋ³²/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /nuiŋ²¹/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /nɯŋ⁵³/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) | /nui²¹³/ |
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 軟 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 日 (38) |
| Final (韻) | 仙 (78) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 而兖切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ȵiuᴇnX/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ȵʷiɛnX/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ȵʑjuænX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ȵwianX/ |
| Li Rong |
/ȵiuɛnX/ |
| Wang Li |
/ȵʑĭwɛnX/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ȵʑi̯wɛnX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
ruǎn |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 軟 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 10902 |
| Phonetic component |
耎 |
| Rime group |
元 |
| Rime subdivision |
3 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
輭 |
| Old Chinese |
/*njonʔ/ |
| Notes | 俗輭字，集韻正體從㞋聲 |
Definitions
軟
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Japanese
Kanji
軟
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Readings
Compounds
Compounds
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Korean
Hanja
軟 • (yeon) (hangeul 연, revised yeon, McCune-Reischauer yŏn, Yale yen)
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Vietnamese
Han character
軟 (nhuyễn, nhiễn, nhũn, nhung)
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