嫋

See also: 嬝

嫋 U+5ACB, 嫋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5ACB ← 嫊 [U+5ACA] CJK Unified Ideographs 嫌 → [U+5ACC]

Translingual

Han character

嫋 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 女弓一一 (VNMM), four-corner 4742₇, composition ⿰女弱)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 269, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6614
• Dae Jaweon: page 536, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1074, character 9
• Unihan data for U+5ACB

Chinese

trad.		嫋
simp.		袅

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (弱) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
嫋	*neːwʔ
弱	*njewɢ
溺	*njewɢ, *neːwɢ
蒻	*njewɢ
搦	*rneːwɢ, *rnaːwɢ
愵	*neːwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *neːwʔ) : semantic 女 + phonetic 弱 (OC *njewɢ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niǎo (niao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): niu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niǎo
    • Wade–Giles: niao³
    • Yale: nyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neau
    • Palladius: няо (njao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: niu⁵
    • Yale: níuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: niu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: niu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niːu̯¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: newX

Rime
Character	嫋
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	奴鳥切
Baxter	newX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/neuX/
Pan Wuyun	/neuX/
Shao Rongfen	/neuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/nɛwX/
Li Rong	/neuX/
Wang Li	/nieuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/nieuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	niǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	niu5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*neːwʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嫋
Reading #	1/1
No.	10946
Phonetic component	弱
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	嬲
Old Chinese	/*neːwʔ/

Definitions

嫋

1. Alternative form of 裊／袅 (niǎo)

Compounds

• 姌嫋／姌袅 (rǎnniǎo)
• 嫋娜／袅娜
• 嫋嫋／袅袅 (niǎoniǎo)
• 嫋嫋娉娉／袅袅娉娉
• 嫋嫋娜娜／袅袅娜娜
• 嫋嫋婷婷／袅袅婷婷
• 嬌嫋不勝／娇袅不胜
• 餘音嫋嫋／余音袅袅

 

Japanese

Kanji

嫋

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: にょう (nyō)^{←ねう (neu, historical)}
• Kan-on: じょう (jō)^{←でう (deu, historical)}
• Kun: なよやか (nayoyaka, 嫋やか); しなやか (shinayaka, 嫋やか); たおやか (taoyaka, 嫋やか)

Korean

Hanja

嫋 • (nyo, ya) (hangeul 뇨, 야, revised nyo, ya, McCune–Reischauer nyo, ya)

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Vietnamese

Han character

嫋: Hán Nôm readings: niễu

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References

• Nom Foundation