恧

恧 U+6067, 恧 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6067 ← 恦 [U+6066] CJK Unified Ideographs 恨 → [U+6068]

Translingual

Han character

恧 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 一月心 (MBP), four-corner 1033₂, composition ⿱而心)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 385, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10587
• Dae Jaweon: page 716, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2290, character 9
• Unihan data for U+6067

Chinese

simp. and trad.		恧

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
耐	*nɯːs
耏	*nɯːs, *njɯ
而	*njɯ
鮞	*njɯ, *njuɡ
鴯	*njɯ
栭	*njɯ
陑	*njɯ
峏	*njɯ
輀	*njɯ
胹	*njɯ
洏	*njɯ
髵	*njɯ
恧	*nɯɡ, *nuɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *nɯɡ, *nuɡ) : phonetic 而 (OC *njɯ) + semantic 心 (“heart”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǜ (nü⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nuk¹, nuk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǜ
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nyù
    • Wade–Giles: nü⁴
    • Yale: nyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niuh
    • Palladius: нюй (njuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ny⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nuk¹, nuk⁶
    • Yale: nūk, nuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nuk⁷, nuk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nug¹, nug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nʊk̚⁵/, /nʊk̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: nrjuwk, nrik

Rime
Character	恧	恧
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	娘 (12)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	東 (4)	蒸 (134)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	女六切	女力切
Baxter	nrjuwk	nrik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɳɨuk̚/	/ɳɨk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɳiuk̚/	/ɳɨk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/niuk̚/	/niek̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɳuwk̚/	/ɳik̚/
Li Rong	/niuk̚/	/niək̚/
Wang Li	/nĭuk̚/	/nĭək̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ni̯uk̚/	/ni̯ək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nù	nì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	nuk6	nik6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*nɯɡ/, /*nuɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	恧	恧
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	2731	2732
Phonetic component	而	而
Rime group	職	覺
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	匿	肭
Old Chinese	/*nɯɡ/	/*nuɡ/

Definitions

恧

1. (obsolete) ashamed and disconcerted

   • 將畵也，不忍焉；將疆也，不足焉。宜其自責而自恧焉。 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]

     From: 〈自警箴〉, Yi Saek, 1300s

     Jang hoek ya, bul in eon; jang gang ya, bu jok eon. Ui gi jachaek i ja nyuk eon. [Sino-Korean]

     [To stop my bad habits,] I intended to draw a line [to not cross], but I could not bear to do so. I intended to mark a limit, but I was not up to the task. For this, I should have blamed myself and feel shame for myself.

Compounds

• 恧然
• 恧縮／恧缩
• 愧恧
• 慚恧／惭恧

 

Japanese

Kanji

恧

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: にく (niku); にょく (nyoku)
• Kan-on: じく (jiku); じょく (joku)
• Kun: はじる (hajiru, 恧じる)

Vietnamese

Han character

恧: Hán Nôm readings: nục

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References

• Nom Foundation