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U+5462, 呢
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5462

[U+5461]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5463]

Translingual

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Stroke order
8 strokes

Han character

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(Kangxi radical 30, +5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 口尸心 (RSP), four-corner 67011, composition )

References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 181, character 25
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3430
  • Dae Jaweon: page 399, character 31
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 609, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+5462

Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *nil) : semantic (mouth) + phonetic (OC *nil)

Etymology 1

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alternative forms
Hokkien
Hokkien

Ota (1987) suggests that the particle used in questions comes from (MC nriX) [Five Dynasties], a particle which may come from (MC nyeX, “that”), and that the particle used to indicate an action in progress comes from earlier [Yuan dynasty], which may come from (MC liX, “place”) [Tang dynasty–Five Dynasties].

Pronunciation

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Note: literary.

Definitions

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  1. Sentence-final particle indicating a reciprocal question; used to apply the previously asked question to a new subject. What about ...?; And ...?
      ―  ne?  ―  How about you?
    [Cantonese]  ―  gam2 ngo5 ne1? [Jyutping]  ―  What about me?
    覺得觉得  ―  Nǐ juéde ne?  ―  What do you think?
    爸爸媽媽 [MSC, trad.]
    爸爸妈妈 [MSC, simp.]
    Nǐ bàba hǎo ma? Nǐ māma ne? [Pinyin]
    How is your father? And your mom?
  2. Sentence-final particle signalling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words.
    今天值日這兒一溜煙兒 [MSC, trad.]
    今天值日这儿一溜烟儿 [MSC, simp.]
    Jīntiān wǒ liǎ zhírì, wǒ zhèr zhèng sǎo zhe dì, tā ne, yīliūyānr pǎo le. [Pinyin]
    He and I were on cleaning duty today. I was sweeping the room when he got away in a flash.
  3. Sentence-final particle indicating continuation of an action or state, English present continuous. to be ...-ing
    我們漢語 [MSC, trad.]
    我们汉语 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒmen shàng hànyǔ kè ne. [Pinyin]
    We are attending a Chinese lesson.
  4. Sentence-final particle used to make questions more indirect, to give the impression that the speaker is speaking to themselves.
    哪兒哪儿  ―  Tā qù nǎr le ne?  ―  I wonder where he's going?
    [Shanghainese, trad.]
    [Shanghainese, simp.]
    From: 2007, Qian Nairong, 上海话大词典, page 309
    6yi 6le 0gni 8veq-le [Wugniu]
    Is he coming or not?
  5. (Shanghainese) Sentence-final particle expressing anger.
    現在 [Shanghainese, trad.]
    现在 [Shanghainese, simp.]
    From: 2007, Qian Nairong, 上海话大词典, page 309
    5tsau-ti 5ka 5kaon 0gni 5tau 6yi-ze 5tse 5kaon [Wugniu]
    You should have said it sooner, not now!
Usage notes
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When expressing an action in progress, can be used with 正在 (zhèngzài) and (zhe) in a sentence. This is the full pattern. Each part is optional. The use of 呢 implies a contrastive mood.

我們正在漢語 [MSC, trad.]
我们正在汉语 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒmen zhèngzài shàng zhe hànyǔ kè ne. [Pinyin]
But we are (still) in Chinese class now.

Compounds

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Etymology 2

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“cloth”
From French laine. In 明史, this word is also written as 𪡏. Cognate with Cantonese (laang5-1).

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • nà̤ - “whispering”;
  • nì - “cloth”.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (12)
Final () (17)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter nrij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɳˠiɪ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɳᵚi/
Shao
Rongfen
/niɪ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɳji/
Li
Rong
/nji/
Wang
Li
/ni/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ni/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
nei4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 9429
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*nil/

Definitions

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  1. Used in 呢喃 (nínán).
  2. woollen cloth (for heavy clothing)
      ―  róng  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Synonyms
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Compounds

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Etymology 3

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rare
rare
(ji1)
(ji1)
(ji1)
rare
rare
(ji1)
(ji1)
(ji1)
(li1)
 

Substrate word. Compare:

Pronunciation

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Definitions

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  1. (Cantonese) this
Usage notes
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Synonyms
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Etymology 4

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Pronunciation

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Definitions

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  1. (Cantonese) hey; Used to raise attention of the listener

Etymology 5

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alternative forms le

From clipping of English level.

Pronunciation

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Definitions

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  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, gaming) levels (in a video game)
  2. (Hong Kong Cantonese, figuratively) levels in a society; social class
Compounds
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Etymology 6

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Pronunciation

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Definitions

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  1. sound
  2. Alternative form of ()

Etymology 7

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Pronunciation

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Definitions

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  1. Only used in 唵嘛呢叭咪吽 (ǎn mānī bēimēi hōng).

Etymology 8

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Pronunciation

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Definitions

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  1. (Southern Min) Used in some question words.

Compounds

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

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  • Go-on: (ni)ねい (nei)
  • Kan-on: (ji) (di, historical)でい (dei)

Korean

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Hanja

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(eum (ni))

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: ni, nài, nấy, , nỉ, , này

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