孻

孻 U+5B7B, 孻 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B7B ← 孺 [U+5B7A] CJK Unified Ideographs 孼 → [U+5B7C]

Translingual

Han character

孻 (Kangxi radical 39, 子+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 弓木中一廿 (NDLMT), four-corner 1541₇, composition ⿰子盡)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 281, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7043
• Dae Jaweon: page 551, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1020, character 4
• Unihan data for U+5B7B

Chinese

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 子 (“son”) + 盡 (“end; finish”).

Attested since the Ming era, in 《菽園雜記》 by 陸容:

廣東有“孻”字，音柰平聲，老年所生幼子。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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广东有“𡥧”字，音柰平声，老年所生幼子。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: 明・陸容《菽園雜記》

Guǎngdōng yǒu “孻” zì, yīn nài píngshēng, lǎonián suǒ shēng yòuzǐ. [Pinyin]

In Guangdong, there is 孻 character, read as 柰 (MC najH) with level tone, it means «the youngest son of an old parent» [i.e. the last son].

Etymology 1

trad.		孻
simp.		𡥧

Compare Zhuang byai (“tip; end”) (Ouyang, 2004).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nái, lái (nai², lai²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄞˊ, ㄌㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nái
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nái
    • Wade–Giles: nai²
    • Yale: nái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nai
    • Palladius: най (naj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naɪ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lái
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lái
    • Wade–Giles: lai²
    • Yale: lái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lai
    • Palladius: лай (laj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: laai¹
    • Yale: lāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːi̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

孻

1. (Cantonese) last

Compounds

• 孻仔 / 𡥧仔
• 孻仔拉心肝，孻女拉五臟 / 𡥧仔拉心肝，𡥧女拉五脏
• 孻叔 / 𡥧叔
• 孻女 / 𡥧女
• 孻尾 / 𡥧尾
• 阿孻 / 阿𡥧

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 孻 – see 倈 (“(Hakka) son”). (This character is a variant form of 倈).

Japanese

Kanji

孻

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): だい (dai)、ない (nai)