屔

屔 U+5C54, 屔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C54 ← 屓 [U+5C53] CJK Unified Ideographs 展 → [U+5C55]

Translingual

Han character

屔 (Kangxi radical 44, 尸+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人一尸心 (OMSP), four-corner 0711₁, composition ⿰丘尼)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 302, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7714
• Dae Jaweon: page 599, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 975, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5C54

Chinese

trad.		屔
simp. #		屔

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
泥	*niːl, *niːls
屔	*niːl
苨	*niːlʔ
坭	*niːlʔ
迡	*niːls
埿	*braːms, *niːl, *niːls
旎	*nilʔ
狔	*nilʔ
抳	*nilʔ
尼	*nil
呢	*nil
怩	*nil
柅	*nil, *nilʔ
蚭	*nil
跜	*nil
秜	*nil
痆	*rniːd
昵	*niɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ní (ni²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nai⁴ / lai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ní
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ní
    • Wade–Giles: ni²
    • Yale: ní
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ni
    • Palladius: ни (ni)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: nai⁴ / lai⁴
    • Yale: nàih / làih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nai⁴ / lai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: nei⁴ / lei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɐi̯²¹/, /lɐi̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: nej

Rime
Character	屔
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	奴低切
Baxter	nej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/nei/
Pan Wuyun	/nei/
Shao Rongfen	/nɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/nɛj/
Li Rong	/nei/
Wang Li	/niei/
Bernhard Karlgren	/niei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ní
Expected Cantonese Reflex	nai4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*niːl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	屔
Reading #	1/1
No.	9418
Phonetic component	尼
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	泥
Old Chinese	/*niːl/

Definitions

屔

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References

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 2), p. 98

Japanese

Kanji

屔

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): でい (dei)、ない (nai)、で (de)、に (ni)