珥

珥 U+73E5, 珥 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-73E5 ← 珤 [U+73E4] CJK Unified Ideographs 珦 → [U+73E6]

Translingual

Han character

珥 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 一土尸十 (MGSJ), four-corner 1114₀, composition ⿰𤣩耳)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 731, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20964
• Dae Jaweon: page 1142, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1109, character 13
• Unihan data for U+73E5

Chinese

trad.		珥
simp. #		珥

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
佴	*nɯːs, *njɯs
麛	*miː
弭	*mniʔ
渳	*mniʔ
葞	*mniʔ
髶	*njis, *njoŋ
聻	*nɯʔ
恥	*n̥ʰɯʔ
咡	*njɯ, *njɯs
誀	*njɯ, *njɯs
耳	*njɯʔ
洱	*njɯʔ, *njɯs
駬	*njɯʔ
餌	*njɯs
珥	*njɯs
衈	*njɯs
毦	*njɯs
刵	*njɯs
眲	*njɯs, *rnɯːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *njɯs) : semantic 玉 (“jade”) + phonetic 耳 (OC *njɯʔ).

Etymology

Departing tone (去聲) derivative from 耳 (OC *njɯʔ, “ear”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ěr (er³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄦˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nei⁶ / ji⁶ / ji⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngí
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ěr
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ěr
    • Wade–Giles: êrh³
    • Yale: ěr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eel
    • Palladius: эр (er)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: nei⁶ / ji⁶ / ji⁵
    • Yale: neih / yih / yíh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nei⁶ / ji⁶ / ji⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: néi⁶ / yi⁶ / yi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nei̯²²/, /jiː²²/, /jiː¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngí
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngi^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngi³
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi³¹/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡si⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡si³³²/

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• Middle Chinese: nyiH

Rime
Character	珥
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	仍吏切
Baxter	nyiH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵɨH/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵɨH/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑieH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵɨH/
Li Rong	/ȵiəH/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭəH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȵʑiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	èr
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*njɯs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	珥
Reading #	1/1
No.	2787
Phonetic component	耳
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	餌
Old Chinese	/*njɯs/

Definitions

珥

1. (literary) jade or pearl earring
2. (literary) crossguard
3. (literary, astronomy) halo (of the sun or the moon)
4. (literary) to stick in; to wear

Compounds

• 兩珥 / 两珥
• 冠珥
• 刉珥
• 墮珥遺簪 / 堕珥遗簪
• 寶珥 / 宝珥
• 抱珥
• 日珥 (rì'ěr)
• 普珥日
• 暉珥 / 晖珥
• 暈珥 / 晕珥
• 月珥
• 服珥
• 櫛珥 / 栉珥
• 漢珥貂 / 汉珥貂
• 玉珥
• 珥彤
• 珠珥
• 珥璫 / 珥珰
• 珥環 / 珥环
• 珥筆 / 珥笔
• 珥絲 / 珥丝
• 珥貂
• 珥金拖紫
• 珥鶡 / 珥鹖
• 瑜珥
• 瑤環瑜珥 / 瑶环瑜珥 (yáo huán yú ěr)
• 璫珥 / 珰珥
• 祈珥
• 笄珥
• 簪珥
• 約珥 / 约珥 (Yuē'ěr)
• 耳珥
• 背珥
• 脫珥 / 脱珥
• 脫簪珥 / 脱簪珥
• 蟬珥 / 蝉珥
• 解珥
• 象珥
• 貂珥
• 遺珥 / 遗珥
• 遺珥墮簪 / 遗珥堕簪
• 遺珥墜簪 / 遗珥坠簪
• 遺簪墮珥 / 遗簪堕珥
• 遺簪墜珥 / 遗簪坠珥
• 金珥
• 釵珥 / 钗珥
• 青珥

 

References

• “珥”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “珥”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 61.

Japanese

Kanji

珥

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. ear bauble
2. hilt

Readings

• Go-on: に (ni)
• Kan-on: じ (ji)
• Kun: みみだま (mimidama)、みみかざり (mimikazari)、ひがさ (higasa)

Korean

Hanja

珥 • (i) (hangeul 이, revised i, McCune–Reischauer i, Yale i)

1. (귀엣골, gwietgol): earring

Vietnamese

Han character

珥: Hán Nôm readings: nhị

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Readings

• Nôm: nhẹ, nhĩ, nhị

References

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999