𩕳

𩕳 U+29573, 𩕳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-29573 ← 𩕲 [U+29572] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B 𩕴 → [U+29574]

Translingual

Han character

𩕳 (Kangxi radical 181, 頁+14, 23 strokes, composition ⿰寧頁)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1410, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4396, character 3
• Unihan data for U+29573

Chinese

simp. and trad.		𩕳

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声) : phonetic 寧 (OC *neːŋ) + semantic 頁 (“head”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǐng (ning³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄥˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nǐng
    • Wade–Giles: ning³
    • Yale: nǐng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niing
    • Palladius: нин (nin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niŋ²¹⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: nengX

Rime
Character	𩕳
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	乃挺切
Baxter	nengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/neŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/neŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/nɛŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/nɛjŋX/
Li Rong	/neŋX/
Wang Li	/nieŋX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/nieŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nǐng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ning5

Definitions

𩕳

1. (obsolete) top of the head
2. (Buddhism, obsolete) Used in transcription.

Compounds

• 頂𩕳 / 顶⿰宁页

References

• Tanaka, Kimiaki (2016 August) “Chinese Characters Devised for the Phonetic Transcription of Sanskrit Mantras and Verses Found in Translations of Tantras from the Northern Song and Liao Dynasties”, in Third International Conference on Chinese Esoteric Buddhism‎^[1], Dali, Yunnan, China
• 中华字海 [Zhonghua Zihai] (in Chinese), 1994, →ISBN, page 1592