晲

晲 U+6672, 晲 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6672 ← 晱 [U+6671] CJK Unified Ideographs 晳 → [U+6673]

Translingual

Han character

晲 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 日竹難山 (AHXU), four-corner 6701₇, composition ⿰日兒)

1. sunset, sundown
2. bright, light, brilliant

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 496, character 36
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13989
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1519, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6672

Chinese

simp. and trad.		晲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǐ (ni³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁵, ai⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nǐ
    • Wade–Giles: ni³
    • Yale: nǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nii
    • Palladius: ни (ni)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngai⁵, ai⁵
    • Yale: ngáih, áih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁵, ai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁵, ei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯¹³/, /ɐi̯¹³/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

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• Middle Chinese: ngejX

Rime
Character	晲
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	研啓切
Baxter	ngejX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋeiX/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋeiX/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋɛiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɛjX/
Li Rong	/ŋeiX/
Wang Li	/ŋieiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋieiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngai5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋeːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	晲
Reading #	1/1
No.	2753
Phonetic component	兒
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	堄
Old Chinese	/*ŋeːʔ/

Definitions

晲

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References

• (Cantonese) Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 2), p. 123