U+8028, 耨
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8028

[U+8027]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+8029]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 127, +10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 手木一女戈 (QDMVI), four-corner 51943, composition )

  1. hoe, rake
  2. weed

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 964, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28961
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1412, character 20
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2775, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+8028

Chinese edit

trad.
simp. #
alternative forms 𬭦

Glyph origin edit

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *noːɡs, *nuːɡ) : semantic (plough) + phonetic (OC *njoɡ).

Etymology edit

Sino-Tibetan; compare Mizo hnu (work finished; harvested or weed area) (Schuessler, 2007). (OC *nuːŋ) may be a derivative (ibid.).

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (8) (8)
Final () (137) (6)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I I
Fanqie
Baxter nuwH nowk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/nəuH/ /nuok̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/nəuH/ /nuok̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/nəuH/ /nok̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/nəwH/ /nawk̚/
Li
Rong
/nuH/ /nok̚/
Wang
Li
/nəuH/ /nuok̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/nə̯uH/ /nuok̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
nòu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
nau6 nuk6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
nòu
Middle
Chinese
‹ nuwH ›
Old
Chinese
/*nˁok-s/
English to hoe, to weed

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 10869 10875
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*noːɡs/ /*nuːɡ/

Definitions edit

  1. (historical, agriculture) an ancient tool for weeding similar to a hoe
  2. (literary) to hoe; to weed
  3. a surname

Compounds edit

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. hoe, rake
  2. plough, plow
  3. kanji used to transliterate Buddhist terms borrowed from Sanskrit

Readings edit

From Middle Chinese (MC nuwH):

From Middle Chinese (MC nowk):

Readings shared by both kanji:

Compounds edit

Korean edit

Hanja edit

(nu) (hangeul , revised nu, McCune–Reischauer nu, Yale nwu)

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