麑

麑	U+9E91, 麑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9E91

Translingual edit

Han character edit

麑 (Kangxi radical 198, 鹿+8, 19 strokes, cangjie input 戈心竹難山 (IPHXU), four-corner 0021₇, composition ⿸鹿兒)

fawn, young deer

References edit

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1510, character 23
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47656
Dae Jaweon: page 2038, character 34
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4733, character 6
Unihan data for U+9E91

Chinese edit

trad.		麑
simp. ^#		麑

Etymology edit

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Related to 兒 (OC *ŋeː, *ŋje, “child”)?”

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ní (ni²)

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁴

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: ngai⁴
  - Yale: ngàih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯²¹/

Middle Chinese: ngej

Rime
Character	麑
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	五稽切
Baxter	ngej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋei/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋei/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɛj/
Li Rong	/ŋei/
Wang Li	/ŋiei/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngai⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*m-ŋˤe/

(Zhengzhang): /*ŋeː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	麑
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	ní
Middle Chinese	‹ mej ›
Old Chinese	/*m-ŋˁe/
English	fawn
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.