Wiktionary

耳

(Redirected from ⽿)
See also: 目
耳 U+8033, 耳
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8033
← 耲
[U+8032] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 耴 →
[U+8034]
⽿ U+2F7F, ⽿
KANGXI RADICAL EAR
← ⽾
[U+2F7E] 		Kangxi Radicals ⾀ →
[U+2F80]

Translingual edit

Stroke order
 
Stroke order (Japan)
 
Stroke order
(Chinese)
 
Stroke order
(Japan)
 

Alternative forms edit

When part of a compound character, particularly as the left radical, the bottom horizontal stroke may not cross at bottom right. This is a script variant, found for example in Japanese 聴.

Han character edit

See images of
Radical 128 耳

耳 (Kangxi radical 128, 耳+0, 6 strokes, cangjie input 尸十 (SJ), four-corner 10400)

  1. Kangxi radical #128, ⽿.

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 965, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28999
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1413, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2783, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+8033


Chinese edit

trad. 耳
simp. # 耳
2nd round simp. ⿻二⿰丨丨

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character 耳
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Qin slip script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
             
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

Pictogram (象形) – an ear.

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r/g-na (“ear”).

Pronunciation edit

Note: ngi2 - variant pronunciation.
Note:
  • ngê - vernacular;
  • ngī - literary.
Note:
  • hī/hǐ/hīⁿ/nǐ - vernacular;
  • ní/jí/jíⁿ - literary.
Note:
  • hin6 - vernacular;
  • re2 - literary.
    • (Leizhou)
      • Leizhou Pinyin: hi6 / lu5
      • Sinological IPA: /hi³³/, /lu²²/
Note:
  • hi6 - vernacular;
  • lu5 - literary.
Note:
  • 3nyi - vernacular;
  • 3hher - literary.
Rime
Character 耳
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 日 (38)
Final (韻) 之 (19)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 而止切
Baxter nyiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ȵɨX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ȵɨX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ȵʑieX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ȵɨX/
Li
Rong 		/ȵiəX/
Wang
Li 		/ȵʑĭəX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ȵʑiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		ěr
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ji5
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 耳
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		ěr
Middle
Chinese 		‹ nyiX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*C.nəʔ/
English ear

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 耳
Reading # 1/1
No. 2783
Phonetic
component 		耳
Rime
group 		之
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		耳
Old
Chinese 		/*njɯʔ/

Definitions edit

耳

  1. ear
    耳聾／耳聋  ―  ěrlóng  ―  deaf
  2. ear-like object
    木耳  ―  mù'ěr  ―  wood ear; black fungus
  3. something on both sides
    耳房  ―  ěrfáng  ―  penthouse
    耳門／耳门  ―  ěrmén  ―  side door
  4. handle on both sides of an object
  5. (obsolete) to hear; to hear of
  6. a surname
  7. (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien, figurative) something that can be used to coerce or threaten someone
Synonyms edit
Dialectal synonyms of 耳朵 (“ear”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 耳
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 耳朵
Mandarin Beijing 耳朵, 耳頭
Taiwan 耳朵
Langfang 耳頭
Tangshan 耳頭
Cangzhou 耳朵
Baoding 耳道
Shijiazhuang 耳朵
Daming 耳子兒
Ulanhot 耳朵
Tongliao 耳朵
Chifeng 耳朵
Bayanhot 耳朵
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 耳朵
Harbin 耳朵
Shenyang 耳朵
Yantai (Muping) 耳朵
Jinan 耳朵
Luoyang 耳道
Wanrong 耳朵
Zhengzhou 耳朵
Kaifeng 耳朵
Xi'an 耳朵
Yinchuan 耳朵
Lanzhou 耳朵
Xining 耳朵
Ürümqi 耳朵, 耳瓜子, 耳朵瓜子
Wuhan 耳凍
Chengdu 耳朵
Chongqing 耳朵
Guiyang 耳朵
Kunming 耳朵
Guilin 耳朵
Liuzhou 耳朵
Xuzhou 耳朵
Yangzhou 耳頭
Xinghua 耳頭, 耳朵
Nanjing 耳朵
Hefei 耳道
Nantong 耳頭
Yanping 耳朵
Malaysia 耳朵
Singapore 耳朵
Cantonese Guangzhou 耳仔
Hong Kong 耳仔, 耳
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 耳仔, 耳吉
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 耳仔
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 耳吉
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 耳吉
Macau 耳仔
Guangzhou (Panyu) 耳仔
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 耳仔
Guangzhou (Conghua) 耳仔
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 耳吉
Foshan 耳仔
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 耳仔
Foshan (Shunde) 耳仔
Foshan (Sanshui) 耳仔
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 耳仔
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 耳仔
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 耳仔
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 耳仔
Zhuhai (Doumen) 耳仔
Jiangmen (Baisha) 耳仔
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 耳仔
Taishan 耳仔, 耳
Kaiping (Chikan) 耳仔
Enping (Niujiang) 耳仔
Heshan (Yayao) 耳
Dongguan 耳吉
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 耳吉
Shenzhen (Dapeng) 耳吉
Qingyuan 耳仔
Fogang 耳
Yingde (Hanguang) 耳朵
Yangshan 耳仔
Lianshan (Butian) 耳朵
Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) 耳
Shaoguan 耳仔, 耳朵
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 耳仔, 耳朵
Renhua 耳朵
Lechang 耳朵, 耳仔
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 耳仔
Sihui 耳仔
Guangning 耳仔
Deqing 耳
Huaiji 耳仔
Fengkai (Nanfeng) 耳
Yunfu 耳仔
Xinxing 耳仔
Luoding 耳仔
Yunan (Pingtai) 耳
Yangjiang 耳仔, 耳
Xinyi 耳砣
Maoming (Xinpo) 耳仔
Lianjiang 耳仔
Wuchuan (Wuyang) 耳爹
Nanning 耳朵, 耳仔
Wuzhou 耳朵, 耳仔
Yulin 耳鬼
Hepu (Lianzhou) 耳朵
Guiping 耳朵
Mengshan (Xihe) 耳朵
Guigang (Nanjiang) 耳朵
Beiliu (Tangliao) 耳朵
Baise 耳鬼
Bobai 耳朵
Lingshan 耳朵
Pubei 耳朵
Qinzhou 耳朵
Ningming 耳朵
Hengzhou 耳朵
Hezhou (Pumen) 耳朵
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 耳仔
Singapore (Guangfu) 耳仔
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 耳仔
Yangon (Taishan) 耳仔
Mandalay (Taishan) 耳
Gan Nanchang 耳朵
Lichuan 耳朵
Pingxiang 耳朵
Jianning 耳朵
Taining 耳朵
Hakka Meixian 耳公
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 耳朵
Huiyang 耳公
Dongguan (Qingxi) 耳吉
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 耳吉
Zengcheng (Zhengguo) 耳公
Zhongshan (Wuguishan) 耳公
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 耳公
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 耳公
Wuhua (Huacheng) 耳公
Wuhua (Changbu) 耳公, 耳朵
Wuhua (Mianyang) 耳公
Heyuan (Bendihua) 耳吉
Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua) 耳公
Heping (Linzhai Bendihua) 耳公
Lianping (Longjie Bendihua) 耳公
Wengyuan 耳朵
Liannan 耳朵
Conghua (Lütian) 耳朵
Jiexi 耳空
Luhe 耳公
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 耳窟
Changting 耳朵
Yongding 耳朵
Yongding (Xiayang) 耳公
Yongding (Gaobei) 耳骨
Yongding (Hukeng) 耳公
Wuping 耳朵公, 耳朵
Wuping (Zhongshan) 耳朵公
Wuping (Yanqian) 耳腦, 耳公
Liancheng 耳公
Liancheng (Peitian) 耳公, 耳刀
Liancheng (Juxi) 耳公
Liancheng (Zhongbao) 耳公
Liancheng (Laiyuan) 耳空
Ninghua 耳朵
Yudu 耳朵
Ningdu 耳朵
Tonggu (Sandu) 耳朵
Ganzhou (Panlong) 耳朵
Dayu 耳朵
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 耳公
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 耳公
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 耳空
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 耳公
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 耳空, 耳窟仔
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 耳子
Hong Kong 耳公, 耳仔
Yangxi (Tangkou) 耳
Yangchun (Sanjia) 耳朵
Xinyi (Sihe) 耳仔
Xinyi (Qianpai) 耳朵
Gaozhou (Xindong) 耳, 耳公
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) 耳
Huazhou (Xin'an) 耳朵
Lianjiang (Shijiao) 耳朵
Lianjiang (Qingping) 耳朵
Mengshan (Xihe) 耳朵
Luchuan 耳朵
Luchuan (Daqiao) 耳朵
Beiliu (Tang'an) 耳朵
Mashan (Pianlian) 耳朵
Sabah (Longchuan) 耳吉, 耳朵
Senai (Huiyang) 耳公
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) 耳公
Singkawang 耳空
Singapore (Meixian) 耳公
Singapore (Dabu) 耳公
Bangkok (Meixian) 耳公
Bangkok (Fengshun) 耳公
Huizhou Jixi 耳朵
Shexian 耳朵
Tunxi 耳朵
Jin Taiyuan 耳朵
Xinzhou 耳朵
Taibus (Baochang) 耳朵
Linhe 耳朵
Jining 耳朵
Hohhot 耳朵
Baotou 耳朵
Dongsheng 耳朵
Haibowan 耳朵
Zhangjiakou 耳朵
Handan 耳朵
Northern Min Jian'ou 耳仔, 耳川
Jian'ou (Dikou) 耳, 耳朵, 耳仔
Songxi 耳朵
Zhenghe 耳朵, 耳
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 耳朵
Jianyang 耳仔, 耳
Jianyang (Huangkeng) 耳窟
Wuyishan 耳仔
Pucheng (Shibei) 耳朵
Eastern Min Fuzhou 耳囝, 耳
Changle 耳
Fuqing 耳囝, 耳
Yongtai 耳囝
Gutian 耳囝
Fu'an 耳栳
Ningde 耳囝
Shouning 耳栳
Zhouning 耳栳
Fuding 耳栳
Matsu 耳
Southern Min Xiamen 耳仔, 耳空
Xiamen (Tong'an) 耳空
Quanzhou 耳仔, 耳空
Jinjiang 耳仔
Zhangzhou 耳仔, 耳空
Zhao'an 耳仔, 耳空
Taipei 耳仔
New Taipei (Sanxia) 耳仔
Kaohsiung 耳仔
Yilan 耳仔
Changhua (Lukang) 耳仔
Taichung 耳仔
Taichung (Wuqi) 耳仔
Tainan 耳仔
Taitung 耳仔
Hsinchu 耳仔
Kinmen 耳
Penghu (Magong) 耳仔
Penang (Hokkien) 耳空, 耳仔, 耳
Singapore (Hokkien) 耳空, 耳仔
Manila (Hokkien) 耳仔
Longyan 耳空
Zhangping 耳空
Zhangping (Yongfu) 耳空
Datian 耳仔
Pingnan (Shangdu) 耳朵
Chaozhou 耳
Shantou 耳
Shantou (Chenghai) 耳
Jieyang 耳
Haifeng 耳
Bangkok (Teochew) 耳
Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew) 耳
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 耳
Singapore (Teochew) 耳, 耳空
Leizhou 耳
Wenchang 耳
Haikou 耳
Singapore (Hainanese) 耳
Puxian Min Putian 耳空
Xianyou 耳空, 耳囝
Fuding (Aoyao) 耳朵
Central Min Yong'an 耳仔
Sanyuan 耳仔
Shaxian 耳仔
Shaojiang Min Shaowu 耳窟
Guangze 耳窟
Jiangle 耳窟
Mingxi 耳窟
Shunchang 耳窟
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 耳囝
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 耳朵, 耳
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 耳朵
Wu Shanghai 耳朵
Shanghai (Chongming) 耳朵
Suzhou 耳朵, 耳朵管
Danyang 耳朵
Hangzhou 耳朵
Ningbo 耳朵
Wenzhou 耳朵
Jinhua 耳朵
Xiang Changsha 耳朵
Loudi 耳朵
Shuangfeng 耳凍
Quanzhou 耳朵

Etymology 2 edit

According to Pulleyblank (1995), a contraction of 而已 (OC *njɯ lɯʔ).

Pronunciation edit

Rime
Character 耳
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 日 (38)
Final (韻) 之 (19)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 而止切
Baxter nyiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ȵɨX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ȵɨX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ȵʑieX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ȵɨX/
Li
Rong 		/ȵiəX/
Wang
Li 		/ȵʑĭəX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ȵʑiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		ěr
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ji5
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 耳
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		ěr
Middle
Chinese 		‹ nyiX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*nəʔ/
English =⽽而已 “that’s all”

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 耳
Reading # 1/1
No. 2783
Phonetic
component 		耳
Rime
group 		之
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		耳
Old
Chinese 		/*njɯʔ/

Definitions edit

耳

  1. (literary) Phrase-final particle: merely; only; that's all
Synonyms edit

Etymology 3 edit

Pronunciation edit

Definitions edit

耳

  1. Only used in 耳孫／耳孙 (réngsūn).

Compounds edit

References edit

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

耳

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings edit

Compounds edit

Compounds

Etymology edit

Kanji in this term
耳
みみ
Grade: 1
kun’yomi
  • ⟨mi1mi1⟩ → */mimi/ → /mimi/

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.[1] From Proto-Japonic *memi.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

耳(みみ) • (mimi) 

  1. ear; ears
    耳(みみ)が痒(かゆ)いのです。
    Mimi ga kayui no desu.
    My ear is itchy.
  2. crust (of bread)
  3. selvedge (woven edge of a bolt of fabric)

Derived terms edit

Derived terms

References edit

  1. ^ “耳”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Chinese 耳 (MC nyiX).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 ᅀᅵᆼ〯 (Yale: zǐ)
Middle Korean
Text Eumhun
Gloss (hun) Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527[3] 귀〮 (Yale: kwúy) ᅀᅵ〯 (Yale: zǐ)

Pronunciation edit

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [i(ː)]
  • Phonetic hangul: [이(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Hanja edit

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

耳 (eumhun 귀 이 (gwi i))

  1. Hanja form? of 이 (“ear”). [affix]

Compounds edit

Compounds

References edit

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [4]

Okinawan edit

Kanji edit

耳

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings edit

Compounds edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Ryukyuan *mimi, from Proto-Japonic *mimi. Cognate with mainland Japanese 耳 (mimi).

Noun edit

耳(みん) (min) 

  1. ear

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

耳: Hán Nôm readings: nhĩ, nhải, nhãi

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