䓴

䓴 U+44F4, 䓴 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-44F4 ← 䓳 [U+44F3] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A 䓵 → [U+44F5]

Translingual

Han character

䓴 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+9, 13 strokes in traditional Chinese, 12 strokes in mainland China, cangjie input 廿一月大 (TMBK), four-corner 4480₄, composition ⿱艹耎)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1045, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3245, character 11
• Unihan data for U+44F4

Chinese

trad.		䓴
simp. #		䓴
alternative forms		檽

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 艸 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 耎 (OC *njonʔ).

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “same word as 軟?”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ruǎn (ruan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ruǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ruǎn
    • Wade–Giles: juan³
    • Yale: rwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: roan
    • Palladius: жуань (žuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu̯än²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁵
    • Yale: yúhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: nywenX

Rime
Character	䓴
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	仙 (78)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	而兖切
Baxter	nywenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiuᴇnX/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵʷiɛnX/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑjuænX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵwianX/
Li Rong	/ȵiuɛnX/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭwɛnX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯wɛnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ruǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyun5

Definitions

䓴

1. ^† wood ear

Synonyms

• 木耳 (mù'ěr)