佞

See also: 侫

佞 U+4F5E, 佞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F5E ← 佝 [U+4F5D] CJK Unified Ideographs 佟 → [U+4F5F]

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Translingual

Han character

佞 (radical 9, 人+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人一一女 (OMMV), four-corner 2124₄, composition ⿸仁女)

1. flattery
2. glib

References

• KangXi: page 99, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 521
• Dae Jaweon: page 211, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 129, character 10
• Unihan data for U+4F5E

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		佞

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 佞
Small seal script s09286 Transcribed ancient scripts L24440 L24441 L24442
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (人) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
千	*sn̥ʰiːn
仟	*sn̥ʰiːn
芊	*sn̥ʰiːn, *sn̥ʰiːns
阡	*sn̥ʰiːn
汘	*sn̥ʰiːn
迁	*sn̥ʰiːn
杄	*sn̥ʰiːn
人	*njin
仁	*njin
朲	*njin
佞	*neːŋs

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nìng (ning⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ning⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: nìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄥˋ
    • Wade–Giles: ning⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ninq
    • IPA ^(key): /niŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ning⁶
    • Yale: nihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ning⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ning⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /nɪŋ²²/

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• Middle Chinese: /neŋ^H/▼

Rime
Character	佞
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	乃定切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/neŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/neŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/nɛŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/nɛjŋH/
Li Rong	/neŋH/
Wang Li	/nieŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/nieŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nìng

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*nˤiŋ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*neːŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	佞
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	nìng
Middle Chinese	‹ nengH ›
Old Chinese	/*nˁiŋ-s/
English	clever
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	佞
Reading #	1/1
No.	10803
Phonetic component	人
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	寗
Old Chinese	/*neːŋs/
Notes	小徐仁聲

Definitions

佞

1. ^† eloquent
2. to flatter; to be good at flattery
3. ^† flatterer
4. ^† evil; wicked; crafty
5. ^† hypocritical; hypocrisy
6. ^† This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
7. (literary) talent (usually in the humble expression 不佞)

Compounds

• 不佞
• 佞人
• 佞佛
• 佞口
• 佞史
• 佞幸
• 佞徒損友／佞徒损友
• 佞祿／佞禄
• 佞臣 (nìngchén)

• 佞舌
• 佞言
• 便佞
• 儈佞／侩佞
• 唼佞
• 善巧便佞
• 奸佞
• 姦佞／奸佞 (jiānnìng)
• 嬖佞

• 嬛佞
• 巧佞
• 憸佞／𪫺佞
• 權佞／权佞
• 禮賢遠佞／礼贤远佞
• 諂佞／谄佞
• 讒佞／谗佞
• 讒言佞語／谗言佞语
• 邪佞

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Japanese

Kanji

佞

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. flattery
2. insincerity

Readings

• On (unclassified): ねい (nei), でい (dei)
• Kun: おもねる (omoneru), よこしま (yokoshima)

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Korean

Hanja

佞 • (nyeong) (hangeul 녕, revised nyeong, McCune–Reischauer nyŏng)

1. flattery
2. glib

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Vietnamese

Han character

佞 (nịnh, nạnh, nến, nính)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

References

• Nom Foundation