儜

儜 U+511C, 儜 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-511C ← 儛 [U+511B] CJK Unified Ideographs 儝 → [U+511D]

Translingual

Han character

儜 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+14, 16 strokes, cangjie input 人十心弓 (OJPN), four-corner 2322₁, composition ⿰亻寧)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 120, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1238
• Dae Jaweon: page 254, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 232, character 5
• Unihan data for U+511C

Chinese

trad.		儜
simp.		佇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): níng (ning²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ning⁴, nang⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: níng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: níng
    • Wade–Giles: ning²
    • Yale: níng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ning
    • Palladius: нин (nin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ning⁴, nang⁴
    • Yale: nìhng, nàhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ning⁴, nang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ning⁴, neng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɪŋ²¹/, /nɐŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng
    • Tâi-lô: lîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: leeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: nreang

Rime
Character	儜
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	耕 (117)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	女耕切
Baxter	nreang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɳˠɛŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɳᵚæŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/nɐŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɳəɨjŋ/
Li Rong	/nɛŋ/
Wang Li	/næŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/næŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	néng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	nang4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*rneːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	儜
Reading #	1/1
No.	9548
Phonetic component	寧
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	儜
Old Chinese	/*rneːŋ/

Definitions

儜

1. ^† cowardly; weak
2. ^† Alternative form of 您 (nín, “(polite) you”)

Compounds

• 傖儜／伧佇
• 儜奴／佇奴
• 儜弱／佇弱

 

Japanese

Kanji

儜

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. weak
2. wearied
3. in distress

Readings

• On (unclassified): どう (dō); にょう (nyō)
• Kun: なやむ (nayamu, 儜む); よわい (yowai, 儜い)

Korean

Hanja

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

1. suffer
2. weak