喃

喃 U+5583, 喃 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5583 ← 喂 [U+5582] CJK Unified Ideographs 善 → [U+5584]

See also: 諵, 娚, and 嫐

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TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

喃 (radical 30 口+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 口十月十 (RJBJ), four-corner 6402₇, composition ⿰口南)

1. keep talking, chattering
2. mumble

ReferencesEdit

• KangXi: page 197, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3903
• Dae Jaweon: page 418, character 37
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 650, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5583

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ChineseEdit

simp. and trad.		喃

Glyph originEdit

Characters in the same phonetic series (南) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
南	*nuːm
楠	*nuːm
腩	*nuːmʔ
湳	*nuːmʔ
揇	*nuːmʔ
萳	*nuːmʔ
罱	*ruːmʔ
喃	*rnuːm
諵	*rnuːm, *rnuːms

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nán (nan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: nán
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ
    • Wade-Giles: nan²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nan
    • IPA ^(key): /na̠n³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: naam⁴
    • Yale: nàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: nam⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /nɑːm²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɳˠɛm/▼

Rime
Character	喃
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	咸 (151)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	女咸切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɳˠɛm/
Pan Wuyun	/ɳᵚæm/
Shao Rongfen	/nɐm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɳəɨm/
Li Rong	/nɐm/
Wang Li	/nɐm/
Bernard Karlgren	/năm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nán

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*rnuːm/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	喃
Reading #	1/1
No.	9362
Phonetic component	南
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	諵
Old Chinese	/*rnuːm/
Notes	同諵

Etymology 1Edit

DefinitionsEdit

喃

1. Only used in 喃喃 (nánnán).
2. Only used in 呢喃 (nínán).

Etymology 2Edit

DefinitionsEdit

喃

1. Only used in 呋喃 (fūnán).
2. Only used in 吡喃 (bǐnán).

Etymology 3Edit

From Vietnamese 字喃 (chữ Nôm).

DefinitionsEdit

喃

1. (of or relating to) chữ Nôm

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JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

喃

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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ReadingsEdit

• Goon: なん (nan)
• Kan’on: だん (dan)
• Kun: のう (nō)

CompoundsEdit

• 字喃 (チュノム) (chunomu)
• 喋々喃々 (ちょうちょうなんなん) (chōchō nannan)
• 喃語 (なんご) (nango)
• 喃々 (なんなん) (nannan)
• 喃々 (のうのう) (nōnō)

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KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

喃 • (nam) (hangeul 남, revised nam, McCune-Reischauer nam)

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VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

喃 (nam, nôm)

1. Common Speech.

CompoundsEdit

• 字喃, 𡨸喃, 𡦂喃 (chữ nôm)