坭

坭 U+576D, 坭 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-576D ← 坬 [U+576C] CJK Unified Ideographs 坮 → [U+576E]

Translingual

Han character

坭 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 土尸心 (GSP), four-corner 4711₁, composition ⿰土尼)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 226, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4981
• Dae Jaweon: page 462, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 435, character 10
• Unihan data for U+576D

Chinese

trad.		坭
simp. #		坭

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ní, nì (ni², ni⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ, ㄋㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ní
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ní
    • Wade–Giles: ni²
    • Yale: ní
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ni
    • Palladius: ни (ni)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nì
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nì
    • Wade–Giles: ni⁴
    • Yale: nì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nih
    • Palladius: ни (ni)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nai⁴
    • Yale: nàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: nei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɐi̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: nejX

Rime
Character	坭
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	奴禮切
Baxter	nejX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/neiX/
Pan Wuyun	/neiX/
Shao Rongfen	/nɛiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/nɛjX/
Li Rong	/neiX/
Wang Li	/nieiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/nieiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	nai5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*niːlʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	坭
Reading #	1/1
No.	9420
Phonetic component	尼
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	禰
Old Chinese	/*niːlʔ/

Definitions

坭

1. Used in place names.

Compounds

• 白坭
• 赤坭

 

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 坭 – see 泥 (“mud; soil; earth; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 泥).

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B00506

Japanese

Kanji

坭

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. mud.

Readings

• On (unclassified): でい (dei); ない (nai); で (de); に (ni)
• Kun: どろ (doro)

Vietnamese

Han character

坭: Hán Nôm readings: nơi, nai, nê

1. place, location, site

Compounds

• 泣坭 (khắp nơi)
• 𦣰坭 (nằm nơi)

Usage notes

• Chữ Nôm. The modern Vietnamese equivalent is nơi.

References

• www.chunom.org