汝

汝 U+6C5D, 汝 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C5D ← 汜 [U+6C5C] CJK Unified Ideographs 汞 → [U+6C5E]

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Translingual

Han character

汝 (radical 85, 水+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 水女 (EV), four-corner 3414₀, composition ⿰氵女)

Derived characters

• 𠲤, 𫺈, 𢬨, 𪰤, 𫃤, 𨀾, 𣽮, 𦭰, 𪡑, 𫺋, 㖳

References

• KangXi: page 606, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17138
• Dae Jaweon: page 999, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1555, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6C5D

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		汝
variant forms		女 “you” 你 Min “you” (colloquial)

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (女) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
拿	*rnaː
拏	*rnaː
詉	*rnaː
蒘	*rnaː, *na
笯	*rnaː, *naː, *naːs
挐	*rnaː, *na
絮	*rnaːs, *nas, *snas, *nas
呶	*rnaːw
怓	*rnaːw
帑	*n̥ʰaːŋʔ, *naː
奴	*naː
砮	*naː, *naːʔ
駑	*naː
孥	*naː
努	*naːʔ
弩	*naːʔ
怒	*naːʔ, *naːs
袽	*na
帤	*na
女	*naʔ, *nas
籹	*naʔ
恕	*hnjas
如	*nja, *njas
茹	*nja, *njaʔ, *njas
洳	*nja, *njas
鴽	*nja
蕠	*nja
汝	*njaʔ
肗	*njaʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *njaʔ): semantic 水 (“river; water”) + phonetic 女 (OC *naʔ, *nas).

Etymology

river

Probably related to Proto-Kam-Sui *Ɂnjaᴬ (“river”), whence Southern Kam nyal (“river”), Sui qnyal (Schuessler, 2007).

“you”

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *na-ŋ (“you”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): rǔ (ru³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˇ

  (Chengdu, SP): ru³

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁵
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): nî

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ni¹

• Min Bei (KCR): nṳ̌
• Min Dong (BUC): nṳ̄

• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): lí / lír / lú / jú / jí / ní

  (Teochew, Peng'im): le² / lu² / re² / ru²

• Wu (Wiktionary): zr (T3)
• Xiang (Wiktionary): y³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: rǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˇ
    • Wade–Giles: ju³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruu
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rǔ
    • IPA ^(key): /ʐu²¹⁴/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ru³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: rhu
    • IPA ^(key): /zu⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁵
    • Yale: yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /jyː¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nî
    • Hakka Romanization System: ni´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ni¹
    • IPA: /ni²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ni¹
    • IPA: /ni⁴⁴/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: nṳ̌
    • IPA ^(key): /ny²¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: nṳ̄
    • IPA ^(key): /nˡy³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Yilan, Hsinchu, Philippines, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí
    • Tâi-lô: lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lie
    • IPA (Philippines): /li⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /li⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /li⁴¹/
    • IPA (Singapore): /li⁴²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Tong'an, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Hsinchu, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lír
    • Tâi-lô: lír
    • IPA (Kinmen): /lɯ⁵³/
    • IPA (Singapore): /lɯ⁴²/
    • IPA (Tong'an): /lɯ³¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Magong, Singapore, Penang, Medan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lú
    • Tâi-lô: lú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: luo
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /lu⁵³/
    • IPA (Penang): /lu⁴⁴⁵/
    • IPA (Singapore): /lu⁴²/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jú
    • Tâi-lô: jú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: juo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zu⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jí
    • Tâi-lô: jí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ʑi⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ní
    • Tâi-lô: ní
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /nĩ⁵³/

Note:

• Xiamen:
  • lí - vernacular;
  • lú - literary.
• Zhangzhou:
  • lí - vernacular;
  • jí/ní - literary.
• mainstream Taiwan:
  • lí - vernacular;
  • jú/lú - literary.

(Teochew)

• Peng'im: le² / lu² / re² / ru²
• Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lṳ́ / lú / jṳ́ / jú
• IPA ^(key): /lɯ⁵²/, /lu⁵²/, /d͡zɯ⁵²/, /d͡zu⁵²/

Note:

• le2/lu2 - vernacular;
• re2/ru2 - literary.

Wu

• (Shanghainese)
  • Wiktionary: zr (T3)
  • IPA ^(key): /z̻z̩²³/

Xiang

• (Changsha)
  • Wiktionary: y³
  • IPA ^(key): /y⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /ȵɨʌ^X/▼

Rime
Character	汝
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	人渚切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵɨʌX/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵiɔX/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑiɔX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵɨə̆X/
Li Rong	/ȵiɔX/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭoX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯woX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	rǔ

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*naʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*njaʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	汝
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	rǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ nyoX ›
Old Chinese	/*naʔ/
English	you (sg.)
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	汝
Reading #	1/1
No.	9628
Phonetic component	女
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	汝
Old Chinese	/*njaʔ/

Definitions

汝

1. (～水, ～河) Ru River, a northern tributary of the Huai River in modern-day southern Henan province. The name also refers to the Hong River in its lower reaches, which now shares a common course with the Ru, as well as a southern tributary of the Hong.
2. (literary or coastal Min) thou, you (second-person pronoun)

   • 子貢問曰：「賜也何如？」子曰：「女器也。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     子贡问曰：“赐也何如？”子曰：“女器也。” [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, circa 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Zǐgòng wèn yuē: “Cì yě hérú?” Zǐ yuē: “Rǔ qì yě.” [Pinyin]

     Zigong asked, "What do you say of Ci [Zigong's given name]?" The Master said, "You are a utensil."

   • 王欲相汝，汝何不受乎？ [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: Shuoyuan, circa 1^st century BCE

     Wáng yù xiàng rǔ, rǔ hé bú shòu hū? [Pinyin]

     The king wishes to appoint you as the prime minister; why do you not accept it?

3. A surname​.

Synonyms

Compounds

• 汝南 (Rǔnán)
• 汝南月旦
• 汝墳／汝坟
• 汝好 (lí hó)

• 汝州 (Rǔzhōu)
• 汝水 (“a river in Henan province”)
• 汝窯／汝窑 (Rǔyáo)
• 汝輩／汝辈 (rǔbèi)

• 爾汝／尔汝
• 爾汝之交／尔汝之交
• 笑罵從汝／笑骂从汝

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Japanese

Kanji

汝

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. you

Readings

• Go-on: にょ (nyo)
• Kan-on: じょ (jo)
• Kun: い (i, 汝); まし (mashi, 汝); いまし (imashi, 汝); みまし (mimashi, 汝); うぬ (unu); し (shi); な (na, 汝); なれ (nare, 汝); なむち (namuchi, 汝); なむじ (namuji, 汝)^{←なむぢ (namudi, historical)}; なんじ (nanji, 汝)^{←なんぢ (nandi, historical)}

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
汝
い Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese. Possibly cognate with Korean 이 (i, “this person”).

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [i]

Pronoun

汝 (hiragana い, rōmaji i)

1. (derogatory) second person pronoun: you
   • 712: Kojiki (page 156)

     大久米命二人、召兄宇迦斯罵詈云、伊賀此二字以音所作仕奉於大殿内者、意禮此二字以音先入、明白其將爲仕奉之状而[...]

Usage notes

Takes the particle が.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
汝
まし Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

The nominalization of honorific verb 坐す (masu, “to be”, honorific).

Alternatively, a shortening of imashi (see below).

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [ma̠ɕi]

Pronoun

汝 (hiragana まし, rōmaji mashi)

1. (obsolete, informal) second person pronoun: you
   • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 14, poem 3440)

     許乃河泊尓 安佐菜安良布児 奈礼毛安礼毛 余知乎曽母弖流 伊仾児多婆里尓 _{一云 麻之毛安礼母}

Usage notes

Less honorific than both mashi and imashi.

Derived terms

• 汝 (いまし) (imashi)
• 汝 (みまし) (mimashi)

See also

Classical Japanese pronouns and demonstratives

	First person	Second person	Close to speaker	Close to listener	Far from both	Interrogative	Reflexive
Person	あ (a), あれ (are) わ (wa), われ (ware)	な (na), なれ (nare) なんぢ (nanji) まし (mashi) いまし (imashi) みまし (mimashi) きみ (kimi)	こ (ko), これ (kore)	そ (so), それ (sore)	あ (a), あれ (are) か (ka), かれ (kare)	た (ta), たれ (tare) なにがし (nanigashi)	おの (ono)
Thing			こ (ko), これ (kore)	そ (so), それ (sore)	あ (a), あれ (are) か (ka), かれ (kare)	いづれ (izure) なに (nani)
Location			ここ (koko)	そこ (soko)	あしこ (ashiko) かしこ (kashiko)	いづこ (izuko) いづく (izuku) いどこ (idoko) どこ (doko)
Direction			こち (kochi) こなた (konata)	そち (sochi) そなた (sonata)	あち (achi) あなた (anata) かなた (kanata)	いづち (izuchi) いづら (izura) いづかた (izukata)
Manner			か (ka) かく (kaku) かくて (kakute) かう (kō)	さ (sa), さて (sate) しか (shika)		いか (ika)
Time						いつ (itsu)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
汝
いまし Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

The nominalization of honorific verb 坐す (imasu, “to be”, honorific).

Possibly also analyzable as a compound of 汝 (i-, “you”) +‎ 坐 (mashi, “presence; being”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of honorific verb 坐す masu, “to be”).

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [ima̠ɕi]

Pronoun

汝 (hiragana いまし, rōmaji imashi)

1. (obsolete, polite) second person pronoun: you
   • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 11, poem 2517)

     足千根乃 母尓障良婆 無用 伊麻思毛吾毛 事應成

   • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 14, poem 3359)

     駿河能宇美 於思敝尓於布流 波麻都豆良 伊麻思乎多能美 波播尓多我比奴 _{一云 於夜尓多我比奴}

   • 797: Shoku Nihongi (edict #29)

     朕子伊末之仁授給

Usage notes

More honorific than mashi. Less honorific than mimashi.

See also

Classical Japanese pronouns and demonstratives

	First person	Second person	Close to speaker	Close to listener	Far from both	Interrogative	Reflexive
Person	あ (a), あれ (are) わ (wa), われ (ware)	な (na), なれ (nare) なんぢ (nanji) まし (mashi) いまし (imashi) みまし (mimashi) きみ (kimi)	こ (ko), これ (kore)	そ (so), それ (sore)	あ (a), あれ (are) か (ka), かれ (kare)	た (ta), たれ (tare) なにがし (nanigashi)	おの (ono)
Thing			こ (ko), これ (kore)	そ (so), それ (sore)	あ (a), あれ (are) か (ka), かれ (kare)	いづれ (izure) なに (nani)
Location			ここ (koko)	そこ (soko)	あしこ (ashiko) かしこ (kashiko)	いづこ (izuko) いづく (izuku) いどこ (idoko) どこ (doko)
Direction			こち (kochi) こなた (konata)	そち (sochi) そなた (sonata)	あち (achi) あなた (anata) かなた (kanata)	いづち (izuchi) いづら (izura) いづかた (izukata)
Manner			か (ka) かく (kaku) かくて (kakute) かう (kō)	さ (sa), さて (sate) しか (shika)		いか (ika)
Time						いつ (itsu)

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
汝
みまし Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Compound of 御 (mi-, honorific prefix) +‎ 汝 (mashi, “you”). Also analyzable as a shift in meaning of 御座 (mimashi), an honorific term of address or reference used for nobility.

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [mʲima̠ɕi]

Pronoun

汝 (hiragana みまし, rōmaji mimashi)

1. (obsolete, honorific) second person pronoun: you
   • 797: Shoku Nihongi (edict #5)

     藤原宮爾天下所知美麻斯乃父止坐天皇乃美麻斯爾賜志天下之業止詔大命乎聞食恐美受賜懼理坐事乎衆聞食宣。可久賜時爾美麻斯王乃齡乃弱爾[...]吾子美麻斯王爾授賜[...]

   • 797: Shoku Nihongi (edict #51)

     美末斯大臣乃萬政總以<...> 彌麻之大臣之家内子等乎母<...>美麻之大臣乃罷道母[...]

   • 797: Shoku Nihongi (edict #52)

     大命坐詔久美麻斯大臣乃仕奉來狀波[...]

Usage notes

More honorific than both mashi and imashi.

See also

Classical Japanese pronouns and demonstratives

	First person	Second person	Close to speaker	Close to listener	Far from both	Interrogative	Reflexive
Person	あ (a), あれ (are) わ (wa), われ (ware)	な (na), なれ (nare) なんぢ (nanji) まし (mashi) いまし (imashi) みまし (mimashi) きみ (kimi)	こ (ko), これ (kore)	そ (so), それ (sore)	あ (a), あれ (are) か (ka), かれ (kare)	た (ta), たれ (tare) なにがし (nanigashi)	おの (ono)
Thing			こ (ko), これ (kore)	そ (so), それ (sore)	あ (a), あれ (are) か (ka), かれ (kare)	いづれ (izure) なに (nani)
Location			ここ (koko)	そこ (soko)	あしこ (ashiko) かしこ (kashiko)	いづこ (izuko) いづく (izuku) いどこ (idoko) どこ (doko)
Direction			こち (kochi) こなた (konata)	そち (sochi) そなた (sonata)	あち (achi) あなた (anata) かなた (kanata)	いづち (izuchi) いづら (izura) いづかた (izukata)
Manner			か (ka) かく (kaku) かくて (kakute) かう (kō)	さ (sa), さて (sate) しか (shika)		いか (ika)
Time						いつ (itsu)

Etymology 5

Kanji in this term
汝
な Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *na. Possibly cognate with Korean 너 (neo, “you”, second-person singular informal pronoun).

Also found in some instances as a self-reference, one, oneself. This sense is more commonly spelled 己 when used in isolation. Possibly cognate with Korean 나 (na, “I”, first-person singular informal pronoun).

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [na̠]

Alternative forms

• 己

Pronoun

汝 (hiragana な, rōmaji na)

1. (obsolete) second person pronoun: you
   • 712: Kojiki (poem #5)

     夜知富許能 加微能美許登夜 阿賀淤富久迩奴斯 那許曾波 遠迩伊麻世婆 宇知微流 斯麻能佐岐邪岐 加岐微流 伊蘇能佐岐淤知受和加久佐能 都麻母多勢良米 阿波母與 賣迩斯阿禮婆 那遠岐弖遠波那志 那遠岐弖 都麻波那斯 [...]

   • 720: Nihon Shoki (poem #90)

     飫裒枳瀰能 耶陛能矩瀰哿枳 哿哿梅騰謀 儺嗚阿摩之耳彌 哿哿農倶彌柯枳

   • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 14, poem 3353)

     阿良多麻能 伎倍乃波也之尓 奈乎多弖天 由伎可都麻思自 移乎佐伎太多尼

   • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 14, poem 3468)

     夜麻杼里乃 乎呂能波都乎尓 可賀美可家 刀奈布倍美許曽 奈尓与曽利鶏米

   • c. 920: Azuma Asobi Uta (#2)

     衣 和賀世古加 介左乃古止天者 奈奈川乎乃 也川乎乃古止乎 之良部 太留古止也 奈乎加介也末乃 可川乃介也 乎々々々

2. (obsolete) first person pronoun: I
3. (obsolete) self-referential pronoun: one, oneself
   • c. 759: Man'yōshū poem 1755 (text here)

     鴬之 生卵乃中尓 霍公鳥 獨所生而 己父尓 似而者不鳴 己母尓 似而者不鳴

     うぐひすの かひごのなかに ほととぎす ひとりうまれて ながちちに にてはなかず

     Inside a warbler's egg, a cuckoo was born, but it looked like its own father and did not sing...

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 汝 (なれ) (nare): you (see below)
• 汝 (なむち) (namuchi): you (see below)
• 汝 (なむぢ) (namuji): you (see below)
• 汝 (なんじ) (nanji): you (see below)

Also appears in some ancient compound terms with a sense of I, my.

• 汝 (な)弟 (おと) (naoto): my younger brother
• 汝 (な)夫 (せ) (nase): my man, my husband
• 汝 (な)妹 (にも) (nanimo): my younger sister
• 汝 (な)姉 (ね) (nane): my older sister

See also

Classical Japanese pronouns and demonstratives

	First person	Second person	Close to speaker	Close to listener	Far from both	Interrogative	Reflexive
Person	あ (a), あれ (are) わ (wa), われ (ware)	な (na), なれ (nare) なんぢ (nanji) まし (mashi) いまし (imashi) みまし (mimashi) きみ (kimi)	こ (ko), これ (kore)	そ (so), それ (sore)	あ (a), あれ (are) か (ka), かれ (kare)	た (ta), たれ (tare) なにがし (nanigashi)	おの (ono)
Thing			こ (ko), これ (kore)	そ (so), それ (sore)	あ (a), あれ (are) か (ka), かれ (kare)	いづれ (izure) なに (nani)
Location			ここ (koko)	そこ (soko)	あしこ (ashiko) かしこ (kashiko)	いづこ (izuko) いづく (izuku) いどこ (idoko) どこ (doko)
Direction			こち (kochi) こなた (konata)	そち (sochi) そなた (sonata)	あち (achi) あなた (anata) かなた (kanata)	いづち (izuchi) いづら (izura) いづかた (izukata)
Manner			か (ka) かく (kaku) かくて (kakute) かう (kō)	さ (sa), さて (sate) しか (shika)		いか (ika)
Time						いつ (itsu)

Etymology 6

Kanji in this term
汝
なれ Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese. The long form of 汝 (na) above. Compound of 汝 (na) and suffix れ (re).

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [na̠ɾe̞]

Pronoun

汝 (hiragana なれ, rōmaji nare)

1. (obsolete) second person pronoun: you
   • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 14, poem 3440)

     許乃河泊尓 安佐菜安良布児 奈礼毛安礼毛 余知乎曽母弖流 伊仾児多婆里尓 _{一云 麻之毛安礼母}

   • c. 913 Kokin Wakashū (#904)

     ちはやぶる宇治のはしもり なれをしぞあはれとは思ふ 年のへぬれば

See also

Classical Japanese pronouns and demonstratives

	First person	Second person	Close to speaker	Close to listener	Far from both	Interrogative	Reflexive
Person	あ (a), あれ (are) わ (wa), われ (ware)	な (na), なれ (nare) なんぢ (nanji) まし (mashi) いまし (imashi) みまし (mimashi) きみ (kimi)	こ (ko), これ (kore)	そ (so), それ (sore)	あ (a), あれ (are) か (ka), かれ (kare)	た (ta), たれ (tare) なにがし (nanigashi)	おの (ono)
Thing			こ (ko), これ (kore)	そ (so), それ (sore)	あ (a), あれ (are) か (ka), かれ (kare)	いづれ (izure) なに (nani)
Location			ここ (koko)	そこ (soko)	あしこ (ashiko) かしこ (kashiko)	いづこ (izuko) いづく (izuku) いどこ (idoko) どこ (doko)
Direction			こち (kochi) こなた (konata)	そち (sochi) そなた (sonata)	あち (achi) あなた (anata) かなた (kanata)	いづち (izuchi) いづら (izura) いづかた (izukata)
Manner			か (ka) かく (kaku) かくて (kakute) かう (kō)	さ (sa), さて (sate) しか (shika)		いか (ika)
Time						いつ (itsu)

Etymology 7

Kanji in this term
汝
なむち Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese. Compound of 汝 (na, “you”) +‎ 貴 (muchi, “noble”).

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [na̠mɯ̟ᵝt͡ɕi]

Pronoun

汝 (hiragana なむち, rōmaji namuchi)

1. (obsolete) second person pronoun: you

Etymology 8

Kanji in this term
汝
なむぢ Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

/namuti/ → /namudi/ → /namud͡ʑi/

From earlier なむち (namuchi). Final voicing due to influence of medial voiced /m/.

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [na̠mɯ̟ᵝʑi]

Pronoun

汝 (hiragana なむじ, rōmaji namuji, historical hiragana なむぢ)

1. (obsolete) second person pronoun: you
   • c. late 9th–mid-10th century, Taketori Monogatari

     大納言わらゐて、「なむぢらが君の使と名を流しつ。君の仰ごとをば、いかが背くべき」との給て [...]

   • c. late 9th–mid-10th century, Taketori Monogatari

     大納言起きゐてのたまはく、「汝（なむぢ）らよくもて來ずなりぬ。龍は鳴る神のるいにこそありけれ。[...]」

Etymology 9

Kanji in this term
汝
なんじ Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

/namuti/ → /namudi/ → /nandi/ → /nand͡ʑi/

From earlier なむぢ (namudi).

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) な​んじ [náꜜǹjì] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • (Tokyo) なんじ [nàńjí] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [nã̠ɲ̟d͡ʑi]

Alternative forms

• 爾

Pronoun

汝 (hiragana なんじ, rōmaji nanji, historical hiragana なんぢ)

1. (archaic) second person pronoun: you
   • c. late 9th–mid-10th century, Taketori Monogatari

     「汝（なんぢ）が持ちて侍るかぐや姫たてまつれ。」

   • c. late 9th–mid-10th century, Taketori Monogatari

     いはく、「汝（なんぢ）、おさなき人、いささかなる功徳を翁つくりけるによりて、汝（なんぢ）が助けにとて、かた時のほどとて下ししを[...]」

See also

Classical Japanese pronouns and demonstratives

	First person	Second person	Close to speaker	Close to listener	Far from both	Interrogative	Reflexive
Person	あ (a), あれ (are) わ (wa), われ (ware)	な (na), なれ (nare) なんぢ (nanji) まし (mashi) いまし (imashi) みまし (mimashi) きみ (kimi)	こ (ko), これ (kore)	そ (so), それ (sore)	あ (a), あれ (are) か (ka), かれ (kare)	た (ta), たれ (tare) なにがし (nanigashi)	おの (ono)
Thing			こ (ko), これ (kore)	そ (so), それ (sore)	あ (a), あれ (are) か (ka), かれ (kare)	いづれ (izure) なに (nani)
Location			ここ (koko)	そこ (soko)	あしこ (ashiko) かしこ (kashiko)	いづこ (izuko) いづく (izuku) いどこ (idoko) どこ (doko)
Direction			こち (kochi) こなた (konata)	そち (sochi) そなた (sonata)	あち (achi) あなた (anata) かなた (kanata)	いづち (izuchi) いづら (izura) いづかた (izukata)
Manner			か (ka) かく (kaku) かくて (kakute) かう (kō)	さ (sa), さて (sate) しか (shika)		いか (ika)
Time						いつ (itsu)

References

• Horiuchi, Hideaki; Akiyama Ken (1997) Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 17: Taketori Monogatari, Ise Monogatari (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
• Kurano, Kenji (1936) Shoku Nihongi Senmyō (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
• Kurano, Kenji; Yūkichi Takeda (1958) Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 1: Kojiki, Norito, Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
• Saeki, Umetomo (1958) Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 8: Kokin Wakashū (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
• Sakakura, Atsuyoshi; Yūichi Ōtsu; Hiroshi Tsukishima; Toshiko Abe; Imai Gen'e (1957) Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 9: Taketori Monogatari, Ise Monogatari, Yamato Monogatari (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN.
• Satake, Akihiro; Hideo Yamada; Rikio Kudō; Masao Ōtani; Yoshiyuki Yamazaki (c. 759) Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 3: Man’yōshū 3 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 2002, →ISBN.
• 1957, Yutaka Tsuchihashi, Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 3: Kodai Kayōshū (in Japanese), Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja

汝 • (yeo) (hangeul 여, revised yeo, McCune–Reischauer yŏ, Yale ye)

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Vietnamese

Han character

汝 (nhớ, nhở, nhởi, nhứ, nhử, nhữ, dử, nhừ, nở)

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