See also:
U+8033, 耳
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8033

[U+8032]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+8034]
⽿ U+2F7F, ⽿
KANGXI RADICAL EAR

[U+2F7E]
Kangxi Radicals
[U+2F80]

TranslingualEdit

Stroke order
 
Stroke order (Japan)
 
Stroke order
(Chinese)
 
Stroke order
(Japan)
 

Alternative formsEdit

When part of a compound character, particularly as the left radical, the bottom horizontal stroke may not cross at bottom right. This is a script variant, found for example in Japanese .

Han characterEdit

(Kangxi radical 128, +0, 6 strokes, cangjie input 尸十 (SJ), four-corner 10400)

  1. Kangxi radical #128, ⽿.

Derived charactersEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • KangXi: page 965, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28999
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1413, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2783, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+8033


ChineseEdit

trad.
simp. #
2nd round simp. ⿻二⿰丨丨

Glyph originEdit

Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Qin slip script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
             

Pictogram (象形) – an ear.

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r/g-na (ear).

PronunciationEdit


Note: ngi2 - variant pronunciation.
Note:
  • ngê - vernacular;
  • ngī - literary.
  • Min Nan
  • Note:
    • hī/hǐ/hīⁿ - vernacular;
    • ní/jí/jíⁿ - literary.
    Note:
    • hin6 - vernacular;
    • re2 - literary.
  • Wu
  • Note:
    • 3nyi - vernacular;
    • 3hher - literary.
  • Xiang

  • Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial () (38)
    Final () (19)
    Tone (調) Rising (X)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () III
    Fanqie
    Baxter nyiX
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /ȵɨX/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /ȵɨX/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /ȵʑieX/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /ȵɨX/
    Li
    Rong
    /ȵiəX/
    Wang
    Li
    /ȵʑĭəX/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /ȵʑiX/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    ěr
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    ji5
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    Reading # 1/2
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)
    ěr
    Middle
    Chinese
    ‹ nyiX ›
    Old
    Chinese
    /*C.nəʔ/
    English ear

    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
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 2783
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    0
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*njɯʔ/

    DefinitionsEdit

    1. ear
        ―  ěrlóng  ―  deaf
    2. ear-like object
        ―  mù'ěr  ―  wood ear; black fungus
    3. something on both sides
        ―  ěrfáng  ―  penthouse
        ―  ěrmén  ―  side door
    4. handle on both sides of an object
    5. (obsolete) to hear; to hear of
    6. a surname
    7. (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien, figuratively) something that can be used to coerce or threaten someone
    SynonymsEdit

    Etymology 2Edit

    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

    PronunciationEdit



    Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial () (38)
    Final () (19)
    Tone (調) Rising (X)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () III
    Fanqie
    Baxter nyiX
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /ȵɨX/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /ȵɨX/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /ȵʑieX/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /ȵɨX/
    Li
    Rong
    /ȵiəX/
    Wang
    Li
    /ȵʑĭəX/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /ȵʑiX/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    ěr
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    ji5
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    Reading # 2/2
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)
    ěr
    Middle
    Chinese
    ‹ nyiX ›
    Old
    Chinese
    /*nəʔ/
    English =⽽而已 “that’s all”

    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
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 2783
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    0
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*njɯʔ/

    DefinitionsEdit

    1. (literary) Phrase-final particle: merely; only; that's all
    SynonymsEdit

    Etymology 3Edit

    PronunciationEdit


    DefinitionsEdit

    1. Only used in 耳孫耳孙 (réngsūn).

    CompoundsEdit

    ReferencesEdit

    JapaneseEdit

    KanjiEdit

    (grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    ReadingsEdit

    CompoundsEdit

    EtymologyEdit

    Kanji in this term
    みみ
    Grade: 1
    kun’yomi
    • ⟨mi1mi1 → */mimi//mimi/

    From Old Japanese. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.[1] From Proto-Japonic *mimi.

    PronunciationEdit

    NounEdit

    (みみ) (mimi

    1. ear; ears
      (みみ)(かゆ)いのです。
      Mimi ga kayui no desu.
      My ear is itchy.
    2. crust (of bread)
    3. selvedge (woven edge of a bolt of fabric)

    Derived termsEdit

    ReferencesEdit

    1. ^ ”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
    2. ^ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
    3. ^ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

    KoreanEdit

    EtymologyEdit

    From Middle Chinese (MC ȵɨX).

    Historical Readings
    Dongguk Jeongun Reading
    Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 ᅀᅵᆼ〯 (Yale: )
    Middle Korean
    Text Eumhun
    Gloss (hun) Reading
    Hunmong Jahoe, 1527[3] 귀〮 (Yale: kwúy) ᅀᅵ〯 (Yale: )

    PronunciationEdit

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [i(ː)]
    • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
      • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

    HanjaEdit

    Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

    Wikisource

    (eumhun (gwi i))

    1. Hanja form? of (ear). [affix]

    CompoundsEdit

    ReferencesEdit

    • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [4]

    OkinawanEdit

    KanjiEdit

    (grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    CompoundsEdit

    EtymologyEdit

    From Proto-Ryukyuan *mimi, from Proto-Japonic *mimi. Cognate with mainland Japanese (mimi).

    NounEdit

    (みん) (min

    1. ear

    VietnameseEdit

    Han characterEdit

    : Hán Nôm readings: nhĩ, nhải, nhãi

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