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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 40 +9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 十心月廿 (JPBT), four-corner 30107, composition)

  1. used as a term of comparison: rather
  2. it is better
  3. would that

References

  • KangXi: page 289, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7232
  • Dae Jaweon: page 572, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 944, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+5BCD

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*neːs, *neːŋʔ, *neːŋs
*rnaːŋ
*rnaːŋʔ
*rneːŋ
*rneːŋ
*rneːŋ
*rneːŋ
*rneːŋ
*neːŋ
*neːŋs
*neːŋs
*neːŋ
*neːŋ, *neːŋs
*neːŋ
*neːŋ, *neːŋʔ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (8)
Final () (125)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/neŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/neŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/nɛŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/nɛjŋ/
Li
Rong
/neŋ/
Wang
Li
/nieŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/nieŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
níng
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 9553
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*neːŋ/

Definitions

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References


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings