倪

See also: ⿰亻児

倪	U+502A, 倪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-502A

← 倩
[U+5029]

CJK Unified Ideographs

倫 →
[U+502B]

Translingual

Han character

倪 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人竹難山 (OHXU), four-corner 2721₇, composition ⿰亻兒)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 109, character 2
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 792
Dae Jaweon: page 231, character 11
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 179, character 9
Unihan data for U+502A

Chinese

simp. and trad.		倪
alternative forms		俔／伣

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 倪
Small seal script s05811 Transcribed ancient scripts L02269 L02270
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (兒) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
掜	rŋeː, ŋeːʔ
誽	*rŋeː
倪	*ŋeː
蜺	ŋeː, ŋeː
霓	ŋeː, ŋeːs, *ŋeː
郳	*ŋeː
齯	*ŋeː
婗	*ŋeː
輗	*ŋeː
棿	*ŋeː
猊	*ŋeː
麑	*ŋeː
貎	*ŋeː
鯢	*ŋeː
兒	ŋeː, ŋje
觬	ŋeː, ŋeːʔ
堄	ŋeːʔ, ŋeːs
晲	*ŋeːʔ
睨	*ŋeːs
唲	*ŋje
隉	*ŋeːd
鶂	*ŋeːɡ
鬩	*ɦŋeːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ŋeː): semantic 亻 + phonetic 兒 (OC *ŋeː, *ŋje).

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ní (ni²)

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): ngà

(Hailu, HRS): nga
Eastern Min (BUC): ngà̤
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ge²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): gê

(Teochew, Peng'im): ngi⁵ / ghoi⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶gni

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/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ngai⁴
  - Yale: ngàih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngà
  - Hakka Romanization System: nga^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: nga²
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋa¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: nga
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋa⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ngà̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɛ⁵³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ge²
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gá̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ke¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ge²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ke²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gê
  - Tâi-lô: gê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gee
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡe²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡe²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡe¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡe²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡe²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ngi⁵ / ghoi⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngî / gôi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋi⁵⁵/, /ɡoi⁵⁵/

Note: ghoi5 - surname.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶gni
  - MiniDict: nyi^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyi
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲi²³/

Middle Chinese: ngej

Rime
Character	倪
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	五稽切
Baxter	ngej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋei/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋei/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɛj/
Li Rong	/ŋei/
Wang Li	/ŋiei/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngai⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*ŋˤe/

(Zhengzhang): /*ŋeː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	倪
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	ní
Middle Chinese	‹ ngej ›
Old Chinese	/*ŋˁe/
English	young and weak
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	倪
Reading #	1/1
No.	2736
Phonetic component	兒
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ŋeː/

Definitions

倪

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) small child
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) small and weak
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) origin; beginning
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) bound; limit; extremity
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to differentiate
(Wu) I; we
alt. forms: 伲 (nǐ)
a surname
倪可敏 ― Ní Kěmǐn ― Nga Kor Ming (Malaysian politician)

Compounds

天倪
旄倪
端倪 (duānní)

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nì (ni⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁶

Mandarin
- (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: ngai⁶
  - Yale: ngaih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯²²/

Definitions

倪

alternative form of 睨 (nì, “to look sideways; to squint”)

Compounds

俾倪

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	⿰亻児
Print standard	倪

Kanji

倪

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form ⿰亻児)

small child
edge, limit, boundary

Readings

Go-on: げ (ge)
Kan-on: げい (gei)
Kun: きわ (kiwa)

Compounds

天倪(あまがつ) (amagatsu)
端倪(たんげい) (tangei)
俾倪(へいげい) (heigei)

Korean

Hanja

倪 (eum 예 (ye))

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Vietnamese

Han character

倪: Hán Nôm readings: nghê, hầu

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