喃

See also: 諵 and 娚

喃	U+5583, 喃 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5583

← 喂
[U+5582]

CJK Unified Ideographs

善 →
[U+5584]

Translingual

Han character

喃 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 口十月十 (RJBJ), four-corner 6402₇, composition ⿰口南)

Derived characters

𬞑

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 197, character 17
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3903
Dae Jaweon: page 418, character 37
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 650, character 5
Unihan data for U+5583

Chinese

simp. and trad.		喃

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
南	*nuːm
楠	*nuːm
腩	*nuːmʔ
湳	*nuːmʔ
揇	*nuːmʔ
萳	*nuːmʔ
罱	*ruːmʔ
喃	*rnuːm
諵	rnuːm, rnuːms

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *rnuːm): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 南 (OC *nuːm).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nán (nan²)

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nán
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nán
  - Wade–Giles: nan²
  - Yale: nán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nan
  - Palladius: нань (nanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: naam⁴
  - Yale: nàahm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: nam⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːm²¹/

Middle Chinese: nream

Rime
Character	喃
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	咸 (151)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	女咸切
Baxter	nream
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɳˠɛm/
Pan Wuyun	/ɳᵚæm/
Shao Rongfen	/nɐm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɳəɨm/
Li Rong	/nɐm/
Wang Li	/nɐm/
Bernhard Karlgren	/năm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	naam⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*rnuːm/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	喃
Reading #	1/1
No.	9362
Phonetic component	南
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	諵
Old Chinese	/*rnuːm/
Notes	同諵

Definitions

喃

(onomatopoeia) used in 喃喃 (nánnán)
(onomatopoeia) used in 呢喃 (nínán)

Compounds

呢喃 (nínán)
呢喃細語 / 呢喃细语
喃喃 (nánnán)
喃喃低語 / 喃喃低语
喃喃吶吶 / 喃喃呐呐
喃喃咄咄
喃喃喏喏
喃喃篤篤 / 喃喃笃笃
喃喃細語 / 喃喃细语
喃喃自語 / 喃喃自语 (nánnánzìyǔ)
喃喃訥訥 / 喃喃讷讷
噥噥喃喃 / 哝哝喃喃
篤篤喃喃 / 笃笃喃喃
肚喃

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nǎn (nan³)

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nǎn
  - Wade–Giles: nan³
  - Yale: nǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: naan
  - Palladius: нань (nanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän²¹⁴/

Definitions

喃

only used in 噆喃

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): nán (nan²)

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nan¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nán
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nán
  - Wade–Giles: nan²
  - Yale: nán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nan
  - Palladius: нань (nanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: nan¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: lan
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nan⁵⁵/

Definitions

喃

(Southwestern Mandarin) Interrogative particle, equivalent to 呢 (ne) in Standard Chinese.

Etymology 4

From Vietnamese 喃 (Nôm), in turn from Chinese 南 (“south”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nán (nan²)

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nán
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nán
  - Wade–Giles: nan²
  - Yale: nán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nan
  - Palladius: нань (nanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: naam⁴
  - Yale: nàahm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: nam⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːm²¹/

Definitions

喃

(of or relating to) chữ Nôm

Compounds

喃字 (nánzì)
字喃 (zìnán)

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nán (nan²)

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nán
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nán
  - Wade–Giles: nan²
  - Yale: nán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nan
  - Palladius: нань (nanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: naam⁴
  - Yale: nàahm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: nam⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːm²¹/

Definitions

喃

Used in transcription.

Compounds

呋喃 (fūnán)
吡喃 (bǐnán)
呋喃丙胺
呋喃唑酮 (fūnánzuòtóng)
呋喃坦啶
呋喃妥因 (fūnántuǒyīn)
呋喃甲醇
呋喃西林
四氫呋喃 / 四氢呋喃 (sìqīngfūnán)

Japanese

Kanji

喃

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: なん (nan)^{←なん (nan, historical)}^{←なむ (namu, ancient)}
Kan-on: だん (dan)
Kun: のう (nō, 喃)^{←なう (nau, 喃, historical)}

Compounds

字喃(チュノム) (chunomu)
喋々喃々(ちょうちょうなんなん) (chōchō nannan)
喃(なん)語(ご) (nango)
喃々(なんなん) (nannan)
喃々(のうのう) (nōnō)

Korean

Hanja

喃 • (nam) (hangeul 남, revised nam, McCune–Reischauer nam)

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Vietnamese

Han character

喃: Hán Nôm readings: nam, nẩm, Nôm

common speech

Compounds

字喃, 𡨸喃, 𡦂喃 (chữ Nôm)