嫋

See also: 嬝

嫋	U+5ACB, 嫋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5ACB

← 嫊
[U+5ACA]

CJK Unified Ideographs

嫌 →
[U+5ACC]

Translingual

Han character

嫋 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 女弓一一 (VNMM), four-corner 4742₇, composition ⿰女弱)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 269, character 5
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6614
Dae Jaweon: page 536, character 17
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1074, character 9
Unihan data for U+5ACB

Chinese

trad.		嫋
simp.		袅

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
嫋	*neːwʔ
弱	*njewɢ
溺	njewɢ, neːwɢ
蒻	*njewɢ
搦	rneːwɢ, rnaːwɢ
愵	*neːwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *neːwʔ): semantic 女 + phonetic 弱 (OC *njewɢ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): niǎo (niao³)

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): niu⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: niǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: niǎo
  - Wade–Giles: niao³
  - Yale: nyǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neau
  - Palladius: няо (njao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: niu⁵
  - Yale: níuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: niu⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: niu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /niːu̯¹³/

Middle Chinese: newX

Rime
Character	嫋
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	奴鳥切
Baxter	newX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/neu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/neu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/neu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/nɛw^X/
Li Rong	/neu^X/
Wang Li	/nieu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/nieu^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	niǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	niu⁵

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*neːwʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嫋
Reading #	1/1
No.	10946
Phonetic component	弱
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	嬲
Old Chinese	/*neːwʔ/

Definitions

嫋

alternative form of 裊 / 袅 (niǎo)

Compounds

姌嫋 / 姌袅 (rǎnniǎo)
嫋娜 / 袅娜
嫋嫋 / 袅袅 (niǎoniǎo)
嫋嫋娉娉 / 袅袅娉娉
嫋嫋娜娜 / 袅袅娜娜
嫋嫋婷婷 / 袅袅婷婷
嬌嫋不勝 / 娇袅不胜
餘音嫋嫋 / 余音袅袅

Japanese

Kanji

嫋

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: にょう (nyō)^{←ねう (neu, historical)}
Kan-on: じょう (jō)^{←でう (deu, historical)}
Kun: なよやか (nayoyaka, 嫋やか)、しなやか (shinayaka, 嫋やか)、たおやか (taoyaka, 嫋やか)

Korean

Hanja

嫋 • (nyo, ya) (hangeul 뇨, 야, revised nyo, ya, McCune–Reischauer nyo, ya)

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Vietnamese

Han character

嫋: Hán Nôm readings: niễu

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References

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