孨

孨	U+5B68, 孨 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B68

← 孧
[U+5B67]

CJK Unified Ideographs

孩 →
[U+5B69]

Translingual

Han character

孨 (Kangxi radical 39, 子+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 弓木弓木木 (NDNDD), composition ⿱子孖)

Derived characters

孴, 孱

Additional Derived Characters

𠊩, 𱓨, 𣹏, 𡦥, 𩹆, 𤸦

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 279, character 14
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6976
Dae Jaweon: page 548, character 9
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1015, character 15
Unihan data for U+5B68

Chinese

simp. and trad.		孨

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 孨
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
孨	nɯb, skʷrens, *kʷjenʔ
孱	sɡreːn, sɡreːnʔ, *sɡren

Triplication of 子.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhuǎn, nǐ, nì (zhuan³, ni³, ni⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄢˇ, ㄋㄧˇ, ㄋㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zyun²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhuǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhuǎn
  - Wade–Giles: chuan³
  - Yale: jwǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: joan
  - Palladius: чжуань (čžuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯än²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nǐ
  - Wade–Giles: ni³
  - Yale: nǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nii
  - Palladius: ни (ni)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni²¹⁴/
- (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: zyun²
  - Yale: jyún
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzyn²
  - Guangdong Romanization: jun²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syːn³⁵/

Middle Chinese: tsywenX, tsrjwenH, nrip

Rime
Character	孨	孨	孨
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	莊 (18)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	仙 (78)	仙 (80)	緝 (142)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	旨兖切	莊眷切	尼立切
Baxter	tsywenX	tsrjwenH	nrip
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiuᴇn^X/	/t͡ʃˠiuᴇn^H/	/ɳˠiɪp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʷiɛn^X/	/ʈ͡ʂʷᵚiɛn^H/	/ɳᵚip̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjuæn^X/	/t͡ʃiuæn^H/	/niep̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cwian^X/	/ʈ͡ʂwian^H/	/ɳjip̚/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiuɛn^X/	/t͡ʃjuɛn^H/	/njəp̚/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭwɛn^X/	/t͡ʃĭwɛn^H/	/nĭĕp̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯wɛn^X/	/ʈ͡ʂi̯wɛn^H/	/ni̯əp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhuǎn	zhuàn	nì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zyun²	zyun³	nap⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*nɯb/, /*skʷrens/, /*kʷjenʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	孨	孨	孨
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	9438	17701	17703
Phonetic component	孴
Rime group	緝	元	元
Rime subdivision	1	2	2
Corresponding MC rime			剸
Old Chinese	/*nɯb/	/*skʷrens/	/*kʷjenʔ/
Notes	集韻同孴

Definitions

孨

Prudent, cautious, careful (Xu Shen says 謹也).
alternative form of 孴 (nǐ)

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C02439

Japanese

Kanji

孨

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): せん (sen)、じゅう (jū)、にゅう (nyū)
Kun: つつしむ (tsutsushimu)、よわい (yowai)、みなしご (minashigo)