檸

See also: 柠

檸	U+6AB8, 檸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6AB8

← 檷
[U+6AB7]

CJK Unified Ideographs

檹 →
[U+6AB9]

Translingual

Han character

檸 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+14, 18 strokes, cangjie input 木十心弓 (DJPN), four-corner 4392₁, composition ⿰木寧)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 558, character 44
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15742
Dae Jaweon: page 948, character 14
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1311, character 2
Unihan data for U+6AB8

Chinese

trad.		檸
simp.		柠^*

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
濘	neːs, neːŋʔ, *neːŋs
獰	*rnaːŋ
檸	*rnaːŋʔ
儜	*rneːŋ
薴	*rneːŋ
鬡	*rneːŋ
鑏	*rneːŋ
嬣	*rneːŋ
寍	*neːŋ
寗	*neːŋs
甯	*neːŋs
寧	*neːŋ
鸋	neːŋ, neːŋs
嚀	*neːŋ
聹	neːŋ, neːŋʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *rnaːŋʔ): semantic 木 + phonetic 寧 (OC *neːŋ).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): níng (ning²)

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ning⁴ / ning^4-2

(Taishan, Wiktionary): nen³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): lê

(Meixian, Guangdong): nên²
Jin (Wiktionary): ning¹
Eastern Min (BUC): nìng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lêng / lê

(Teochew, Peng'im): lêng⁵ / lam⁵ / nam⁵
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶gnin / ²gnin

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: níng
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: níng
  - Wade–Giles: ning²
  - Yale: níng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ning
  - Palladius: нин (nin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /niŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ning⁴ / ning^4-2
  - Yale: nìhng / níng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ning⁴ / ning^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: ning⁴ / ning^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɪŋ²¹/, /nɪŋ²¹⁻³⁵/

Note: ning4-2 - short form in compounds.

- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: nen³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ⁿden²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lê
  - Hakka Romanization System: le^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: le¹
  - Sinological IPA: /le²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: nên²
  - Sinological IPA: /nɛn¹¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: ning¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /niŋ¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: nìng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nˡiŋ⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, dated in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng
  - Tâi-lô: lîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: leeng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lê
  - Tâi-lô: lê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lee
  - IPA (Taipei): /le²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /le²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: lêng⁵ / lam⁵ / nam⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lêng / lâm / nâm
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /leŋ⁵⁵/, /lam⁵⁵/, /nam⁵⁵/

Note:

lêng5 - literary;
lam5/nam5 - vernacular.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶gnin
  - MiniDict: nyin^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyin
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲin²³/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ²gnin
  - MiniDict: nyin^平
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /n̠ʲin²²³/

Middle Chinese: nraengX

Rime
Character	檸
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	庚 (109)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	拏梗切
Baxter	nraengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɳˠæŋ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ɳᵚaŋ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/naŋ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɳaɨjŋ^X/
Li Rong	/nɐŋ^X/
Wang Li	/nɐŋ^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/nɐŋ^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	něng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	nang⁵

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*rnaːŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	檸
Reading #	1/1
No.	9547
Phonetic component	寧
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*rnaːŋʔ/

Definitions

檸

only used in 檸檬／柠檬 (níngméng); also used as its short form

Compounds

檸七 / 柠七 (níngqī)
檸樂 / 柠乐 (nínglè)
檸檬 / 柠檬 (níngméng, “lemon”)
檸檬素 / 柠檬素
檸檬酸 / 柠檬酸 (níngméngsuān)
檸水 / 柠水
檸茶 / 柠茶 (níngchá)
檸蜜 / 柠蜜
青檸 / 青柠 (qīngníng)

Etymology 2

Contracted form of 吶亨／呐亨.

Pronunciation

Wu (Suzhou, Wugniu): ⁶nan

Wu
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ⁶nan
  - MiniDict: nan^去
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /nã²³¹/

Definitions

檸

(Suzhounese) how

References

“檸”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

檸

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: にょう (nyō)
Kan-on: のう (nō)
Kan’yō-on: ねい (nei)

Compounds

檸檬(レモン) (remon, “lemon”)

Korean

Hanja

檸 (eumhun 레몬 (lemon) 녕 (remon ( lemon ) nyeong), word-initial (South Korea) 레몬 (lemon) 영 (remon ( lemon ) yeong))

hanja form^? of 녕 (“lemon”)

Compounds

영몽 (檸檬, yeongmong, “lemon”)

Vietnamese

Han character

檸: Hán Nôm readings: nịnh

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