濡

濡	U+6FE1, 濡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6FE1

← 濠
[U+6FE0]

CJK Unified Ideographs

濢 →
[U+6FE2]

Translingual

Han character

濡 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 水一月月 (EMBB), four-corner 3112₇, composition ⿰氵需)

immerse, moisten
wet, damp

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 656, character 8
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18504
Dae Jaweon: page 1066, character 12
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1768, character 3
Unihan data for U+6FE1

Chinese

trad.		濡
simp. ^#		濡

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
羺	*noː
獳	*noː
擩	noːs, njoʔ, njos, njul, *njod
譳	*noːs
懦	noːls, njo
糯	*noːls
需	*sno
繻	sno, njo
鑐	*sno
儒	*njo
濡	njo, noːn
襦	*njo
嚅	*njo
顬	*njo
鱬	*njo
嬬	*njo
臑	*njo
醹	njo, njoʔ
蠕	*njo
孺	*njos

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *njo, *noːn): semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 需 (OC *sno).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rú, róu (ru², rou²)

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˊ, ㄖㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): jû / su

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rú
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rú
  - Wade–Giles: ju²
  - Yale: rú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ru
  - Palladius: жу (žu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: róu
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: róu
  - Wade–Giles: jou²
  - Yale: róu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rou
  - Palladius: жоу (žou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐoʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jyu⁴
  - Yale: yùh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jû / su
  - Tâi-lô: jû / su
  - Phofsit Daibuun: juu, sw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /d͡zu²⁴/, /su⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /d͡zu²⁴/, /su³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zu¹³/, /su⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /d͡zu²⁴/, /su⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /zu²³/, /su⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: nyu, nwan

Rime
Character	濡	濡
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	日 (38)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	人朱切	乃官切
Baxter	nyu	nwan
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵɨo/	/nuɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵio/	/nʷɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑio/	/nuɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵuə̆/	/nwan/
Li Rong	/ȵio/	/nuɑn/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭu/	/nuɑn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯u/	/nuɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	rú	nuán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu⁴	nyun⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*no/

(Zhengzhang): /*njo/, /*noːn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	濡
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	rú
Middle Chinese	‹ nyu ›
Old Chinese	/*no/
English	wet, glossy
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	濡	濡
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	13970	13986
Phonetic component	需	需
Rime group	侯	元
Rime subdivision	0	3
Corresponding MC rime	儒
Old Chinese	/*njo/	/*noːn/
Notes	需轉註字	原列寒韻末，集韻列桓韻

Definitions

濡

immerse, moisten
wet, damp
Used in 濡忍.

Compounds

以沫相濡
日濡月染
沾濡
洽濡
涵濡
涸鱗濡沫 / 涸鳞濡沫
澍濡
濡化
濡忍
濡染
濡沫涸轍 / 濡沫涸辙
濡溼 / 濡湿 (rúshī)
濡滯 / 濡滞
濡筆 / 濡笔
濡跡 / 濡迹
濡首
狐濡尾
目染耳濡 (mùrǎn'ěrrú)
相呴相濡
相濡以沫 (xiāngrúyǐmò)
耳染目濡 (ěrrǎnmùrú)
耳濡目染 (ěrrúmùrǎn)
霑濡 / 沾濡

Japanese

Kanji

濡

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

wet

Readings

Go-on: にゅう (nyū)
Kan-on: じゅ (ju)
Kun: ぬれる (nureru, 濡れる)、ぬれる (nureru, 濡る)、ぬらす (nurasu, 濡らす)、ぬらす (nurasu, 濡す)、うるおう (uruou, 濡う)、うるおす (uruosu, 濡す)

Korean

Hanja

濡 (eum 유 (yu))

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Vietnamese

Han character

濡: Hán Nôm readings: nhụa

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