郳

郳	U+90F3, 郳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-90F3

← 郲
[U+90F2]

CJK Unified Ideographs

郴 →
[U+90F4]

Translingual

Han character

郳 (Kangxi radical 163, 邑+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹山弓中 (HUNL), four-corner 7722₇, composition ⿰兒阝)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1273, character 21
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39482
Dae Jaweon: page 1772, character 6
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3779, character 8
Unihan data for U+90F3

Chinese

simp. and trad.		郳

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
掜	rŋeː, ŋeːʔ
誽	*rŋeː
倪	*ŋeː
蜺	ŋeː, ŋeː
霓	ŋeː, ŋeːs, *ŋeː
郳	*ŋeː
齯	*ŋeː
婗	*ŋeː
輗	*ŋeː
棿	*ŋeː
猊	*ŋeː
麑	*ŋeː
貎	*ŋeː
鯢	*ŋeː
兒	ŋeː, ŋje
觬	ŋeː, ŋeːʔ
堄	ŋeːʔ, ŋeːs
晲	*ŋeːʔ
睨	*ŋeːs
唲	*ŋje
隉	*ŋeːd
鶂	*ŋeːɡ
鬩	*ɦŋeːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ŋeː): phonetic 兒 (OC *ŋeː, *ŋje) + semantic 邑 (“city”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ní (ni²)

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Gê

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ní
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ní
  - Wade–Giles: ni²
  - Yale: ní
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ni
  - Palladius: ни (ni)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ngai⁴
  - Yale: ngàih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gê
  - Tâi-lô: Gê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gee
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡe²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /ɡe²⁴/

Middle Chinese: ngej

Rime
Character	郳
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	五稽切
Baxter	ngej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋei/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋei/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɛj/
Li Rong	/ŋei/
Wang Li	/ŋiei/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngai⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ŋeː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	郳
Reading #	1/1
No.	2739
Phonetic component	兒
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	倪
Old Chinese	/*ŋeː/

Definitions

郳

(～國) (historical) Ni, a state during the Zhou dynasty, located in modern-day Shandong, China.
a surname