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Translingual
editHan character
edit嫩 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 女木中大 (VDLK), four-corner 48440, composition ⿰女敕)
Derived characters
editReferences
edit- Kangxi Dictionary: page 270, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6666
- Dae Jaweon: page 538, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1075, character 15
- Unihan data for U+5AE9
Chinese
edit| trad. | 嫩 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 嫩 | |
| alternative forms | 嫰 媆 | |
Glyph origin
editCorrupted form of 㜛.
Etymology 1
editUnclear. Possibly as variant of 耎 (OC) ~ 輭 (OC *nonʔ); alternatively, related to Burmese နုန့် (nun., “weak, exhausted from illness”), yet this meaning barely overlaps with "soft to touch" (Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): nyun6
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): nun
- Jin (Wiktionary): nung3
- Northern Min (KCR): nō̤ng
- Eastern Min (BUC): nâung
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6nen
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄋㄣˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: nèn
- Wade–Giles: nên4
- Yale: nèn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nenn
- Palladius: нэнь (nɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /nən⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: nyun6
- Yale: nyuhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: nyn6
- Guangdong Romanization: nün6
- Sinological IPA (key): /nyːn²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nun
- Hakka Romanization System: nun
- Hagfa Pinyim: nun4
- Sinological IPA: /nun⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: nung3
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /nuŋ⁴⁵/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: nō̤ng
- Sinological IPA (key): /nɔŋ⁵⁵/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: nâung
- Sinological IPA (key): /nˡɑuŋ²⁴²/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- Wu
- Dialectal data
- Middle Chinese: nwonH
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*nuːns/
Definitions
edit嫩
- tender; delicate
- inexperienced; unskilled
- (of food) tender; soft
- (of colour) light
- (Eastern Min) small
Synonyms
edit- (tender):
Dialectal synonyms of 嫩 (“(of food) tender; soft”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 嫩 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 嫩 |
| Singapore | 嫩 | |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 嫩 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 嫩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 嫩 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 嫩 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 嫩 |
| Hong Kong | 嫩 | |
| Dongguan | 嫩 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 嫩 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 嫩 |
| Lichuan | 嫩 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 嫩 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 幼 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 幼 |
| Xiamen (Tong'an) | 幼 | |
| Quanzhou | 幼 | |
| Zhangzhou | 幼 | |
| Tainan | 幼 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 幼 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 幼 | |
| Wenchang | 幼 | |
| Haikou | 幼 | |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 嫩 |
| Ningbo | 嫩 | |
- (small):
Antonyms
edit- (antonym(s) of “tender”): 老 (lǎo)
Compounds
editEtymology 2
editPronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄋㄣˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: nèn
- Wade–Giles: nên4
- Yale: nèn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nenn
- Palladius: нэнь (nɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /nən⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: nyun6
- Yale: nyuhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: nyn6
- Guangdong Romanization: nün6
- Sinological IPA (key): /nyːn²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nun
- Hakka Romanization System: nun
- Hagfa Pinyim: nun4
- Sinological IPA: /nun⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
Definitions
edit嫩
- Used in transcription.
- (Protestantism) Nun (father of Joshua)
Synonyms
editCompounds
edit- 黎巴嫩 (Líbānèn)
References
edit- “嫩”, 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–
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edit嫩: Hán Nôm readings: non, nộn, nỏn, nồn, nõn, nọn
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