禰

See also: 祢

禰	U+79B0, 禰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-79B0

← 禯
[U+79AF]

CJK Unified Ideographs

禱 →
[U+79B1]

Translingual

Japanese	祢
Simplified	祢
Traditional	禰

Han character

禰 (Kangxi radical 113, 示+14, 19 strokes, cangjie input 戈火一火月 (IFMFB), four-corner 3122₇, composition ⿰礻爾)

Derived characters

𭌹

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 847, character 15
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24851
Dae Jaweon: page 1269, character 4
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2411, character 1
Unihan data for U+79B0

Chinese

trad.		禰
simp.		祢^*

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
嬭	rneːlʔ, niːlʔ
禰	*niːlʔ
镾	niːlʔ, mnel
薾	*niːlʔ
檷	*niːlʔ
鑈	niːlʔ, neːb
瀰	niːlʔ, mnel, *mnelʔ
獼	*mnel
瓕	*mnel
彌	*mnel
鸍	mnel, hnjel
擟	*mnel
濔	*mnelʔ
壐	*smlelʔ
璽	*smlelʔ
爾	*njelʔ
邇	*njelʔ
獮	*smlenʔ
籋	neb, neːb

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *niːlʔ) : semantic 示 + phonetic 爾 (OC *njelʔ).

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nǐ, mí (ni³, mi²)

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˇ, ㄇㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): nei⁵ / nai⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
  - 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, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mí
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mí
  - Wade–Giles: mi²
  - Yale: mí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mi
  - Palladius: ми (mi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: nei⁵ / nai⁵
  - Yale: néih / náih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: nei⁵ / nai⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: néi⁵ / nei⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nei̯¹³/, /nɐi̯¹³/

Middle Chinese: nejX

Rime
Character	禰
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	奴禮切
Baxter	nejX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/nei^X/
Pan Wuyun	/nei^X/
Shao Rongfen	/nɛi^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/nɛj^X/
Li Rong	/nei^X/
Wang Li	/niei^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/niei^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	nai⁵

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*niːlʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	禰
Reading #	1/1
No.	2798
Phonetic component	爾
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	禰
Old Chinese	/*niːlʔ/

Definitions

禰

one's deceased father
ancestral temple for one's deceased father
spirit tablet of father

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Mí, Nǐ (Mi², Ni³)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˊ, ㄋㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): nei⁴ / nai⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Bí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Mí
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Mí
  - Wade–Giles: Mi²
  - Yale: Mí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Mi
  - Palladius: Ми (Mi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, literary variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Nǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Nǐ
  - Wade–Giles: Ni³
  - Yale: Nǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Nii
  - Palladius: Ни (Ni)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: nei⁴ / nai⁵
  - Yale: nèih / náih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: nei⁴ / nai⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: néi⁴ / nei⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nei̯²¹/, /nɐi̯¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bí
  - Tâi-lô: Bí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bie
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³/

Middle Chinese: nejX

Rime
Character	禰
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	奴禮切
Baxter	nejX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/nei^X/
Pan Wuyun	/nei^X/
Shao Rongfen	/nɛi^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/nɛj^X/
Li Rong	/nei^X/
Wang Li	/niei^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/niei^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	nai⁵

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*niːlʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	禰
Reading #	1/1
No.	2798
Phonetic component	爾
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	禰
Old Chinese	/*niːlʔ/

Definitions

禰

a surname

References

“禰”, 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

Shinjitai	祢
Kyūjitai	禰

Kanji

禰

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 祢)

mausoleum, ancestral shrine
sacred object, idol

Readings

Go-on: ない (nai)、ね (ne)
Kan-on: でい (dei)
Kan’yō-on: ねい (nei)
Kun: かたしろ (katashiro, 禰)
Nanori: や (ya)

Korean

Hanja

禰 (eum 니 (ni), word-initial (South Korea) 이 (i))

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