棯

棯

棯 U+68EF, 棯 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-68EF ← 森 [U+68EE] CJK Unified Ideographs 棰 → [U+68F0]

Translingual

Han character

棯 (radical 75, 木+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 木人戈心 (DOIP), four-corner 4893₂, composition ⿰木念)

References

• KangXi: page 534, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14977
• Dae Jaweon: page 922, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1235, character 8
• Unihan data for U+68EF

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		棯

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (念) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
淰	*rnɯːmʔ, *nɯːmʔ, *hnjɯmʔ
唸	*tɯːms, *tɯːns
埝	*tɯːms, *nɯːb
趝	*klɯːms, *n̥ʰɯːms
諗	*hnjɯmʔ
稔	*njɯːm
棯	*njɯmʔ
腍	*njɯmʔ
捻	*nɯːb
錜	*nɯːb
敜	*nɯːb
惗	*nɯːb, *sens
菍	*nɯːb, *nɯːd

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rěn (ren³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nim¹, nim⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: rěn
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˇ
    • Wade–Giles: jên³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: reen
    • IPA ^(key): /ʐən²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: nim¹, nim⁶
    • Yale: nīm, nihm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nim¹, nim⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: nim¹, nim⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /niːm⁵⁵/, /niːm²²/

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• Middle Chinese: /ȵiɪm^X/▼

Rime
Character	棯
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	侵 (139)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	如甚切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiɪmX/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵimX/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑjemX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵimX/
Li Rong	/ȵiəmX/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭĕmX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯əmX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	rěn

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*njɯmʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	棯
Reading #	1/1
No.	9497
Phonetic component	念
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	荏
Old Chinese	/*njɯmʔ/
Notes	見爾雅

Definitions

棯

1. jujube tree

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Japanese

Kanji

棯

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: にん (nin)
• Kan-on: じん (jin)

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Vietnamese

Han character

棯 (nạm)

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