濡

濡

濡 U+6FE1, 濡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6FE1 ← 濠 [U+6FE0] CJK Unified Ideographs 濢 → [U+6FE2]

Translingual

Etymology

氵+需

Han character

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

1. immerse, moisten
2. wet, damp

References

• KangXi: page 656, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18504
• Dae Jaweon: page 1066, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1768, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6FE1

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		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, OC *njo, *noːn) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 需 (OC *sno).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rú (ru²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): jû / su

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: rú
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ
    • Wade–Giles: ju²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ru
    • IPA ^(key): /ʐu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴
    • Yale: yùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (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/

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• Middle Chinese: /ȵɨo/, /nuɑn/▼

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
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/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯u/	/nuɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	rú	nuán

• 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	濡
Old Chinese	/*njo/	/*noːn/
Notes	需轉註字	原列寒韻末，集韻列桓韻

Definitions

濡

1. immerse, moisten
2. wet, damp

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 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 耳濡目染 (ěrrúmùrǎn) 霑濡

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Japanese

Kanji

濡

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. 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)

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Korean

Hanja

濡 (eum 유 (yu))

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Vietnamese

Han character

濡: Hán Nôm readings: nhụa

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