衲

衲

衲 U+8872, 衲 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8872 ← 衱 [U+8871] CJK Unified Ideographs 衳 → [U+8873]

Translingual

Han character

衲 (radical 145, 衣+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 中人月 (LOB), four-corner 3422₇, composition ⿰衤内)

1. mend, sew, patch
2. line
3. quilt

References

• KangXi: page 1112, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34130
• Dae Jaweon: page 1578, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3078, character 10
• Unihan data for U+8872

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		衲

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (內) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
妠	*nuːms, *nuːb, *rnoːd
內	*nuːbs
笍	*tnobs, *njobs
芮	*njobs
枘	*njobs
汭	*njobs
鈉	*njobs
蜹	*njobs, *lobs, *njod
抐	*nuːns, *nuːd
納	*nuːb
衲	*nuːb
魶	*nuːb, *noːb
軜	*nuːb
蒳	*nuːb
豽	*rnuːd
肭	*rnuːd, *nuːd, *nuɡ
吶	*nod
焫	*njod
訥	*nuːd

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nà (na⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naap⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: nà
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄚˋ
    • Wade–Giles: na⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nah
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nà
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: naap⁶
    • Yale: naahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nab⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /näːp̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: /nʌp̚/▼

Rime
Character	衲
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	合 (160)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	奴荅切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/nʌp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/nəp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/nɒp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/nəp̚/
Li Rong	/nᴀp̚/
Wang Li	/nɒp̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/năp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nà

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*nuːb/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	衲
Reading #	1/1
No.	9392
Phonetic component	內
Rime group	緝
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*nuːb/

Definitions

衲

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Compounds

拘攣補衲／拘挛补衲 百衲 (bǎinà) 百衲本 (bǎinàběn) 百衲琴 百衲綻衣／百衲绽衣 百衲衣

緋衲襖／绯衲袄 老衲 (lǎonà) 腥衲襖／腥衲袄 蒙頭衲被／蒙头衲被 衲僧 衲子

衲帛 衲師／衲师 衲臉／衲脸 衲被 衲被蒙頭／衲被蒙头 衲頭／衲头

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Japanese

Kanji

衲

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): どう (dō), のう (nō)
• Kun: ころも (koromo)

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Korean

Hanja

衲 • (nap) (hangeul 납, revised nap, McCune–Reischauer nap, Yale nap)

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