裊

裊

See also: 嬝 and 袅

裊 U+88CA, 裊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-88CA ← 裉 [U+88C9] CJK Unified Ideographs 裋 → [U+88CB]

Translingual

Han character

裊 (Kangxi radical 145, 衣+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 竹日卜女 (HAYV), four-corner 2773₂)

1. curling upwards
2. wavering gently

References

• KangXi: page 1116, character 35
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34285
• Dae Jaweon: page 1582, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3091, character 4
• Unihan data for U+88CA

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Chinese

trad.		裊/嫋/褭*/嬝
simp.		袅
alternative forms		䮍 䙚 𠌵

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲) : phonetic 鳥 (OC *tɯːwʔ) + semantic 衣.

Originally written 褭, see there for more.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niǎo (niao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): niu⁵, niu¹
• Min Nan (POJ): niáu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niǎo
    • Wade–Giles: niao³
    • Yale: nyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neau
    • Palladius: няо (njao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /njɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: niu⁵, niu¹
    • Yale: níuh, nīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: niu⁵, niu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: niu⁵, niu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niːu̯¹³/, /niːu̯⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niáu
    • Tâi-lô: niáu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: niao
    • IPA (Xiamen): /niãu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /niãu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /niãu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /niãu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /niãu⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /neu^X/

Rime
Character	裊
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	奴鳥切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/neuX/
Pan Wuyun	/neuX/
Shao Rongfen	/neuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/nɛwX/
Li Rong	/neuX/
Wang Li	/nieuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/nieuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	niǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	niu5

Definitions

裊

1. slender and delicate

   姌裊／姌袅  ―  rǎnniǎo  ―  slender and delicate

2. Used in 裊裊／袅袅 (niǎoniǎo) and 裊娜／袅娜.
3. Alternative form of 褭／袅 (niǎo).

Compounds

姌裊／姌袅 細裊裊／细袅袅 裊娜／袅娜 裊窕／袅窕

裊繞／袅绕 裊裊／袅袅 (niǎoniǎo) 裊裊上升／袅袅上升 裊裊婷婷／袅袅婷婷

裊裊炊煙／袅袅炊烟 裊蹄／袅蹄 裊蹏／袅蹄

References

• “裊”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

裊

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): じょう (jō); にょう (nyō)
• Kun: しなやか (shinayaka)

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Korean

Hanja

裊 • (nyo>yo) (hangeul 뇨>요, revised nyo>yo, McCune–Reischauer nyo>yo, Yale nyo>yo)

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Vietnamese

Han character

裊: Hán Nôm readings: nẻo

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