媆

See also: 嫩, 嫰, and 㜛

媆 U+5A86, 媆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A86 ← 媅 [U+5A85] CJK Unified Ideographs 媇 → [U+5A87]

Translingual

Han character

媆 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 女一月大 (VMBK) or 難女一月大 (XVMBK), composition ⿰女耎)

1. young
2. tender
3. soft
4. delicate

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 266, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6482
• Dae Jaweon: page 533, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1064, character 14
• Unihan data for U+5A86

Chinese

trad.		媆
simp. #		媆

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
陾	*njɯ, *noːʔ
腝	*nuːs, *njonʔ, *nuːns
堧	*noːls, *njon
稬	*noːls, *noːnʔ, *noːns
愞	*noːls, *noːns, *njonʔ
煗	*noːnʔ
餪	*noːnʔ
渜	*noːnʔ, *noːns
偄	*noːns, *njonʔ
瑌	*njon, *njonʔ
軟	*njonʔ
輭	*njonʔ
蝡	*njonʔ, *njunʔ
碝	*njonʔ
耎	*njonʔ
緛	*njonʔ
媆	*nuːns

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nèn, nùn (nen⁴, nun⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄣˋ, ㄋㄨㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nyun⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nèn
    • Wade–Giles: nên⁴
    • Yale: nèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nenn
    • Palladius: нэнь (nɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nən⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nùn
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄨㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nùn
    • Wade–Giles: nun⁴
    • Yale: nwùn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nuenn
    • Palladius: нунь (nunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nu̯ən⁵¹/

Note:

• nùn - literary;
• nèn - vernacular.

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: nyun⁶
    • Yale: nyuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nyn⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: nün⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nyːn²²/

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• Middle Chinese: nwonH

Rime
Character	媆
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	奴困切
Baxter	nwonH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/nuənH/
Pan Wuyun	/nuonH/
Shao Rongfen	/nuənH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/nwənH/
Li Rong	/nuənH/
Wang Li	/nuənH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/nuənH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nùn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	neon6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*nuːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	媆
Reading #	1/1
No.	10912
Phonetic component	耎
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	嫩
Old Chinese	/*nuːns/
Notes	同嫩

Definitions

媆

1. (old form) Alternative form of 嫩 (nèn)

Pronunciation 2

trad.		媆
simp. #		媆
alternative forms		輭／软 㜛

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ruǎn (ruan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ruǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ruǎn
    • Wade–Giles: juan³
    • Yale: rwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: roan
    • Palladius: жуань (žuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu̯än²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jyun⁵
    • Yale: yúhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn¹³/

Definitions

媆

1. gentle beauty

References

• zi.tools