耏

耏 U+800F, 耏 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-800F ← 耎 [U+800E] CJK Unified Ideographs 耐 → [U+8010]

Translingual

Han character

耏 (Kangxi radical 126, 而+3, 9 strokes, cangjie input 一月竹竹竹 (MBHHH), four-corner 1222₂, composition ⿰而彡)

1. whiskers

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 961, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28878
• Dae Jaweon: page 1409, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2812, character 2
• Unihan data for U+800F

Chinese

simp. and trad.		耏

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 耏
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
耐	*nɯːs
耏	*nɯːs, *njɯ
而	*njɯ
鮞	*njɯ, *njuɡ
鴯	*njɯ
栭	*njɯ
陑	*njɯ
峏	*njɯ
輀	*njɯ
胹	*njɯ
洏	*njɯ
髵	*njɯ
恧	*nɯɡ, *nuɡ

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ér (er²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄦˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁴
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ér
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ér
    • Wade–Giles: êrh²
    • Yale: ér
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: erl
    • Palladius: эр (er)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ji⁴
    • Yale: yìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡si¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: nyi

Rime
Character	耏
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	如之切
Baxter	nyi
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵɨ/
Li Rong	/ȵiə/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭə/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȵʑi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ér
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*njɯ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	耏
Reading #	2/2
No.	2729
Phonetic component	而
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	而
Old Chinese	/*njɯ/

Definitions

耏

1. (literary) facial hair on the cheeks
2. a surname

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nài (nai⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): noi⁶
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): nai⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nài
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nài
    • Wade–Giles: nai⁴
    • Yale: nài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nay
    • Palladius: най (naj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: noi⁶
    • Yale: noih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: noi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: noi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɔːi̯²²/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: nai⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nai²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: nojH

Rime
Character	耏
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	奴代切
Baxter	nojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/nʌiH/
Pan Wuyun	/nəiH/
Shao Rongfen	/nɒiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/nəjH/
Li Rong	/nᴀiH/
Wang Li	/nɒiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/nɑ̆iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	noi6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*nɯːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	耏
Reading #	1/2
No.	2719
Phonetic component	而
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	耐
Old Chinese	/*nɯːs/

Definitions

耏

1. Alternative form of 耐 (“an ancient punishment involving shaving one's beard and temples”)

References

• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “耏”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 60.

Japanese

Kanji

耏

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): じ (ji)、に (ni)、だい (dai)、ない (nai)
• Kun: ほおひげ (hōhige)