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See also: 冄 and 再
冉 U+5189, 冉
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5189
← 冈
[U+5188] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 冊 →
[U+518A]

Translingual

Han character

冉 (Kangxi radical 13, 冂+3, 5 strokes, cangjie input 土月 (GB), four-corner 50557, composition ⿻冂土)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 128, character 36
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1514
  • Dae Jaweon: page 289, character 19
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 99, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+5189

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
 冉
alternative forms 冄
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Glyph origin

More information Historical forms of the character 冉 ...
Historical forms of the character 冉
b14467
b14468
b14469
b14470
s06884
Transcribed ancient scripts
L18787
L18788
L18789
L18790
References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
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Old Chinese
那 *naːl, *naːlʔ, *naːls
挪 *naːl
娜 *naːlʔ
柟 *noːm, *njam, *njamʔ
抩 *noːm
聃 *n̥ʰaːm, *n̥ʰaːm
舑 *n̥ʰaːm, *njam
坍 *n̥ʰaːm
髯 *njam, *njams
蚺 *njam
呥 *njam
冉 *njam, *njamʔ
袡 *njam
苒 *njamʔ
姌 *njamʔ, *neːmʔ
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Characters in the same phonetic series (冉) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

Pictogram (象形) – uncertain. Possibly depicts hair hanging down (the original form of 髯) or the edge of a turtle shell (the original form of 𪚮).

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character 冉 冉
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 日 (38) 日 (38)
Final (韻) 鹽 (153) 鹽 (153)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 汝鹽切 而琰切
Baxter nyem nyemX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ȵiᴇm/ /ȵiᴇmX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ȵiɛm/ /ȵiɛmX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ȵʑjæm/ /ȵʑjæmX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ȵiam/ /ȵiamX/
Li
Rong		 /ȵiɛm/ /ȵiɛmX/
Wang
Li		 /ȵʑĭɛm/ /ȵʑĭɛmX/
Bernhard
Karlgren		 /ȵʑi̯ɛm/ /ȵʑi̯ɛmX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 rán rǎn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 jim4 jim5
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More information Zhengzhang system (2003), Character ...
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 冉 冉
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 10781 10784
Phonetic
component		 冉 冉
Rime
group		 談 談
Rime
subdivision		 1 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 𩓾 冉
Old
Chinese		 /*njam/ /*njamʔ/
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Definitions

冉

  1. (archaic) edge of a turtle shell
  2. Used in 冉冉 (rǎnrǎn).
  3. (obsolete) tender; weak
  4. a surname
    冉求  ―  Rǎn Qiú  ―  Ran Qiu / Jan Ch‘iu (a leading disciple of Confucius)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

冉

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: ねん (nen)
  • Kan-on: ぜん (zen)
  • Kun: よわい (yowai)

Korean

Hanja

冉 (eum 염 (yeom))

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Vietnamese

Han character

冉: Hán Nôm readings: nhiễm, nhẹm

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