苶

See also: 茶 and 荼

苶 U+82F6, 苶 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-82F6 ← 苵 [U+82F5] CJK Unified Ideographs 苷 → [U+82F7]

Translingual

Han character

苶 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 廿人火 (TOF), four-corner 4490₈, composition ⿱艹尒)

1. weary
2. tired

Derived characters

• 𢰀, 𧍠, 𨡸

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1025, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30818
• Dae Jaweon: page 1484, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3194, character 4
• Unihan data for U+82F6

Chinese

trad.		苶
simp. #		苶

Glyph origin

	Old Chinese
妳	*rneːlʔ
弥	*mnel
尒	*njelʔ
尔	*njelʔ
迩	*njelʔ
你	*nɯʔ
苶	*neːb, *njed, *neːd

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

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	苶	苶	苶
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	泥 (8)	日 (38)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	屑 (87)	薛 (81)	怗 (158)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	III	IV
Fanqie	奴結切	如列切	奴協切
Baxter	net	nyet	nep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/net̚/	/ȵiᴇt̚/	/nep̚/
Pan Wuyun	/net̚/	/ȵiɛt̚/	/nep̚/
Shao Rongfen	/nɛt̚/	/ȵʑjæt̚/	/nɛp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/nɛt̚/	/ȵiat̚/	/nɛp̚/
Li Rong	/net̚/	/ȵiɛt̚/	/nep̚/
Wang Li	/niet̚/	/ȵʑĭɛt̚/	/niep̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/niet̚/	/ȵʑi̯ɛt̚/	/niep̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	niè	rè	niè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	nit6	jit6	nip6

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	苶	苶	苶
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	2770	2771	2772
Phonetic component	尔	尔	尔
Rime group	盍	月	月
Rime subdivision	2	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	苶	熱	涅
Old Chinese	/*neːb/	/*njed/	/*neːd/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nié (nie²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nip⁶
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): ngiab⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liap

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nié
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nié
    • Wade–Giles: nieh²
    • Yale: nyé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nie
    • Palladius: не (ne)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: nip⁶
    • Yale: nihp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nip⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nib⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niːp̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ngiab⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋiap̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liap
    • Tâi-lô: liap
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liab
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liap̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liap̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liap̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liap̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liap̚³²/

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• Middle Chinese: net, nyet, nep

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*neːb/, /*njed/, /*neːd/

Definitions

苶

1. listless; lethargic
2. (figurative, of the society) to decay; to decline

   • 吁嗟東京後，世苶文益振。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     吁嗟东京后，世苶文益振。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. late 19^th century, Huang Zunxian (黃遵憲), 《雜感（其三）》

     Xūjiē dōngjīng hòu, shì niè wén yì zhèn. [Pinyin]

     Alas! Since the Eastern Han (25 C.E.), the country has become more and more decadent, yet the articles — more delicate.

Compounds

• 嵬苶
• 疲苶
• 發苶 / 发苶
• 羸苶
• 苶然
• 苶然沮喪 / 苶然沮丧
• 苶靡
• 萎苶
• 衰苶

Japanese

Kanji

苶

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): でつ (detsu)、ねち (nechi)、じょう (jō)、にょう (nyō)
• Kun: つかれる (tsukareru, 苶れる)