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

Note:
  • nùn - literary;
  • nèn - vernacular.
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/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /nuənH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 nùn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 neon6
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

Definitions

媆

  1. gentle beauty

References
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