嫩
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Translingual
Han character
嫩 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 女木中大 (VDLK), four-corner 48440, composition ⿰女敕)
Derived characters
- 𡁛, 𩠶, 𡽫, 𧀒, 𥶄
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 270, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6666
- Dae Jaweon: page 538, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1075, character 15
- Unihan data for U+5AE9
Chinese
| trad. | 嫩 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 嫩 | |
| alternative forms | 嫰 媆 | |
Glyph origin
Corrupted form of 㜛.
Etymology 1
Unclear. Possibly as variant of 耎 (OC) ~ 輭 (OC *nonʔ); alternatively, related to Burmese နုန့် (nun., “weak, exhausted from illness”), yet this meaning barely overlaps with "soft to touch" (Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation
Definitions
嫩
Synonyms
- (tender):
Dialectal synonyms of 嫩 (“(of food) tender; soft”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 嫩 | |
| Mandarin | Taiwan | 嫩 |
| Yantai (Muping) | 嫩 | |
| Xi'an | 嫩 | |
| Wuhan | 嫩 | |
| Nanjing | 嫩 | |
| Singapore | 嫩 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 嫩 |
| Hong Kong | 嫩 | |
| Dongguan | 嫩 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 嫩 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 嫩 |
| Lichuan | 嫩 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 嫩 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 幼 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 幼 |
| Xiamen (Tong'an) | 幼 | |
| Quanzhou | 幼 | |
| Zhangzhou | 幼 | |
| Tainan | 幼 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 幼 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 幼 | |
| Wenchang | 幼 | |
| Haikou | 幼 | |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 嫩 |
| Ningbo | 嫩 | |
- (small):
Dialectal synonyms of 小 (“small”) [map]
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “tender”): 老 (lǎo)
Compounds
Pronunciation
Compounds
- 黎巴嫩 (Líbānèn)
References
- “嫩”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
- zi.tools
Japanese
Vietnamese
Han character
嫩: Hán Nôm readings: non, nộn, nỏn, nồn, nõn, nọn
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