See also:
U+4F5E, 佞
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F5E

[U+4F5D]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+4F5F]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 9, +5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人一一女 (OMMV), four-corner 21244, composition )

  1. flattery
  2. glib

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 99, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 521
  • Dae Jaweon: page 211, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 129, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+4F5E

Chinese

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Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts



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).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *neːŋs) : phonetic (OC *njin) + semantic .

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (8)
Final () (125)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
Baxter nengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/neŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/neŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/nɛŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/nɛjŋH/
Li
Rong
/neŋH/
Wang
Li
/nieŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/nieŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
nìng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ning6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
nìng
Middle
Chinese
‹ nengH ›
Old
Chinese
/*nˁiŋ-s/
English clever

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 10803
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*neːŋs/
Notes

Definitions

  1. eloquent
  2. to flatter; to be good at flattery
  3. flatterer
  4. evil; wicked; crafty
  5. hypocritical; hypocrisy
  6. to feel dizzy
  7. talent (usually in the humble expression 不佞 (bùnìng))

Compounds

  • 不佞 (bùnìng)
  • 佞人
  • 佞佛
  • 佞口
  • 佞史
  • 佞幸
  • 佞徒損友佞徒损友
  • 佞祿佞禄
  • 佞臣 (nìngchén)
  • 佞舌
  • 佞言
  • 便佞
  • 儈佞侩佞
  • 唼佞
  • 善巧便佞
  • 奸佞 (jiānnìng)
  • 姦佞奸佞 (jiānnìng)
  • 嬖佞
  • 嬛佞
  • 巧佞
  • 憸佞𪫺佞
  • 權佞权佞
  • 禮賢遠佞礼贤远佞
  • 諂佞谄佞
  • 讒佞谗佞 (chánnìng)
  • 讒言佞語谗言佞语
  • 邪佞

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. flattery
  2. insincerity

Readings

Korean

Hanja

(eum (nyeong))

  1. flattery
  2. glib

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: nịnh, nạnh, nến, nính

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References

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