儗

儗 U+5117, 儗 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5117 ← 儖 [U+5116] CJK Unified Ideographs 儘 → [U+5118]

Translingual

Han character

儗 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+14, 16 strokes, cangjie input 人心大人 (OPKO), four-corner 2728₁, composition ⿰亻疑)

Derived characters

• 𭌜

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 120, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1233
• Dae Jaweon: page 253, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 231, character 9
• Unihan data for U+5117

Chinese

trad.		儗
simp.		拟*

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 儗
Small seal script s05831
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).

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

	Old Chinese
礙	*ŋɯːs
儗	*ŋɯːs, *hŋɯːs, *ŋɯʔ, *ŋɯs
懝	*ŋɯːs, *ŋɯɡ
譺	*ŋrɯːs, *ŋɯʔ, *ŋɯs
癡	*ŋ̊ʰl'ɯ
疑	*ŋɯ
嶷	*ŋɯ, *ŋɯɡ
觺	*ŋɯ
擬	*ŋɯʔ
薿	*ŋɯʔ, *ŋɯɡ
凝	*ŋrɯŋ, *ŋrɯŋs

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǐ (ni³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nǐ
    • Wade–Giles: ni³
    • Yale: nǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nii
    • Palladius: ни (ni)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ji⁵
    • Yale: yíh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gí
    • Tâi-lô: gí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡi⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡi⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡi⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡi⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡi⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: ngiX

Rime
Character	儗
Reading #	1/4
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	魚紀切
Baxter	ngiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɨX/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋɨX/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋieX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɨX/
Li Rong	/ŋiəX/
Wang Li	/ŋĭəX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋɯʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	儗
Reading #	3/4
No.	14898
Phonetic component	疑
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	擬
Old Chinese	/*ŋɯʔ/
Notes	見史記

Definitions

儗

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to usurp authority; to act beyond proper bounds
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 擬 / 拟 (nǐ, “to compare with; to match; to draw analogy with”)
3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to imitate
4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to plan to
5. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to use (force)

Compounds

• 僭儗 / 僭拟
• 儗儗 / 拟拟 (nǐnǐ)
• 儓儗 / 儓拟

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yí (yi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yí
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yí
    • Wade–Giles: i²
    • Yale: yí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yi
    • Palladius: и (i)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³⁵/

Definitions

儗

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 疑 (yí, “to doubt; to be puzzled”)

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yì (yi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yì
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴
    • Yale: yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih
    • Palladius: и (i)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ji⁶
    • Yale: yih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²²/

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• Middle Chinese: ngiH

Rime
Character	儗
Reading #	2/4
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	魚記切
Baxter	ngiH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɨH/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋɨH/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋieH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɨH/
Li Rong	/ŋiəH/
Wang Li	/ŋĭəH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋɯs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	儗
Reading #	4/4
No.	14907
Phonetic component	疑
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	䰯
Old Chinese	/*ŋɯs/

Definitions

儗

1. only used in 佁儗 and 儗儗 (yìyì)

Pronunciation 4

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ài (ai⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄞˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ài
    • Zhuyin: ㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ài
    • Wade–Giles: ai⁴
    • Yale: ài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ay
    • Palladius: ай (aj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: ngojH, xojH

Rime
Character	儗	儗
Reading #	3/4	4/4
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	五漑切	海愛切
Baxter	ngojH	xojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋʌiH/	/hʌiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋəiH/	/həiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋɒiH/	/xɒiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋəjH/	/həjH/
Li Rong	/ŋᴀiH/	/xᴀiH/
Wang Li	/ŋɒiH/	/xɒiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋɑ̆iH/	/xɑ̆iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ài	hài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngoi6	hoi3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋɯːs/, /*hŋɯːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	儗	儗
Reading #	1/4	2/4
No.	14889	14891
Phonetic component	疑	疑
Rime group	之	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime		儗
Old Chinese	/*ŋɯːs/	/*hŋɯːs/
Notes	儓儗	儓儗

Definitions

儗

1. only used in 儓儗

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B00184
• “儗”, 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–

Japanese

Kanji

儗

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ぎ (gi)、かい (kai)
• Kun: なぞらえる (nazoraeru)、くらべる (kuraberu)

Korean

Hanja

儗 (eum 의 (ui))

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Vietnamese

Han character

儗: Hán Nôm readings: nghì, nghỉ, nghĩ

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