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U+513A, 儺
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-513A

[U+5139]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+513B]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 9, +19, 21 strokes, cangjie input 人廿人土 (OTOG), four-corner 20214, composition )

  1. rich

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 121, character 42
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1317
  • Dae Jaweon: page 257, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 238, character 16
  • Unihan data for U+513A

Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *naːl): semantic + phonetic (OC *n̥ʰaːn, *naːns).

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *na (ill, pain, difficult, evil spirit).

Pronunciation



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Definitions

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to walk gracefully; to move to the measured steps
  2. used in 猗儺猗傩 (“beautiful; graceful”)
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to expel demons of illness; to exorcise
  4. Nuo ceremony

Compounds

  • 儺戲 / 傩戏 (nuóxì)
  • 儺神 / 傩神 (nuóshén)
  • 儺祓 / 傩祓
  • 儺禮 / 傩礼
  • 儺禳 / 傩禳
  • 儺聲 / 傩声
  • 儺舞 / 傩舞
  • 儺逐 / 傩逐
  • 儺鼓 / 傩鼓
  • 和儺 / 和傩
  • 大儺 / 大傩
  • 猗儺 / 猗傩
  • 玉儺 / 玉傩
  • 行儺 / 行傩
  • 觀儺 / 观傩
  • 贈儺 / 赠傩
  • 進儺 / 进傩
  • 鄉儺 / 乡傩
  • 驅儺 / 驱傩
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Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. exorcism

Readings

  • Go-on: (na)
  • Kan-on: (da)
  • Kun: おにやらい (oniyarai, )

Compounds

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Etymology

From Middle Chinese  / (na).

Pronunciation

Noun

() (na) 

  1. driving away the gods of disease
    • 1972 [1688], Kaibara Chiken, Nihon saijiki [Japan almanac], page 140:
      ()(きょ)(たん)(せつ)をば、その()()をあらそはんも(くち)おしければやみぬ。されば()(えき)をおいはらふことなり。
      Kakaru kyotan no setsu o ba, sono zehi o arasowan mo kuchioshikereba yaminu. Sareba na wa eki o oiharau koto nari.
      It would be a pity to try to prove such a false exaggerated theory right or wrong, so I'll stop. So na rituals are to drive out the epidemic.

Korean

Hanja

(eum (na))

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Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: na

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