# 紉

| 紉 | U+7D09, &#32009; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D09 |
| ← 紈 [U+7D08] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 紊 → [U+7D0A] |

## Translingual
### Han character

紉 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+3, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女火尸竹戈 (VFSHI), four-corner 2792$_0$, composition ⿰糹刃)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 916, character 5
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27248
* Dae Jaweon: page 1345, character 3
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3367, character 5
* Unihan data for U+7D09

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 紉 :
| Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script |
| | Old Chinese |
| 涊 | *nɯːnʔ, *njɯnʔ |
| 紉 | *nɯn |
| 忍 | *njɯnʔ |
| 荵 | *njɯnʔ |
| 刃 | *njɯns |
| 認 | *njɯns, *njɯŋs |
| 仞 | *njɯns |
| 軔 | *njɯns |
| 韌 | *njɯns |
| 肕 | *njɯns |
| 牣 | *njɯns |
| 杒 | *njɯns |
| 訒 | *njɯns |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): rèn (ren$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jan$^6$ / jan$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): līm / jīm / līn / jīn / lín
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: rèn
*** Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: rèn
*** Wade–Giles: jên$^4$
*** Yale: rèn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renn
*** Palladius: жэнь (žɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʐən⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jan$^6$ / jan$^4$
*** Yale: yahn / yàhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jan$^6$ / jan$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yen$^6$ / yen$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɐn²²/, /jɐn²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: līm
*** Tâi-lô: līm
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lim
*** IPA (Xiamen): /lim²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lim⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jīm
*** Tâi-lô: jīm
*** Phofsit Daibuun: jim
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zim²²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: līn
*** Tâi-lô: līn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lin
*** IPA (Xiamen): /lin²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lin⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jīn
*** Tâi-lô: jīn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: jin
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zin²²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lín
*** Tâi-lô: lín
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lien
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lin⁵⁵⁴/
* līm/jīm/līn/jīn - literary;
* lín - vernacular (俗).
* Middle Chinese: nrin
Rime :
| Character | 紉 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 娘 (12) |
| Final (韻) | 眞 (44) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 女鄰切 |
| Baxter | nrin |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɳˠiɪn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɳᵚin/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /nien/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɳjin/ |
| Li Rong | /njĕn/ |
| Wang Li | /nǐĕn/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ni̯ĕn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | nín |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | nan$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*nɯn/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 紉 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 10827 |
| Phonetic component | 刃 |
| Rime group | 文 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 紉 |
| Old Chinese | /*nɯn/ |

### Definitions

紉
* to string; to thread (needles)​
* to sew; to stitch
* (literary) to esteem highly

#### Compounds

* 感紉／感纫 (gǎnrèn)
* 紉佩／纫佩 (rènpèi)
* 縫紉／缝纫 (féngrèn)
* 縫紉機／缝纫机 (féngrènjī)

### References

* “紉”, 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

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: にん (nin)
* Kan-on: じん (jin)
* Kun: なわ (nawa, 紉)、むすぶ (musubu, 紉ぶ)