# 禰

| 禰 | U+79B0, &#31152; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-79B0 |
| ← 禯 [U+79AF] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 禱 → [U+79B1] |

## Translingual

| Japanese | 祢 |
| Simplified | 祢 |
| Traditional | 禰 |

### Han character

禰 (Kangxi radical 113, 示+14, 19 strokes, cangjie input 戈火一火月 (IFMFB), four-corner 3122$_7$, composition ⿰礻爾)

#### Derived characters

* 𭌹

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 847, character 15
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24851
* Dae Jaweon: page 1269, character 4
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2411, character 1
* Unihan data for U+79B0

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 嬭 | *rneːlʔ, *niːlʔ |
| 禰 | *niːlʔ |
| 镾 | *niːlʔ, *mnel |
| 薾 | *niːlʔ |
| 檷 | *niːlʔ |
| 鑈 | *niːlʔ, *neːb |
| 瀰 | *niːlʔ, *mnel, *mnelʔ |
| 獼 | *mnel |
| 瓕 | *mnel |
| 彌 | *mnel |
| 鸍 | *mnel, *hnjel |
| 擟 | *mnel |
| 濔 | *mnelʔ |
| 壐 | *smlelʔ |
| 璽 | *smlelʔ |
| 爾 | *njelʔ |
| 邇 | *njelʔ |
| 獮 | *smlenʔ |
| 籋 | *neb, *neːb |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *niːlʔ) : semantic 示 + phonetic 爾 (OC *njelʔ).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): nǐ, mí (ni$^3$, mi$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˇ, ㄇㄧˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): nei$^5$ / nai$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: nǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: nǐ
*** Wade–Giles: ni$^3$
*** Yale: nǐ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nii
*** Palladius: ни (ni)
*** Sinological IPA : /ni²¹⁴/
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mí
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mí
*** Wade–Giles: mi$^2$
*** Yale: mí
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mi
*** Palladius: ми (mi)
*** Sinological IPA : /mi³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: nei$^5$ / nai$^5$
*** Yale: néih / náih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: nei$^5$ / nai$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: néi$^5$ / nei$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /nei̯¹³/, /nɐi̯¹³/
* Middle Chinese: nejX
Rime :
| Character | 禰 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 泥 (8) |
| Final (韻) | 齊 (39) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 奴禮切 |
| Baxter | nejX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /nei$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /nei$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /nɛi$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /nɛj$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /nei$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /niei$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /niei$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | nǐ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | nai$^5$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*niːlʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 禰 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 2798 |
| Phonetic component | 爾 |
| Rime group | 脂 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 禰 |
| Old Chinese | /*niːlʔ/ |

#### Definitions

禰
* one's deceased father
* ancestral temple for one's deceased father
* spirit tablet of father

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Mí, Nǐ (Mi$^2$, Ni$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˊ, ㄋㄧˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): nei$^4$ / nai$^5$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Bí
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Mí
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Mí
*** Wade–Giles: Mi$^2$
*** Yale: Mí
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Mi
*** Palladius: Ми (Mi)
*** Sinological IPA : /mi³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, literary variant)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Nǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Nǐ
*** Wade–Giles: Ni$^3$
*** Yale: Nǐ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Nii
*** Palladius: Ни (Ni)
*** Sinological IPA : /ni²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: nei$^4$ / nai$^5$
*** Yale: nèih / náih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: nei$^4$ / nai$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: néi$^4$ / nei$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /nei̯²¹/, /nɐi̯¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bí
*** Tâi-lô: Bí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: bie
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³/
* Middle Chinese: nejX
Rime :
| Character | 禰 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 泥 (8) |
| Final (韻) | 齊 (39) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 奴禮切 |
| Baxter | nejX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /nei$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /nei$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /nɛi$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /nɛj$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /nei$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /niei$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /niei$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | nǐ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | nai$^5$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*niːlʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 禰 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 2798 |
| Phonetic component | 爾 |
| Rime group | 脂 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 禰 |
| Old Chinese | /*niːlʔ/ |

#### Definitions

禰
* a surname

### References

* “禰”, 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

| Shinjitai | 祢 |
| Kyūjitai | 禰 |

### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 祢)
* mausoleum, ancestral shrine
* sacred object, idol

#### Readings

* Go-on: ない (nai)、ね (ne)
* Kan-on: でい (dei)
* Kan’yō-on: ねい (nei)
* Kun: かたしろ (katashiro, 禰)
* Nanori: や (ya)

## Korean
### Hanja

禰 (eum 니 (ni), word-initial (South Korea) 이 (i))
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