# 珥

| 珥 | U+73E5, &#29669; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-73E5 |
| ← 珤 [U+73E4] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 珦 → [U+73E6] |

## Translingual
### Han character

珥 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 一土尸十 (MGSJ), four-corner 1114$_0$, composition ⿰𤣩耳)

### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 731, character 8
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20964
* Dae Jaweon: page 1142, character 21
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1109, character 13
* Unihan data for U+73E5

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 佴 | *nɯːs, *njɯs |
| 麛 | *miː |
| 弭 | *mniʔ |
| 渳 | *mniʔ |
| 葞 | *mniʔ |
| 髶 | *njis, *njoŋ |
| 聻 | *nɯʔ |
| 恥 | *n̥ʰɯʔ |
| 咡 | *njɯ, *njɯs |
| 誀 | *njɯ, *njɯs |
| 耳 | *njɯʔ |
| 洱 | *njɯʔ, *njɯs |
| 駬 | *njɯʔ |
| 餌 | *njɯs |
| 珥 | *njɯs |
| 衈 | *njɯs |
| 毦 | *njɯs |
| 刵 | *njɯs |
| 眲 | *njɯs, *rnɯːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *njɯs): semantic 玉 (“jade”) + phonetic 耳 (OC *njɯʔ).

### Etymology 1

Departing tone (去聲) derivative from 耳 (OC *njɯʔ, “ear”) (Schuessler, 2007).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): ěr (er$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄦˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): nei$^6$ / ji$^6$ / ji$^5$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngí
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zi$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lī / jī
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ri$^7$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ěr
*** Zhuyin: ㄦˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ěr
*** Wade–Giles: êrh$^3$
*** Yale: ěr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eel
*** Palladius: эр (er)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀɤɻ²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: nei$^6$ / ji$^6$ / ji$^5$
*** Yale: neih / yih / yíh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: nei$^6$ / ji$^6$ / ji$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: néi$^6$ / yi$^6$ / yi$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /nei̯²²/, /jiː²²/, /jiː¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngí
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngi$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ngi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋi³¹/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: zi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡si⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: zi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡si³³²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī
*** Tâi-lô: lī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: li
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /li²²/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jī
*** Tâi-lô: jī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ji
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zi²²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ri$^7$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jī
*** Sinological IPA : /d͡zi¹¹/
* Middle Chinese: nyiH
Rime :
| Character | 珥 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 日 (38) |
| Final (韻) | 之 (19) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 仍吏切 |
| Baxter | nyiH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ȵɨ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ȵɨ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȵʑie$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ȵɨ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ȵiə$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ȵʑĭə$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ȵʑi$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | èr |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ji$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*njɯs/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 珥 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 2787 |
| Phonetic component | 耳 |
| Rime group | 之 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 餌 |
| Old Chinese | /*njɯs/ |

#### Definitions

珥
* (literary) jade or pearl earring
* (literary) crossguard
* (literary, astronomy) halo (of the sun or the moon)
* (literary) to stick in; to wear

#### Compounds

* 兩珥 / 两珥
* 冠珥
* 刉珥
* 墮珥遺簪 / 堕珥遗簪
* 寶珥 / 宝珥
* 抱珥
* 日珥 (rì'ěr)
* 普珥日
* 暉珥 / 晖珥
* 暈珥 / 晕珥
* 月珥
* 服珥
* 櫛珥 / 栉珥
* 漢珥貂 / 汉珥貂
* 玉珥
* 珥彤
* 珠珥
* 珥環 / 珥环
* 珥璫 / 珥珰
* 珥筆 / 珥笔
* 珥絲 / 珥丝
* 珥貂
* 珥金拖紫
* 珥鶡 / 珥鹖
* 瑜珥
* 瑤環瑜珥 / 瑶环瑜珥 (yáo huán yú ěr)
* 璫珥 / 珰珥
* 祈珥
* 笄珥
* 簪珥
* 耳珥
* 背珥
* 脫珥 / 脱珥
* 脫簪珥 / 脱簪珥
* 蟬珥 / 蝉珥
* 解珥
* 象珥
* 貂珥
* 遺珥 / 遗珥
* 遺珥墮簪 / 遗珥堕簪
* 遺珥墜簪 / 遗珥坠簪
* 遺簪墜珥 / 遗簪坠珥
* 遺簪墮珥 / 遗簪堕珥
* 金珥
* 釵珥 / 钗珥
* 青珥

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): ěr (er$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄦˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ji$^5$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngí
* Eastern Min (BUC): ngī
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): jíⁿ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ěr
*** Zhuyin: ㄦˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ěr
*** Wade–Giles: êrh$^3$
*** Yale: ěr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eel
*** Palladius: эр (er)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀɤɻ²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ji$^5$
*** Yale: yíh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ji$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yi$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiː¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngí
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngi$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ngi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋi³¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ngī
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋi³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: dated in Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jíⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: jínn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: jvie
*** IPA (Xiamen): /d͡zĩ⁵³/

#### Definitions

珥
* Used in transcription.

#### Compounds

* 丟珥 / 丢珥
* 亞珥 / 亚珥
* 亞珥拔 / 亚珥拔
* 亞珥歌伯 / 亚珥歌伯
* 亞珥難 / 亚珥难
* 亞羅珥 / 亚罗珥
* 以珥
* 他珥他
* 他珥探
* 以謝珥 / 以谢珥
* 何珥
* 何珥瑪 / 何珥玛
* 俄梅珥
* 俄珥巴
* 加珥他
* 加珥坦
* 吉珥
* 吉罷珥 / 吉罢珥
* 吾珥
* 哈珥哈斯
* 哈珥西
* 基珥
* 多珥
* 姑珥
* 尼珥
* 巴施戶珥 / 巴施户珥
* 戶珥 / 户珥
* 押尼珥
* 撒珥根
* 普珥
* 普珥日
* 普珥節 / 普珥节
* 書珥 / 书珥
* 柯珥
* 歌珥
* 比珥
* 毗珥
* 法珥法
* 洗珥
* 流珥
* 珥拿轄 / 珥拿辖
* 瑣珥 / 琐珥
* 睚珥
* 示丟珥 / 示丢珥
* 示尼珥
* 約珥 / 约珥 (Yuē'ěr)
* 蘇珥 / 苏珥
* 西珥
* 賀梅珥 / 贺梅珥
* 阿珥楠
* 雅姑珥
* 雅提珥
* 雅煞珥
* 雅雷俄珥金

### References

* “珥”, 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–
* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “珥”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 61.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* ear bauble
* hilt

#### Readings

* Go-on: に (ni)
* Kan-on: じ (ji)
* Kun: みみだま (mimidama)、みみかざり (mimikazari)、ひがさ (higasa)

## Korean
### Hanja

珥 • (i) (hangeul 이, revised i, McCune–Reischauer i, Yale i)
* (귀엣골, gwietgol): earring

## Vietnamese
### Han character

珥: Hán Nôm readings: nhị
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Readings

* Nôm: nhẹ, nhĩ, nhị

### References

* Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
* Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
* Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999