# 倪

| 倪 | U+502A, &#20522; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-502A |
| ← 倩 [U+5029] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 倫 → [U+502B] |

## Translingual
### Han character

倪 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人竹難山 (OHXU), four-corner 2721$_7$, composition ⿰亻兒)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 109, character 2
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 792
* Dae Jaweon: page 231, character 11
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 179, character 9
* Unihan data for U+502A

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 倪
* Small seal scripts05811Transcribed ancient scriptsL02269L02270
* 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).
| | Old Chinese |
| 掜 | *rŋeː, *ŋeːʔ |
| 誽 | *rŋeː |
| 倪 | *ŋeː |
| 蜺 | *ŋeː, *ŋeː |
| 霓 | *ŋeː, *ŋeːs, *ŋeː |
| 郳 | *ŋeː |
| 齯 | *ŋeː |
| 婗 | *ŋeː |
| 輗 | *ŋeː |
| 棿 | *ŋeː |
| 猊 | *ŋeː |
| 麑 | *ŋeː |
| 貎 | *ŋeː |
| 鯢 | *ŋeː |
| 兒 | *ŋeː, *ŋje |
| 觬 | *ŋeː, *ŋeːʔ |
| 堄 | *ŋeːʔ, *ŋeːs |
| 晲 | *ŋeːʔ |
| 睨 | *ŋeːs |
| 唲 | *ŋje |
| 隉 | *ŋeːd |
| 鶂 | *ŋeːɡ |
| 鬩 | *ɦŋeːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ŋeː): semantic 亻 + phonetic 兒 (OC *ŋeː, *ŋje).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): ní (ni$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): ngà
    (Hailu, HRS): nga
* Eastern Min (BUC): ngà̤
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ge$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): gê
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ngi$^5$ / ghoi$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$gni
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ní
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ní
*** Wade–Giles: ni$^2$
*** Yale: ní
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ni
*** Palladius: ни (ni)
*** Sinological IPA : /ni³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ngai$^4$
*** Yale: ngàih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ngai$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ngei$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋɐi̯²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngà
*** Hakka Romanization System: nga$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: nga$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋa¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: nga
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋa⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ngà̤
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋɛ⁵³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ge$^2$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gá̤
*** Sinological IPA : /ke¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gê
*** Tâi-lô: gê
*** Phofsit Daibuun: gee
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ɡe²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡe²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡe¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ɡe²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡe²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ngi$^5$ / ghoi$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngî / gôi
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋi⁵⁵/, /ɡoi⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$gni
*** MiniDict: nyi$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$nyi
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲi²³/
* Middle Chinese: ngej
Rime :
| Character | 倪 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 疑 (31) |
| Final (韻) | 齊 (39) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 五稽切 |
| Baxter | ngej |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ŋei/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ŋei/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ŋɛi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ŋɛj/ |
| Li Rong | /ŋei/ |
| Wang Li | /ŋiei/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ŋiei/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yí |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ngai$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*ŋˤe/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ŋeː/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 倪 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | ní |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ ngej › |
| Old Chinese | /*ŋˁe/ |
| English | young and weak |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 倪 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 2736 |
| Phonetic component | 兒 |
| Rime group | 支 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 倪 |
| Old Chinese | /*ŋeː/ |

#### Definitions

倪
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) small child
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) small and weak
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) origin; beginning
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) bound; limit; extremity
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to differentiate
* (Wu) I; we
    alt. forms: 伲 (nǐ)
* a surname

#### Compounds

* 天倪
* 旄倪
* 端倪 (duānní)

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): nì (ni$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: nì
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: nì
*** Wade–Giles: ni$^4$
*** Yale: nì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nih
*** Palladius: ни (ni)
*** Sinological IPA : /ni⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ngai$^6$
*** Yale: ngaih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ngai$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ngei$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋɐi̯²²/

#### Definitions

倪
* Alternative form of 睨 (nì, “to look sideways; to squint”)

#### Compounds

* 俾倪

## Japanese

| Shinjitai (extended) | ⿰亻児 |
| Kyūjitai | 倪 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form ⿰亻児)
* small child
* edge, limit, boundary

#### Readings

* Go-on: げ (ge)
* Kan-on: げい (gei)
* Kun: きわ (kiwa)

#### Compounds

* 天倪(あまがつ) (amagatsu)
* 端倪(たんげい) (tangei)
* 俾倪(へいげい) (heigei)

## Korean
### Hanja

倪 (eum 예 (ye))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

倪: Hán Nôm readings: nghê, hầu
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