# 耎

| 耎 | U+800E, &#32782; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-800E |
| ← 耍 [U+800D] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 耏 → [U+800F] |

## Translingual
### Han character

耎 (Kangxi radical 126, 而+3, 9 strokes, cangjie input 一月大 (MBK), four-corner 1043$_2$, composition ⿱而大)

#### Derived characters

* 偄, 㐡, 堧, 媆, 愞, 㨎, 渜, 陾, 㬉, 㮕, 煗, 瑌, 腝, 㿵, 碝, 稬, 䙇, 緛(𬘰), 蝡, 䞂(𬥻), 輭, 餪
* 㓴, 㼲, 䓴
* 𠷀, 𢃾, 𤟦, 𤲬, 𥈇, 𰩥, 𥻟, 𦓜, 𨨰(𫗬), 𩱄, 𩹓
* 𦖩, 𩀋, 𪃉, 𥯬, 𤸂, 𪋐

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 961, character 24
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28877
* Dae Jaweon: page 1409, character 22
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2811, character 4
* Unihan data for U+800E

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 耎
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 陾 | *njɯ, *noːʔ |
| 腝 | *nuːs, *njonʔ, *nuːns |
| 堧 | *noːls, *njon |
| 稬 | *noːls, *noːnʔ, *noːns |
| 愞 | *noːls, *noːns, *njonʔ |
| 煗 | *noːnʔ |
| 餪 | *noːnʔ |
| 渜 | *noːnʔ, *noːns |
| 偄 | *noːns, *njonʔ |
| 瑌 | *njon, *njonʔ |
| 軟 | *njonʔ |
| 輭 | *njonʔ |
| 蝡 | *njonʔ, *njunʔ |
| 碝 | *njonʔ |
| 耎 | *njonʔ |
| 緛 | *njonʔ |
| 媆 | *nuːns |
Originally the same character as 需. The characters diverged during the Han dynasty.

### Etymology

Probably cognate with 柔 (OC *mlju, “soft”), see there for more (STEDT).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): ruǎn (ruan$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄢˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ruǎn
*** Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄢˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ruǎn
*** Wade–Giles: juan$^3$
*** Yale: rwǎn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: roan
*** Palladius: жуань (žuanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʐu̯än²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jyun$^5$
*** Yale: yúhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jyn$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yun$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /jyːn¹³/
* Middle Chinese: nywenX
Rime :
| Character | 耎 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 日 (38) |
| Final (韻) | 仙 (78) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 而兖切 |
| Baxter | nywenX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ȵiuᴇn$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ȵʷiɛn$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȵʑjuæn$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ȵwian$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ȵiuɛn$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ȵʑĭwɛn$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ȵʑi̯wɛn$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | ruǎn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jyun$^5$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*njonʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 耎 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 10909 |
| Phonetic component | 耎 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 輭 |
| Old Chinese | /*njonʔ/ |
| Notes | 說文而聲，疑耎𦓔皆需（濡）之隸變異構 |

### Definitions

耎
* Alternative form of 軟 / 软 (ruǎn, “soft; weak; pliable”)
* to shrink back; to recoil; to cower

#### Compounds

* 惴耎 (zhuìruǎn)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: ねん (nen)
* Kan-on: ぜん (zen)
* Kun: よわい (yowai, 耎い)

## Korean
### Hanja

耎 (eum 연 (yeon))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

耎: Hán Nôm readings: nguyễn
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