佞

See also: 侫

佞	U+4F5E, 佞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F5E

← 佝
[U+4F5D]

CJK Unified Ideographs

佟 →
[U+4F5F]

Translingual

Han character

佞 (radical 9, 人+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人一一女 (OMMV), four-corner 2124₄, composition ⿸仁女)

References

KangXi: page 99, character 11

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 521

Dae Jaweon: page 211, character 2

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 129, character 10

Unihan data for U+4F5E

Chinese

simp. and trad.		佞

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 佞

**Small seal script**
s09286

**Transcribed ancient scripts**
L24440	L24441	L24442

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).

Characters in the same phonetic series (人) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
千	*sn̥ʰiːn
仟	*sn̥ʰiːn
芊	sn̥ʰiːn, sn̥ʰiːns
阡	*sn̥ʰiːn
汘	*sn̥ʰiːn
迁	*sn̥ʰiːn
杄	*sn̥ʰiːn
人	*njin
仁	*njin
朲	*njin
佞	*neːŋs

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nìng (ning⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ning⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: nìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄥˋ
  - Wade–Giles: ning⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ninq
  - IPA ^(key): /niŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ning⁶
  - Yale: nihng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ning⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ning⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /nɪŋ²²/

Middle Chinese: /neŋ^H/▼

Rime
Character	佞
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	乃定切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/neŋ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/neŋ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/nɛŋ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/nɛjŋ^H/
Li Rong	/neŋ^H/
Wang Li	/nieŋ^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/nieŋ^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nìng

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter–Sagart): /*nˤiŋ-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*neːŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	佞
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	nìng
Middle Chinese	‹ neng^H ›
Old Chinese	/*nˁiŋ-s/
English	clever
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	佞
Reading #	1/1
No.	10803
Phonetic component	人
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	寗
Old Chinese	/*neːŋs/
Notes	小徐仁聲

Definitions

佞

^† eloquent
to flatter; to be good at flattery
^† flatterer
^† evil; wicked; crafty
^† hypocritical; hypocrisy
^† This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
(literary) talent (usually in the humble expression 不佞)

Compounds

不佞
佞人
佞佛
佞口
佞史
佞幸
佞徒損友／佞徒损友
佞祿／佞禄
佞臣 (nìngchén)

佞舌
佞言
便佞
儈佞／侩佞
唼佞
善巧便佞
奸佞
姦佞／奸佞 (jiānnìng)
嬖佞

嬛佞
巧佞
憸佞／𪫺佞
權佞／权佞
禮賢遠佞／礼贤远佞
諂佞／谄佞
讒佞／谗佞
讒言佞語／谗言佞语
邪佞

Japanese

Kanji

佞

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

On (unclassified): ねい (nei), でい (dei)

Kun: おもねる (omoneru), よこしま (yokoshima)

Korean

Hanja

佞 • (nyeong) (hangeul 녕, revised nyeong, McCune–Reischauer nyŏng)

Vietnamese

Han character

佞 (nịnh, nạnh, nến, nính)

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References

Nom Foundation

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