U+3779, 㝹
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-3779

[U+3778]
CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A
[U+377A]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 42, 小+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 火竹弓日山 (FHNAU), composition )

  1. (corrupted form) hare, small rabbit
  2. a surname

Derived characters

  • 𱠴, 𣻖, 𣘽, 𬞎

References

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“baby hare”).
(This character is a variant form of ).

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Việt readings: nao[1][2], niểu[1], nâu[3]
: Nôm readings: nao[1][2][3][4][5], nau[1][2][3][4], niu[1][3][5], nào[3], nu[4]

  1. chữ Nôm form of nao
    1. anxious; uneasy
    2. alternative form of nào (which)
  2. chữ Nôm form of nau ((obsolete) pain)
    • Late 15th century, Tao Đàn nhị thập bát tú (Twenty-Eight Mansions of Tao Đàn), Hồng Đức Quốc Âm thi tập (Collection of Poem in the Nation's Language), folio 69b
      唯唯隊郡𦛌𦚐
      Dói dói đòi nau quặn ruột rà.
      Sharp and keen are the guts' many twistings and writhings.
    • 18th century, Đặng Trần Côn (鄧陳琨) (circa 1705–1745) (original Chinese), translated by Đoàn Thị Điểm (段氏點) (1705–1746/1748) (traditionally claimed), might actually be translated by Phan Huy Ích (潘輝益) (1751–1822), Chinh phụ ngâm khúc (征婦吟曲) [The Song of a Soldier's Wife], lines 333-334:
      切𠬠身房空𨻫𪧚
      𠱾節𫅜𢗖𢖵隊
      Thiết một thân phòng không luống giữ,
      Thời tiết lành nhầm nhỡ đòi nau; [...]
      Pitiful is the lonely wife inside an empty room
      Who lets her finest seasons [endure] much haphazard agony.
  3. chữ Nôm form of niu (used in nâng niu (to take a loving care of; to cherish; to coddle))

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Nguyễn (2014).
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Vũ (1998).
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Trần (2004).
  5. 5.0 5.1 Hồ (1976).