渃

渃 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水廿大口 (ETKR), four-corner 3416₄, composition ⿰氵若)

• 𢢉

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 633, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17753
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1641, character 8
• Unihan data for U+6E03

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 若 (OC *nja, *njaʔ, *njaɡ).

渃

1. name of a river in Sichuan province
2. a creek in Hubei province that flows into the Yangtze River

渃

1. only used in 渃城 (“ancient place name in Sichuan province”)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 若 (nhược).

渃: Nôm readings: nước^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}, nác^[1][2][3]

1. chữ Nôm form of núc (“used in núc nác (“midnight horror”)”)
2. chữ Nôm form of nước
   1. water
      • 1820, Nguyễn Du (阮攸), Đoạn trường tân thanh (Truyện Kiều)‎^[1]:

        󰜋𣳔𦹵木撑荑
        渃吟𤄯沕𧡊之女兜

        Một dòng cỏ mọc xanh rì,
        Nước ngâm trong vắt, thấy gì nữa đâu!

        Now there is a stream with lush green grass [on the sides],
        The water is crystal clear, but there is nothing else to see.

   2. short for đất nước (“country; nation”)
      • 19th century, Bà Huyện Thanh Quan, Qua đèo Ngang [Passing by the Ngang Pass]:

        𢖵渃𤴬𢚸𡥵蟈蟈
        傷茄痗𠰘丐𬷬𬷬

        Nhớ nước, đau lòng con cuốc cuốc,
        Thương nhà, mỏi miệng cái da da.

        Missing its land, a swamphen feels hurt deeply,
        Longing for its home, a francolin's screaming desperately.