輭

See also: 軟 and 软
輭 U+8F2D, 輭
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8F2D
← 輬
[U+8F2C] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 輮 →
[U+8F2E]

Translingual

Han character

輭 (Kangxi radical 159, 車+9, 16 strokes, cangjie input 十十一月大 (JJMBK), composition ⿰車耎)

  1. flexible, pliable
  2. weak, feeble

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1245, character 28
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38412
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1723, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3543, character 15
  • Unihan data for U+8F2D

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 輭
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (耎) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *njonʔ): semantic 車 (“carriage”) + phonetic 耎 (OC *njonʔ). Original form of 軟, see there for more.

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 輭 – see 軟 (“soft; flexible; pliable; soft; gentle; mild; relaxed; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 軟).

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 輭 – see 輀 (“hearse”).
(This character is a variant form of 輀).

Japanese

Kanji

輭

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): ぜん (zen)、ねん (nen)、なん (nan)
  • Kun: ねぐるま (neguruma)
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