phonetic map : 弱 ruo

goulnik
November 13, 2008, 02:50 PM posted in General Discussion

@ 弱

ruo
ruò weak; feeble / young; less **
弱点 ruòdiǎn weak point; weakness
弱弟 ruòdì young brother
ruò tender young cattails
篛席 ruòxí rush mat made of arum
nuo
nuò to grasp; provoke
捉搦 zhuōnuò to apprehend; arrest
搦战 nuòzhàn to challenge to fight
niao
* niào urine/ to urinate **
便溺 biànniào human excretion
遗溺 yíniào incontinence
ni
* to drown; indulge
溺沉 nìchén to submerge
饥溺 jīnì extreme hunger
溺爱 nì'ài to spoil (a child)


** 弱 a bit/little less than (following a fraction/decimal) as in 三分之一弱 a bit less than one-third
** 溺 also == 尿 niào/suī

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changye
November 13, 2008, 01:05 PM

It's interesting to know that the character "溺 "(niao4) was also used with the sense of "尿" (niao4, urinate) in ancient Chinese. As shown in the table above, the original meaning of "溺" (ni4) is "to drown", and therefore you can easily imagine circumstances under which a poor child almost drowned in a pond of his own urine on the bed, which I think is a "plausible" etymology, haha!

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goulnik
November 13, 2008, 02:52 PM

thanks, I had mistakenly erased a note to the same effect, now corrected as well as the @ 弱 link fixed.

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changye
November 13, 2008, 11:40 PM

Hi goulniky,

Judging from your new avatar, Mr. Aramaki, I guess you've seen Ghost in the Shell (攻壳机动队) before!

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goulnik
November 14, 2008, 07:09 AM

changye, I expected you would notice ;-)

郭 in the shell 哈哈 (goulniky AKA 郭力毅)

what's the kanji for Mr.Aramaki again?

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goulnik
November 14, 2008, 07:45 AM

got it, Daisuke Aramaki 荒巻大輔 (Huāngjuǎn Dàfǔ) chief of Public Security ... uh

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changye
November 14, 2008, 07:56 AM

Aramaki Daisuke= 荒巻大輔
Kusanagi Motoko = 草薙素子