phonetic map : 奴 nu
goulnik
December 07, 2008, 07:56 PM posted in General Discussion| nu | ||
| 努 nǔ to put forth strength; pout 努力 nǔlì to make great effort; try hard 努嘴 nǔzuǐ to pout; purse the lips |
奴 nú slave; servant / to enslave 奴隶 núlì ∼ 家奴 jiānú domestic servants 房奴 fángnú a slave to one's mortgage |
怒 nù to become angry/furious / anger; fury 怒气 nùqì anger; rage; fury 愤怒 fènnù indignant; angry |
| 弩 nǔ crossbow 弓弩 gōngnǔ bow and crossbow 石弩 shínǔ catapult |
孥 nú children; wife and children 妻孥 qīnú wife and children |
* 呶 nu . 唠呶 láonu to make a hubbub |
| 胬 nǔ . 胬肉 nǔròu (eye disease) |
驽 nú slow horse; useless person 驽马 númǎ inferior horse; jade 驽材 núcái inferior ability |
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| 呶 náo to yell; talk noisily 纷呶 fēnnáo noisy and disorderly |
怓 náo to talk incessantly 惛怓 hūnnáo turmoil; hubbub; tumult |
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| na | ||
| 拏 ná (variant of 拿 to hold; take; seize) |
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changye
December 08, 2008, 01:19 PMThose 奴-series characters have the consonant "n" in both Chinese and Korean, but the consonant "d" only in Japanese. For example, 奴 (nu) and 怒 (nu) are pronounced "do" (and "na"/"nu") in Japanese. The reason is a little complicated to explain, but anyway, this kind of issue is one of highlights in historical phonologies of Chinese, Korean and Japanese.