phonetic map : 奴 nu

goulnik
December 07, 2008, 07:56 PM posted in General Discussion

@ 奴

nu
to put forth strength; pout
努力 nǔlì to make great effort; try hard
努嘴 nǔzuǐ to pout; purse the lips
slave; servant / to enslave
奴隶 núlì
家奴 jiānú domestic servants
房奴 fángnú a slave to one's mortgage
to become angry/furious / anger; fury
怒气 nùqì anger; rage; fury
愤怒 fènnù indignant; angry
crossbow
弓弩 gōngnǔ bow and crossbow
石弩 shínǔ catapult
children; wife and children
妻孥 qīnú wife and children
* nu .
唠呶 láonu to make a hubbub
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胬肉 nǔròu (eye disease)
slow horse; useless person
驽马 númǎ inferior horse; jade
驽材 núcái inferior ability
nao
náo to yell; talk noisily
纷呶 fēnnáo noisy and disorderly
náo to talk incessantly
惛怓 hūnnáo turmoil; hubbub; tumult
na
(variant of 拿 to hold; take; seize)
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changye
December 08, 2008, 01:19 PM

Those 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.

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goulnik
December 08, 2008, 03:53 PM

I added the 女 nü and 如 ru maps for good measure :-)

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changye
December 09, 2008, 01:52 AM

The same goes for the character "女", which has the consonant "n" in Chinese and Korean, but "j" only in Japanese.