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Character: 耎
Modern (Beijing) reading: ruǎn
Preclassic Old Chinese: norʔ
Classic Old Chinese: nón
Western Han Chinese: nón
Eastern Han Chinese: ńón
Early Postclassic Chinese: ńón
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ńón
Late Postclassic Chinese: ńón
Middle Chinese: ńwén
English meaning : soft, weak [LZ]
Comments: = 軟 q.v.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
Karlgren code: 0238 a
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nualH
Meaning: soft
Chinese: 耎, 軟 *norʔ soft, weak, 懦 *n_ōrʔ, *n_ōrs (~ *n_ōjʔ, *n_ōjs) weak.
Kachin: (H) noi be soft, tender; be limp.
Lushai: hnual to lose its hardness (as steel).
Lepcha: njól to be soft, bad (applied to iron), to be hard, troublesome to cut (said of wood)
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