| infant; baby | son; child;diminutive suffix | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad.(嬰兒) | 嬰 | 兒 | |
| simp.(婴儿) | 婴 | 儿 | |
| 2nd round simp. | 𰋷儿 | ||
| Rime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 嬰 | 兒 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) | 日 (38) |
| Final (韻) | 清 (121) | 支 (11) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 於盈切 | 汝移切 |
| Baxter | 'jieng | nye |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔiᴇŋ/ | /ȵiᴇ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔiɛŋ/ | /ȵiɛ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔiæŋ/ | /ȵʑjɛ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔiajŋ/ | /ȵiə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔiɛŋ/ | /ȵie/ |
| Wang Li | /ĭɛŋ/ | /ȵʑǐe/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʔi̯ɛŋ/ | /ȵʑie̯/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yīng | ér |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jing1 | ji4 |
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 嬰 | 兒 |
| Reading # | 2/2 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | yīng | ér |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ ʔjieng › | ‹ nye › |
| Old Chinese | /*ʔeŋ/ | /*ŋe/ |
| English | baby | child |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | ||
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 嬰 | 兒 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 2/2 |
| No. | 15336 | 2757 |
| Phonetic component | 賏 | 兒 |
| Rime group | 耕 | 支 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 嬰 | 兒 |
| Old Chinese | /*qeŋ/ | /*ŋje/ |
嬰兒
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 嬰 | 兒 |
| えい Hyōgai | じ Jinmeiyō |
| on'yomi | |
| For pronunciation and definitions of嬰兒 – see the following entry. | ||
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| (This term,嬰兒, is the kyūjitai of the above term.) |