若

若 U+82E5, 若
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-82E5
← 苤
[U+82E4] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 苦 →
[U+82E6]

Translingual

Han character

若 (radical 140, 艸+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 廿大口 (TKR), four-corner 44604, composition ⿱艹右)

References

  • KangXi: page 1023, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30796
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1482, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3187, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+82E5

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 若
alt. forms 叒

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 若
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Chu Slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (若) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
若 *nja, *njaʔ, *njaɡ
婼 *nja, *nje, *n̥ʰaɡ
惹 *njaʔ, *njaɡ
諾 *naːɡ
蠚 *hnaːɡ, *n̥ʰaɡ
逽 *naɡ
蹃 *naɡ, *rnaːɡ
箬 *njaɡ
楉 *njaɡ
鄀 *njaɡ

Pictogram (象形) – a person combing their hair; obedient.

Pronunciation 1

Note:
  • na - vernacular (“if”);
  • ngiâ - literary.
Note:
  • nâ - vernacular (“if”);
  • iŏk - literary.
Note:
  • ná - vernacular (“like; as if”);
  • nā/nǎ - vernacular (“if”);
  • lio̍k/jio̍k/jia̍k - literary.
  • Dialectal data▼
Variety Location 若
Mandarin Beijing /ʐuo⁵¹/
Harbin /iau⁵³/
/ʐuo⁵³/
Tianjin /ʐɤ⁵³/
Jinan /luə²¹/
Qingdao /yə⁴²/
Zhengzhou /ʐuo²⁴/
Xi'an /vo²¹/
Xining /u²¹³/
Yinchuan /ʐuə¹³/
Lanzhou /və¹³/
Ürümqi /ʐuɤ²¹³/
Wuhan /io²¹³/
Chengdu /zo³¹/
Guiyang /zo²¹/
Kunming /ʐo³¹/
Nanjing /ioʔ⁵/
Hefei /ʐuɐʔ⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /zuaʔ²/
Pingyao /ʐʌʔ⁵³/
Hohhot /ʐuaʔ⁴³/
Wu Shanghai /zaʔ¹/
Suzhou /zɑʔ³/
Hangzhou /zɑʔ²/
Wenzhou /ja²¹³/
/ȵa²¹³/
Hui Shexian /iɔʔ²¹/
Tunxi
Xiang Changsha /io²⁴/
Xiangtan /io²⁴/
Gan Nanchang /lɔʔ⁵/
Hakka Meixian /iok̚⁵/
Taoyuan /ʒok̚⁵⁵/
Cantonese Guangzhou /jœk̚²/
Nanning /jœk̚²²/
Hong Kong /jœk̚²/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /liɔk̚⁵/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /nuoʔ⁵/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /iɔ²⁴/
Shantou (Min Nan) /ziak̚⁵/
/zioʔ⁵/
Haikou (Min Nan) /ziɔk̚⁵/
Rime
Character 若
Reading # 3/3
Initial (聲) 日 (38)
Final (韻) 藥 (107)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 而灼切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ȵɨɐk̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ȵiɐk̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ȵʑiɑk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ȵɨak̚/
Li
Rong		 /ȵiak̚/
Wang
Li		 /ȵʑĭak̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ȵʑi̯ak̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 ruò
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 若 若
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 ruò ruò
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ nyak › ‹ nyak ›
Old
Chinese		 /*nak/ /*nak/
English you agree

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 若
Reading # 3/3
No. 10940
Phonetic
component		 若
Rime
group		 鐸
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 若
Old
Chinese		 /*njaɡ/
Notes 叒加口轉註

Definitions

若

  1. † to be obedient to; compliant
  2. † to trim vegetables
  3. † to choose
  4. † you; your
  5. † he; his
  6. like; as if
    旁若無人 / 旁若无人  ―  pángruòwúrén  ―  as if no one is nearby
  7. if; supposing; assuming
    天若有情天亦老。  ―  Tiān ruò yǒu qíng tiān yì lǎo.  ―  If Heaven had feelings, Heaven too would grow old.
  8. in this way
  9. A surname​.

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character 若
Reading # 2/3
Initial (聲) 日 (38)
Final (韻) 麻 (100)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 人者切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ȵiaX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ȵiaX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ȵʑiaX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ȵiaX/
Li
Rong		 /ȵiaX/
Wang
Li		 /ȵʑĭaX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ȵʑi̯aX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 rě
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 若
Reading # 2/3
No. 10932
Phonetic
component		 若
Rime
group		 魚
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 若
Old
Chinese		 /*njaʔ/

Definitions

若

  1. † hay; dried grass
  2. Used in certain compounds.

Compounds

Pronunciation 3

Rime
Character 若
Reading # 1/3
Initial (聲) 日 (38)
Final (韻) 麻 (100)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 人賒切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ȵia/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ȵia/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ȵʑia/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ȵia/
Li
Rong		 /ȵia/
Wang
Li		 /ȵʑĭa/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ȵʑi̯a/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 ré
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 若
Reading # 1/3
No. 10929
Phonetic
component		 若
Rime
group		 魚
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese		 /*nja/

Definitions

若

  1. Placename in Sichuan.

Japanese

Kanji

若

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. young
  2. if

Readings

Compounds

Noun

若 (hiragana わか, rōmaji waka)

  1. "my lord" (towards a young master or a young heir)

Korean

Hanja

若 • (yak, ya)

  • Eumhun:
    • Sound (hangeul): 약, 야 (revised: yak, ya, McCune–Reischauer: yak, ya, Yale: yak, ya)
    • Name (hangeul): 같을, 만약
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Vietnamese

Han character

若 (nhược, nhã)

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