碾

Han character edit

碾 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+10, 15 strokes, cangjie input 一口尸廿女 (MRSTV), four-corner 1763₂, composition ⿰石展)

1. roller, crush
2. roll

References edit

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 834, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24370
• Dae Jaweon: page 1251, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2450, character 5
• Unihan data for U+78BE

Glyph origin edit

Alternative form of 輾／辗 (niǎn), using 石 as semantic part instead of 車.

Etymology edit

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-nja-s ~ *s-njan (“to punish; to oppress; to coerce”) (STEDT). Related to 蹍 (“to trample”).

Pronunciation edit

Definitions edit

碾

1. roller
2. to grind; to crush

Synonyms edit

• (to crush): 軋／轧 (yà)

Compounds edit

References edit

• “碾”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Kanji edit

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings edit

• On (unclassified): てん (ten); でん (den)
• Kun: うす (usu); ひく (hiku)

Hanja edit

碾 • (nyeon>yeon) (hangeul 년>연, revised nyeon>yeon, McCune–Reischauer nyŏn>yŏn, Yale nyen>yen)

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