裊

裊 (Kangxi radical 145, 衣+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 竹日卜女 (HAYV), four-corner 2773₂, composition ⿹㇯鳥灬衣)

1. curling upwards
2. wavering gently

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1116, character 35
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34285
• Dae Jaweon: page 1582, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3091, character 4
• Unihan data for U+88CA

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : phonetic 鳥 (OC *tɯːwʔ) + semantic 衣.

Originally written 褭, see there for more.

裊

1. slender and delicate

   姌裊／姌袅  ―  rǎnniǎo  ―  slender and delicate

   • 曰：將子無疑，昏以爲期。
     生如其言，乘昏而往。忽見桃花一枝過墻而有搖裊之影。往視之，則以鞦韆絨索繫竹兜下垂。生攀緣而踰。會月上東山，花影在地，淸香可愛。 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]

     From: late 1400s, 金時習 (Kim Si-seup), 《李生窺牆傳》, 《金鰲新話》

     Wal: Jang ja mu ui, hon iwi gi.
     Saeng yeo gi eon, seung hon i wang. Hol gyeon dohwa il ji gwa jang i yu yo nyo ji yeong. Wang si ji, jeuk i chucheon yung sak gye juk du ha su. Saeng banyeon i yu. Hoe wol sang dongsan, hwa yeong jae ji, cheonghyang ga'ae. [Sino-Korean]

     She said: "Have no doubt; let the evening be the time of our tryst."
     The young scholar followed her words and set off with the coming of evening. Suddenly, he saw a lone branch of peach blossoms going over the wall and casting a trembling, slender shadow. He went to look at it. A bamboo basket was lowered by the silken cables of a swing. The scholar clambered up and crossed the wall. He met the moon ascending the eastern hill; flowers' shadows were on the earth, and their clear fragrance was to be loved.

2. Used in 裊裊／袅袅 (niǎoniǎo) and 裊娜／袅娜.
3. Alternative form of 褭／袅 (niǎo)

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

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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• On (unclassified): じょう (jō); にょう (nyō)
• Kun: しなやか (shinayaka)

裊 • (nyo>yo) (hangeul 뇨>요, revised nyo>yo, McCune–Reischauer nyo>yo, Yale nyo>yo)

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裊: Hán Nôm readings: nẻo

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