笯

笯 · nú

a bird-cage

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
nú
Cantonese
nou4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

a bird-cage

Dictionary definitions & readings

笯 nú · (literary) birdcage; (used in place names)

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
52960.030:nú Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
270.090:nú Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ド ヌ ダ ネ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
노:1N Source property ↗
Vietnamese · Quốc ngữ
nò Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
乃都 女加 乃故 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
HVE Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
8844.7 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0881.070 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
083.08 166.31 369.34 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0094e' Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+7B2F
Radical
竹 · 118
Strokes
11
Residual strokes
5
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7191

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
nu · 乃都 · 遇開一平模泥 · #283
Middle Chinese
nrae · 女加 · 假開二平麻娘 · #777
Middle Chinese
nuH · 乃故 · 遇開一去模泥 · #2352

PHONO-ML, source line 2604; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1011.104
kDaeJaweon
1309.030
kGSR
0094e'
kHanYu
52960.030
kIRGDaeJaweon
1309.030
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
52960.030
kIRGKangXi
0881.070
kKangXi
0881.070
kMatthews
4761
kMorohashi
25946
kSBGY
083.08 166.31 369.34
kCangjie
HVE
kFourCornerCode
8844.7
kMojiJoho
MJ019422
kPhonetic
984
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G3-6361
kIRG_HSource
HB2-D6D9
kIRG_JSource
J14-7345
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-63D4
kIRG_KSource
K1-5C47
kIRG_TSource
T2-377C
kIRG_VSource
V0-3F73
kRSUnicode
118.5
kTotalStrokes
11
kBigFive
D6D9
kCCCII
226B4E
kCNS1986
2-377C
kCNS1992
2-377C
kGB3
6765
kJIS0213
2,83,37
kJis1
4993
kKoreanName
2015
kTGH
2013:7191
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+18282+118.6.5
kCantonese
nou4
kDefinition
a bird-cage
kFanqie
乃都 女加 乃故
kHangul
노:1N
kHanyuPinyin
52960.030:nú
kJapanese
ド ヌ ダ ネ
kJapaneseKun
TORIKAGO
kJapaneseOn
DO NU DA NA
kKorean
NO
kMandarin
nú
kTGHZ2013
270.090:nú
kVietnamese
nò

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Structure & connections

0.10
1dictionary records using 笯0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
𥫗 above 奴 · the same shape in all seven regional standards (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam)
Source notation ^⿱𥫗奴$(GHTJKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱𥫗奴$(GHTJKPV)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.