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nèn
HSK 7freq #6514

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nèn
  1. 1.old variant of 嫩[nèn]
nèn
  1. 1.young and tender
  2. 2.(of food) tender; lightly cooked
  3. 3.(of color) light
  4. 4.(of a person) inexperienced; unskilled

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  1. 1.tender; delicate
  2. 2.inexperienced; unskilled
  3. 3.tender; soft
  4. 4.light
  5. 5.small
  6. 6.Used in transcription.
  7. 7.Nun (father of Joshua)

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Etymology

Corrupted form of 㜛. Unclear. Possibly as variant of 耎 (OC) ~ 輭 (OC *nonʔ); alternatively, related to Burmese နုန့် (nun., “weak, exhausted from illness”), yet this meaning barely overlaps with "soft to touch" (Schuessler, 2007).

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