妌

妌

妌 U+598C, 妌 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-598C ← 妋 [U+598B] CJK Unified Ideographs 妍 → [U+598D]

Translingual

Han character

妌 (radical 38, 女+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 女廿廿 (VTT) or X女廿廿 (XVTT), composition ⿰女井)

References

• KangXi: page 256, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6074
• Dae Jaweon: page 520, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1029, character 8
• Unihan data for U+598C

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		妌

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 妌
Shang	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (井) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
硎	*kʰreːŋ, *ɡeːŋ
耕	*kreːŋ
荊	*keŋ
井	*skeŋʔ
丼	*kl'oːmʔ, *skeŋʔ
妌	*sɡeŋʔ
穽	*sɡeŋʔ, *sɡeŋs
阱	*sɡeŋʔ, *sɡeŋs
汫	*sɡeːŋʔ
刑	*ɡeːŋ
形	*ɡeːŋ
邢	*ɡeːŋ
鉶	*ɡeːŋ
型	*ɡeːŋ
侀	*ɡeːŋ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìng (jing⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˋ
    • Wade–Giles: ching⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinq
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìng
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing⁶
    • Yale: jihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ²²/

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• Middle Chinese: /d͡ziᴇŋ^X/▼

Rime
Character	妌
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	疾郢切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ziᴇŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ziɛŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ziæŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ziajŋX/
Li Rong	/d͡ziɛŋX/
Wang Li	/d͡zĭɛŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱi̯ɛŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jìng

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*sɡeŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	妌
Reading #	1/1
No.	6854
Phonetic component	井
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	靜
Old Chinese	/*sɡeŋʔ/

Definitions

妌

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References

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 91

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Japanese

Kanji

妌

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: じょう (jō)^{←じやう (zyau, historical)}
• Kan-on: せい (sei)
• Kun: いさぎよい (isagiyoi, 妌い); しずか (shizuka, 妌か)^{←しづか (siduka, historical)}