妟

妟

妟 U+599F, 妟 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-599F ← 妞 [U+599E] CJK Unified Ideographs 妠 → [U+59A0]

Translingual

Han character

妟 (radical 38, 女+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 日女 (AV) or X日女 (XAV), composition ⿱日女)

References

• KangXi: page 256, character 33
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6099
• Dae Jaweon: page 521, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1031, character 2
• Unihan data for U+599F

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		妟

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 妟
Shang	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yàn (yan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aan³, ngaan³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ
    • Wade–Giles: yen⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yann
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: aan³, ngaan³
    • Yale: aan, ngaan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aan³, ngaan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: an³, ngan³
    • IPA ^(key): /aːn³³/, /ŋaːn³³/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

Definitions

妟

1. bright and clear sunrise

References

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

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Japanese

Kanji

妟

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): あん (an), えん (en)
• Kun: やすらか (yasuraka), やすめる (yasumeru)