姁

姁

姁 U+59C1, 姁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59C1 ← 姀 [U+59C0] CJK Unified Ideographs 姂 → [U+59C2]

Translingual

Han character

姁 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 女心口 (VPR), four-corner 4742₀, composition ⿰女句)

1. peaceful and happy
2. chatty like an old woman

Derived characters

• 𦰰

References

• KangXi: page 258, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6151
• Dae Jaweon: page 523, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1039, character 10
• Unihan data for U+59C1

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Chinese

trad.		姁
simp. #		姁

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 姁
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (句) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
勾	*koː, *koːs
鉤	*koː
鴝	*koː, *ɡo
句	*koː, *koːs, *kos, *ɡo
夠	*koː, *koːs, *kʰoː
枸	*koː, *koːʔ, *koʔ
軥	*koː, *koːs, *ɡo
狗	*koːʔ
苟	*koːʔ
岣	*koːʔ, *ko
笱	*koːʔ
玽	*koːʔ
耇	*koːʔ
豿	*koːʔ, *qʰroːɡ
敂	*koːʔ
怐	*koːs, *kʰoːs, *qʰoːs, *kos
雊	*koːs
竘	*kʰoːʔ, *kʰoʔ
齁	*qʰoː
呴	*qʰoːʔ, *qʰos
蚼	*qʰoːʔ, *ɡo
豞	*qʰoːs
訽	*qʰoːs, *ɡoːs
佝	*qʰoːs
拘	*ko
駒	*ko
眗	*ko
跔	*ko
鮈	*ko
痀	*ko
蒟	*koʔ, *kos
絇	*kos, *ɡo
邭	*kos
劬	*ɡo
朐	*ɡo
鼩	*ɡo
斪	*ɡo
翑	*ɡo
葋	*ɡo
姁	*ɡo, *qʰo, *qʰoʔ, *qʰos
欨	*qʰo, *qʰoʔ
喣	*qʰoʔ
煦	*qʰoʔ, *qʰos
昫	*qʰos

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xǔ, xū (xu³, xu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˇ, ㄒㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): heoi², heoi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syǔ
    • Wade–Giles: hsü³
    • Yale: syǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheu
    • Palladius: сюй (sjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xū
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syu
    • Wade–Giles: hsü¹
    • Yale: syū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiu
    • Palladius: сюй (sjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: heoi², heoi¹
    • Yale: héui, hēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoey², hoey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hêu², hêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɵy̯³⁵/, /hɵy̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /hɨo/, /ɡɨo/, /hɨo^X/, /hɨo^H/

Rime
Character	姁	姁	姁	姁
Reading #	1/4	2/4	3/4	4/4
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	群 (30)	曉 (32)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	虞 (24)	虞 (24)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III	III	III
Fanqie	況于切	其俱切	況羽切	香句切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨo/	/ɡɨo/	/hɨoX/	/hɨoH/
Pan Wuyun	/hio/	/ɡio/	/hioX/	/hioH/
Shao Rongfen	/xio/	/ɡio/	/xioX/	/xioH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/huə̆/	/guə̆/	/huə̆X/	/huə̆H/
Li Rong	/xio/	/ɡio/	/xioX/	/xioH/
Wang Li	/xĭu/	/ɡĭu/	/xĭuX/	/xĭuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/xi̯u/	/gi̯u/	/xi̯uX/	/xi̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xū	qú	xǔ	xù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	heoi1	keoi4	heoi2	heoi3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡo/, /*qʰo/, /*qʰoʔ/, /*qʰos/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	姁	姁	姁	姁
Reading #	1/4	2/4	3/4	4/4
No.	7119	7121	7122	7129
Phonetic component	句	句	句	句
Rime group	侯	侯	侯	侯
Rime subdivision	0	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	衢	訏	詡	昫
Old Chinese	/*ɡo/	/*qʰo/	/*qʰoʔ/	/*qʰos/

Definitions

姁

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Compounds

姁姁

姁媮／姁偷

References

• “姁”, 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–

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Japanese

Kanji

姁

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. beauty

Readings

• On (unclassified): く (ku), ぐ (gu)
• Kun: はは (haha), たのしむ (tanoshimu), つま (tsuma), うつくしい (utsukushii)

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Korean

Hanja

姁 • (hu) (hangeul 후, revised hu, McCune–Reischauer hu, Yale hwu)

1. beautiful
2. grandmother