姅

姅

姅 U+59C5, 姅 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59C5 ← 姄 [U+59C4] CJK Unified Ideographs 姆 → [U+59C6]

Translingual

Han character

姅 (radical 38, 女+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 女火手 (VFQ) or X女火手 (XVFQ), four-corner 4945₀, composition ⿰女半)

1. woman at time of menstruation

References

• KangXi: page 258, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6157
• Dae Jaweon: page 523, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1040, character 10
• Unihan data for U+59C5

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		姅

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (半) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
半	*paːns
絆	*paːns
靽	*paːns
姅	*paːns, *pʰaːns
拌	*pʰaːn, *baːnʔ
拚	*pʰaːn, *brons, *pʰaːn, *puns
坢	*pʰaːnʔ
判	*pʰaːns
泮	*pʰaːns
頖	*pʰaːns
胖	*pʰaːns
冸	*pʰaːns
牉	*pʰaːns
柈	*baːn
伴	*baːnʔ, *baːns
叛	*baːns
畔	*baːns
袢	*ban

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bàn (ban⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ
    • Wade–Giles: pan⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bann
    • IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun³
    • Yale: bun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun³
    • IPA ^(key): /puːn³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /puɑn^H/, /pʰuɑn^H/▼

Rime
Character	姅	姅
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	博慢切	普半切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/puɑnH/	/pʰuɑnH/
Pan Wuyun	/pʷɑnH/	/pʰʷɑnH/
Shao Rongfen	/puɑnH/	/pʰuɑnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pwanH/	/pʰwanH/
Li Rong	/puɑnH/	/pʰuɑnH/
Wang Li	/puɑnH/	/pʰuɑnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/puɑnH/	/pʰuɑnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bàn	pàn

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*paːns/, /*pʰaːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	姅	姅
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	246	254
Phonetic component	半	半
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	半	判
Old Chinese	/*paːns/	/*pʰaːns/

Definitions

姅

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Japanese

Kanji

姅

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): はん (han)
• Kun: みもちがきずつく (mimochigakizutsuku)

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Vietnamese

Han character

姅 (nửa, nữa)

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References

• Nom Foundation