姺

姺

姺 U+59FA, 姺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59FA ← 姹 [U+59F9] CJK Unified Ideographs 姻 → [U+59FB]

Translingual

Han character

姺 (radical 38, 女+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女竹土山 (VHGU), four-corner 4441₁, composition ⿰女先)

1. name of an ancient state that existed during the Shang dynasty
2. a surname

References

• KangXi: page 261, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6249
• Dae Jaweon: page 527, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1044, character 14
• Unihan data for U+59FA
• dict.youdao.com (有道词典)

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		姺

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (先) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
洗	*sɯːlʔ, *sɯːnʔ
先	*sɯːn, *sɯːns
銑	*sɯːnʔ
跣	*sɯːnʔ
毨	*sɯːnʔ
姺	*sɯːnʔ, *srin
筅	*sɯːnʔ
冼	*sɯːnʔ
箲	*sɯːnʔ
駪	*srin
兟	*srin
詵	*srin
侁	*srin

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēn (shen¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣ
    • Wade–Giles: shên¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shen
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shen
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin²
    • Yale: sín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin²
    • IPA ^(key): /siːn³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʃɪn/, /sen^X/▼

Rime
Character	姺	姺
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	生 (21)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	臻 (46)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	所臻切	蘇典切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃɪn/	/senX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃɪn/	/senX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃien/	/sɛnX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂin/	/sɛnX/
Li Rong	/ʃiĕn/	/senX/
Wang Li	/ʃĭen/	/sienX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʂi̯æn/	/sienX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shēn	xiǎn

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[s]ˤərʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sɯːnʔ/, /*srin/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	姺
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xiǎn
Middle Chinese	‹ sejX ›
Old Chinese	/*[s]ˁərʔ/
English	(place name)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	姺	姺
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	13463	13472
Phonetic component	先	先
Rime group	文	眞
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	銑	莘
Old Chinese	/*sɯːnʔ/	/*srin/

Definitions

姺

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Japanese

Kanji

姺

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): しん (shin), せい (sei), さい (sai), そん (son), せん (sen)

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Korean

Hanja

姺 • (sin) (hangeul 신)

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