婟

婟

婟 U+5A5F, 婟 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A5F ← 婞 [U+5A5E] CJK Unified Ideographs 婠 → [U+5A60]

Translingual

Han character

婟 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女田十口 (VWJR), four-corner 4640₀, composition ⿰女固)

Further reading

• KangXi: page 265, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6424
• Dae Jaweon: page 532, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1058, character 7
• Unihan data for U+5A5F

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Chinese

trad.		婟
simp. #		婟

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 婟
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
箇	*kaːls
個	*kaːls
居	*kɯ, *kas
橭	*kaː, *kʰaː
嫴	*kaː
姑	*kaː
辜	*kaː
酤	*kaː, *kaːs, *ɡaːʔ
蛄	*kaː
鴣	*kaː
沽	*kaː, *kaːʔ, *kaːs
盬	*kaː, *kaːʔ
古	*kaːʔ
罟	*kaːʔ
估	*kaːʔ
鈷	*kaːʔ
詁	*kaːʔ
牯	*kaːʔ
故	*kaːs
固	*kaːs
稒	*kaːɡs
痼	*kaːɡs
錮	*kaːɡs
鯝	*kaːɡs
棝	*kaːɡs
凅	*kaːɡs
枯	*kʰaː
軲	*kʰaː
跍	*kʰaː
骷	*kʰaː
苦	*kʰaːʔ, *kʰaːs
葫	*qʰaː, *ɡaː
餬	*ɡaː
瑚	*ɡaː
湖	*ɡaː
鶘	*ɡaː
猢	*ɡaː
醐	*ɡaː
糊	*ɡaː
箶	*ɡaː
蝴	*ɡaː
胡	*ɡaː
瓳	*ɡaː
怙	*ɡaːʔ
祜	*ɡaːʔ
岵	*ɡaːʔ
婟	*ɡaːʔ, *ɡaːɡs
楛	*ɡaːʔ
据	*ka
裾	*ka
琚	*ka
椐	*ka, *kas, *kʰa
鶋	*ka
蜛	*ka
崌	*ka
涺	*ka
腒	*ka, *ɡa
鋸	*kas
倨	*kas
踞	*kas
涸	*ɡaːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡaːʔ, *ɡaːɡs) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 固 (OC *kaːs).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hù (hu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hù
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hù
    • Wade–Giles: hu⁴
    • Yale: hù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huh
    • Palladius: ху (xu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu⁶
    • Yale: wuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː²²/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɦuo^X/, /ɦuo^H/

Rime
Character	婟	婟
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	侯古切	胡誤切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦuoX/	/ɦuoH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦuoX/	/ɦuoH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣoX/	/ɣoH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦɔX/	/ɦɔH/
Li Rong	/ɣoX/	/ɣoH/
Wang Li	/ɣuX/	/ɣuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣuoX/	/ɣuoH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hù	hù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wu6	wu6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaːʔ/, /*ɡaːɡs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	婟	婟
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	4261	4263
Phonetic component	古	古
Rime group	魚	暮
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	戸	護
Old Chinese	/*ɡaːʔ/	/*ɡaːɡs/

Definitions

婟

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References

• “婟”, 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

婟

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): こ (ko), ご (go)
• Kun: こいしたう (koishitau), おしむ (oshimu), よい (yoi)