婼

婼

婼 U+5A7C, 婼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A7C ← 婻 [U+5A7B] CJK Unified Ideographs 婽 → [U+5A7D]

Translingual

Han character

婼 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 女廿大口 (VTKR), four-corner 4446₄, composition ⿰女若)

1. person

References

• KangXi: page 266, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6464
• Dae Jaweon: page 533, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1056, character 4
• Unihan data for U+5A7C

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Chinese

trad.		婼
simp. #		婼

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
若	*nja, *njaʔ, *njaɡ
婼	*nja, *nje, *n̥ʰaɡ
惹	*njaʔ, *njaɡ
諾	*naːɡ
蠚	*hnaːɡ, *n̥ʰaɡ
逽	*naɡ
蹃	*naɡ, *rnaːɡ
箬	*njaɡ
楉	*njaɡ
鄀	*njaɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *nja, *nje, *n̥ʰaɡ) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 若 (OC *nja, *njaʔ, *njaɡ)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ruò, chuò, ér (ruo⁴, chuo⁴, er²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄛˋ, ㄔㄨㄛˋ, ㄦˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji³, joek⁶, je⁴, coek³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ruò
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ruò
    • Wade–Giles: jo⁴
    • Yale: rwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruoh
    • Palladius: жо (žo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐwɔ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuò
    • Wade–Giles: chʻo⁴
    • Yale: chwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuoh
    • Palladius: чо (čo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰwɔ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ér
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ér
    • Wade–Giles: êrh²
    • Yale: ér
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: erl
    • Palladius: эр (er)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji³, joek⁶, je⁴, coek³
    • Yale: yi, yeuhk, yèh, cheuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji³, joek⁹, je⁴, tsoek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi³, yêg⁶, yé⁴, cêg³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː³³/, /jœːk̚²/, /jɛː²¹/, /t͡ʃʰœːk̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ȵiᴇ/, /ȵia/, /ʈʰɨɐk̚/

Rime
Character	婼	婼	婼
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	日 (38)	日 (38)	徹 (10)
Final (韻)	支 (11)	麻 (100)	陽 (107)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	汝移切	人賒切	丑略切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiᴇ/	/ȵia/	/ʈʰɨɐk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵiɛ/	/ȵia/	/ʈʰiɐk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑjɛ/	/ȵʑia/	/ȶʰiɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵiə̆/	/ȵia/	/ʈʰɨak̚/
Li Rong	/ȵie/	/ȵia/	/ȶʰiak̚/
Wang Li	/ȵʑǐe/	/ȵʑĭa/	/ȶʰĭak̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑie̯/	/ȵʑi̯a/	/ȶʰi̯ak̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ér	ré	chuo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji4	je4	coek3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*nja/, /*nje/, /*n̥ʰaɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	婼	婼	婼
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	10930	10933	10936
Phonetic component	若	若	若
Rime group	魚	支	鐸
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime		兒	㲋
Old Chinese	/*nja/	/*nje/	/*n̥ʰaɡ/
Notes	見漢書	見漢書

Definitions

婼

1. recalcitrant, uncomplying

Compounds

婼羌 (Ruòqiāng)

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Japanese

Kanji

婼

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): しゃく (shaku), じ (ji), に (ni), じゃ (ja), にゅう (nyū)