媌

媌	U+5A8C, 媌 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A8C

← 媋
[U+5A8B]

CJK Unified Ideographs

媍 →
[U+5A8D]

Translingual

Han character

媌 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女廿田 (VTW), four-corner 4446₀, composition ⿰女苗)

fine, glorious, happy
prostitute

References

KangXi: page 266, character 27

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6488

Dae Jaweon: page 533, character 31

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1056, character 6

Unihan data for U+5A8C

Chinese

trad.		媌
simp. ^#		媌
alternative forms		嫹‎ ancient

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
貓	mreːw, mrew
描	mreːw, mrew
媌	mreːw, mreːwʔ
緢	mreːwʔ, mreːws, *mrew
苗	*mrew
猫	*mrew
庿	*mrews

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): miáo (miao²)
(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maau⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: miáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: miáo
  - Wade–Giles: miao²
  - Yale: myáu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miau
  - Palladius: мяо (mjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mjɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: maau⁴
  - Yale: màauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mao⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːu̯²¹/

Middle Chinese: /mˠau/, /mˠau^X/

Rime
Character	媌	媌
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	莫交切	莫飽切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠau/	/mˠau^X/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚau/	/mᵚau^X/
Shao Rongfen	/mau/	/mau^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/maɨw/	/maɨw^X/
Li Rong	/mau/	/mau^X/
Wang Li	/mau/	/mau^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/mau/	/mau^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	máo	mǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	maau⁴	maau⁵

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*mreːw/, /*mreːwʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	媌	媌
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	9103	9105
Phonetic component	苗	苗
Rime group	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	茅	卯
Old Chinese	/*mreːw/	/*mreːwʔ/

Definitions

媌

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Pronunciation

Min Nan (POJ): bâ

Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bâ
  - Tâi-lô: bâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: baa
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ba²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ba²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ba¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ba²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ba²³/

Definitions

媌

(Min Nan) prostitute

Synonyms

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先生 (xiānshēng) (archaic)
大先生 (Wu, dated)
妓女 (jìnǚ)

娼妓 (chāngjì)
小先生 (Wu, dated)
幺二 (Wu, dated, inferior)

神女 (shénnǚ) (euphemistic)
站街女 (zhànjiēnǚ) (euphemistic)
煙花女／烟花女 (yānhuānǚ)

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C02222

Japanese

Kanji

媌

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: みょう (myō)
Kan-on: ぼう (bō)
Kun: みめよい (mimeyoi)