嬃

嬃

See also: 媭

嬃 U+5B03, 嬃 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B03 ← 嬂 [U+5B02] CJK Unified Ideographs 嬄 → [U+5B04]

Translingual

Han character

嬃 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 竹金女 (HCV), four-corner 2140₄, composition ⿱須女)

References

• KangXi: page 271, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6723
• Dae Jaweon: page 538, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1081, character 11
• Unihan data for U+5B03

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Chinese

trad.		嬃
simp.		媭

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
盨	*sraʔ
須	*so
鬚	*so
嬃	*so
蕦	*so

Etymology

Schuessler (2007) reconstructs Minimal Old Chinese *sno and thinks this belongs to Tibeto-Burman words for "mother, woman" under 乳 (OC *noʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xū (xu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xū
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syu
    • Wade–Giles: hsü¹
    • Yale: syū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiu
    • Palladius: сюй (sjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi¹
    • Yale: sēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /sɨo/

Rime
Character	嬃
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	相俞切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/sio/
Shao Rongfen	/sio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/suə̆/
Li Rong	/sio/
Wang Li	/sĭu/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	seoi1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*so/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嬃
Reading #	1/1
No.	13957
Phonetic component	須
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	須
Old Chinese	/*so/

Definitions

嬃

1. (archaic, used in the state of Chu) elder sister

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B00710

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Japanese

Kanji

嬃

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): しゅ (shu)
• Kun: あね (ane)