嬲

嬲

See also: 嫐

嬲 U+5B32, 嬲 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B32 ← 嬱 [U+5B31] CJK Unified Ideographs 嬳 → [U+5B33]

Translingual

Han character

嬲 (radical 38, 女+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 田尸女田尸 (WSVWS), four-corner 6642₇, composition ⿲男女男)

References

• KangXi: page 273, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6831
• Dae Jaweon: page 541, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1087, character 1
• Unihan data for U+5B32

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Chinese

Glyph origin

男 (“man”) + 女 (“woman”) + 男 (“man”). Compare 嫐.

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		嬲
variant forms		𤲶 𢣲 𠒰

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niǎo (niao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): niu⁵, niu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: niǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄠˇ
    • Wade–Giles: niao³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neau
    • IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: niu⁵, niu⁴
    • Yale: níuh, nìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: niu⁵, niu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: niu⁵, niu⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /niːu̯¹³/, /niːu̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /neu^X/▼

Rime
Character	嬲
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	奴鳥切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/neuX/
Pan Wuyun	/neuX/
Shao Rongfen	/neuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/nɛwX/
Li Rong	/neuX/
Wang Li	/nieuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/nieuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	niǎo

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*neːwʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嬲
Reading #	1/1
No.	9516
Phonetic component	嬲
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	嬲
Old Chinese	/*neːwʔ/
Notes	嬈後起分化字

Definitions

嬲

1. to make fun of
2. to pester

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		嬲

Compare Zhuang naeuq (“angry”).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nau¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: nau¹
    • Yale: nāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: neo¹
    • IPA ^(key): /nɐu̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

嬲

1. (Cantonese) to be angry

Synonyms

• (Mandarin) 生氣／生气 (shēngqì)

Compounds

嬲惱／嬲恼

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Japanese

Kanji

嬲

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. ridicule
2. tease

Readings

(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?)

• Go-on: にょう (nyō)^{←ねう (neu, historical)}
• Kan-on: じょう (jō)^{←でう (deu, historical)}; どう (dō)^{←だう (dau, historical)}
• Kun: なぶる (naburu, 嬲る)

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Korean

Hanja

嬲 • (nyo) (hangeul 뇨, revised nyo, McCune–Reischauer nyo)

1. to taunt
2. to mess up