嬽

嬽

嬽 U+5B3D, 嬽 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B3D ← 嬼 [U+5B3C] CJK Unified Ideographs 嬾 → [U+5B3E]

Translingual

Han character

嬽 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+15, 18 strokes, cangjie input 女田中大 (VWLK), four-corner 4243₄, composition ⿰女𡚇)

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 273, character 42
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6856
• Dae Jaweon: page 541, character 34
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 2, page 1089, character 14
• Unihan data for U+5B3D

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Chinese

trad.		嬽
simp. #		嬽

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuān (yuan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuān
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuan
    • Wade–Giles: yüan¹
    • Yale: ywān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iuan
    • Palladius: юань (juanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bei⁶
    • Yale: beih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʔˠuɛn/, /ʔˠiuᴇn/

Rime
Character	嬽	嬽
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	山 (74)	仙 (80)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	委鰥切	於權切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠuɛn/	/ʔˠiuᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷᵚæn/	/ʔʷᵚiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔuæn/	/ʔiuæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔwəɨn/	/ʔwian/
Li Rong	/ʔuɛn/	/ʔjuɛn/
Wang Li	/wæn/	/ĭwɛn/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔwăn/	/ʔi̯wɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wān	yuān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	waan1	jyun1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʷreːn/, /*qʷen/, /*qʷran/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嬽	嬽	嬽
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	16104	16105	16106
Phonetic component	嬽	嬽	嬽
Rime group	元	元	元
Rime subdivision	2	2	1
Corresponding MC rime		娟	嬽
Old Chinese	/*qʷreːn/	/*qʷen/	/*qʷran/
Notes		後作娟

Definitions

嬽1) adj. A beautiful woman;(literary, extremely rare).

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References

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 95

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Japanese

Kanji

嬽

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

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• Go-on: えん (en)
• Kan-on: えん (en)
• Kun: みめよい (mimeyoi, 嬽い)