妋

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妋 U+598B, 妋
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-598B
← 妊
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 妌 →

Translingual

Han character

妋 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 女手人 (VQO), composition ⿰女夫)

  1. greedy
  2. womanly appearance
  3. face showing or filled with hate

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 256, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6073
  • Dae Jaweon: page 520, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1029, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+598B

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 妋

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (夭) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
笑 *sqʰows
夭 *qoːwʔ, *qrow, *qrowʔ
镺 *qoːwʔ, *qoːws
芺 *qoːwʔ, *qrowʔ
妖 *qrow
祅 *qrow
枖 *qrow
訞 *qrow
殀 *qrowʔ
仸 *qrowʔ
妋 *pa, *qu
飫 *qos
沃 *qoːwɢ
鋈 *qoːwɢ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 妋 妋
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 幫 (1) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 虞 (24) 尤 (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 甫無切 於求切
Baxter pju 'juw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/pɨo/ /ʔɨu/
Pan
Wuyun 		/pio/ /ʔiu/
Shao
Rongfen 		/pio/ /ʔiəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/puə̆/ /ʔuw/
Li
Rong 		/pio/ /ʔiu/
Wang
Li 		/pĭu/ /ĭəu/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/pi̯u/ /ʔi̯ə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		fū yōu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		fu1 jau1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 妋 妋
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 3277 14635
Phonetic
component 		夫 夭
Rime
group 		魚 幽
Rime
subdivision 		0 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		跗 憂
Old
Chinese 		/*pa/ /*qu/
Notes 疑爲㤇訛變

Definitions

妋

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Usage notes

The fū (fu1) reading is only used in the "greedy" and "womanly appearance" definitions. The yōu (you3) reading is only used in the "face showing or filled with hate" definition.

References

Japanese

Kanji

妋

(Hyōgai kanji)

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