妯

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妯 U+59AF, 妯
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59AF
← 妮
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 妰 →

Translingual

Han character

妯 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 女中田 (VLW), four-corner 45460, composition ⿰女由)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 257, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6125
  • Dae Jaweon: page 522, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1037, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+59AF

Chinese

trad. 妯
simp. # 妯

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (由) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
袖 *ljɯwɢs
岫 *ljɯwɢs
牰 *ljɯwɢs, *lɯwɢs
抽 *l̥ʰɯw
妯 *l̥ʰɯw, *l'ɯwɢ
紬 *l'ɯw
怞 *l'ɯw
鮋 *l'ɯw, *ɦljɯw, *lɯw
菗 *rlɯw
宙 *l'ɯwɢs
胄 *l'ɯwɢs
冑 *l'ɯwɢs
伷 *l'ɯwɢs
駎 *l'ɯwɢs
油 *lɯw, *lɯwɢs
由 *lɯw
蚰 *lɯw
秞 *lɯw
邮 *lɯw
釉 *lɯwɢs
柚 *lɯwɢs, *l'ɯwɢ
鼬 *lɯwɢs
苖 *l'ɯːwɢ, *l̥ʰɯwɢ
笛 *l'ɯːwɢ
迪 *l'ɯːwɢ
頔 *l'ɯːwɢ
軸 *l'ɯwɢ
舳 *l'ɯwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *l̥ʰɯw, *l'ɯwɢ): semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 由 (OC *lɯw).

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character 妯
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 澄 (11)
Final (韻) 屋 (4)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 直六切
Baxter drjuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɖɨuk̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɖiuk̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ȡiuk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɖuwk̚/
Li
Rong 		/ȡiuk̚/
Wang
Li 		/ȡĭuk̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ȡʱi̯uk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		zhú
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zuk6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 妯
Reading # 2/2
No. 15542
Phonetic
component 		由
Rime
group 		覺
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		逐
Old
Chinese 		/*l'ɯwɢ/

Definitions

妯

  1. only used in 妯娌 (zhóuli)

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character 妯
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 徹 (10)
Final (韻) 尤 (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 丑鳩切
Baxter trhjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʈʰɨu/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʈʰiu/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ȶʰiəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʈʰuw/
Li
Rong 		/ȶʰiu/
Wang
Li 		/ȶʰĭəu/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ȶʰi̯ə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		chōu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		cau1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 妯
Reading # 1/2
No. 15514
Phonetic
component 		由
Rime
group 		幽
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		抽
Old
Chinese 		/*l̥ʰɯw/

Definitions

妯

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to move; to be agitated; to not be tranquil
    鼓鍾伐鼛，淮有三洲，憂心且妯。
    鼓钟伐鼛，淮有三洲，忧心且妯。
    From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Gǔzhōng fá gāo, Huái yǒu sān zhōu, yōuxīn qiě chōu.
    His bells ring out, his large drums resound,
    There are the three islands in the Huai;
    Sad is my heart and moved.

Japanese

Kanji

妯

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): ちゅう (chū)、じく (jiku)、ろく (roku)、とく (toku)、どく (doku)
  • Kun: あいよめ (aiyome)、うごく (ugoku)、さわぐ (sawagu)、いたむ (itamu)

Korean

Hanja

妯 • (chuk) (hangeul 축, revised chuk, McCune–Reischauer ch'uk)

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Vietnamese

Han character

妯: Hán Nôm readings: dâu, chục, trục

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