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Translingual
Han character
妺 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 女木十 (VDJ), four-corner 45490, composition ⿰女末)
- wife of the last ruler of the Xia dynasty
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 257, character 29
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6139
- Dae Jaweon: page 522, character 24
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1034, character 7
- Unihan data for U+59BA
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 眛
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*maːds, *mɯːds
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| 沬
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*maːds, *hmɯːds, *mɯds
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| 佅
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*mraːds
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| 韎
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*mreːds, *maːd
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| 帓
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*mraːd
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| 粖
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*meːd, *maːd
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| 末
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*maːd
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| 昩
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*maːd
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| 秣
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*maːd
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| 靺
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*maːd
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| 眜
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*maːd
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| 抹
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*maːd
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| 妺
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*maːd
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| 怽
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*maːd
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| 沫
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*maːd
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| 袜
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*maːd
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *maːd) : semantic 女 (“female, woman”) + phonetic 末 (OC *maːd).
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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妺
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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9231
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Phonetic
component
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末
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Rime
group
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月
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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末
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Old
Chinese
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/*maːd/
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Definitions
妺
- Used in female personal names.
- 妺喜 ― Mò Xǐ ― Mo Xi, a concubine of King Jie of Xia
Japanese
Kanji
妺
(Hyōgai kanji)
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