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Translingual
Han character
姝 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女竹十木 (VHJD), four-corner 45490, composition ⿰女朱)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 259, character 21
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6206
- Dae Jaweon: page 525, character 22
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1044, character 11
- Unihan data for U+59DD
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 咮
|
*tu, *tus, *tos, *tjo
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| 株
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*to
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| 誅
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*to
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| 邾
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*to
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| 鼄
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*to
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| 跦
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*to
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| 袾
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*to, *tʰjo
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| 鴸
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*to, *tjo
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| 蛛
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*to
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| 殊
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*to, *djo
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| 趎
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*do
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| 珠
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*tjo
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| 朱
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*tjo
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| 侏
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*tjo
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| 絑
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*tjo
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| 祩
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*tjo, *tjos
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| 鮢
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*tjo
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| 硃
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*tjo
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| 姝
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*tʰjo
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| 銖
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*djo
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| 茱
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*djo
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| 洙
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*djo
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| 陎
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*djo
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tʰjo) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 朱 (OC *tjo).
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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姝
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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17578
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Phonetic
component
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朱
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Rime
group
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侯
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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樞
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Old
Chinese
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/*tʰjo/
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Definitions
姝
- (literary, usually of a woman) beautiful; pretty
- (literary) beauty; beautiful woman
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
姝
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
- beautiful girl
Readings
Korean
Hanja
姝 • (ju) (hangeul 주, revised ju, McCune–Reischauer chu)
- a beautiful girl