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U+59F6, 姶
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59F6

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 38, +6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女人一口 (VOMR), four-corner 48461, composition )

  1. beautiful
  2. good-looking

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 261, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6242
  • Dae Jaweon: page 527, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1046, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+59F6

Chinese

trad.
simp. #

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Pronunciation 1


Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (34)
Final () (160)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter 'op
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔʌp̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔəp̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔɒp̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔəp̚/
Li
Rong
/ʔᴀp̚/
Wang
Li
/ɒp̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔăp̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
e
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ap3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 4967 4976
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3 3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*quːb/ /*quːb/

Definitions

  1. exquisite; fine
  2. clever; bright
  3. silent
  4. used in female names

References

Pronunciation 2


Definitions

  1. nimble
  2. cute
  3. lovable

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. beautiful
  2. good-looking

Readings

  • On (unclassified): おう (ō)
  • Kun: しずか (shizuka)あい (ai)