娉

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word 娉. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word 娉, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say 娉 in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word 娉 you have here. The definition of the word 娉 will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of娉, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
娉 U+5A09, 娉
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A09
← 娈
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 娊 →

Translingual

Han character

娉 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 女中田尸 (VLWS), four-corner 45427, composition ⿰女甹)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 261, character 36
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6282
  • Dae Jaweon: page 528, character 16
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1051, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+5A09

Chinese

trad. 娉
simp. # 娉
alternative forms 𪦁

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (甹) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
俜 *pʰleːŋ, *pʰleŋs
甹 *pʰleːŋ
聘 *pʰleŋs
娉 *pʰleŋs
騁 *l̥ʰeŋʔ
梬 *leŋʔ

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

娉

  1. beautiful; attractive; charming; graceful

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character 娉
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 滂 (2)
Final (韻) 清 (121)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 匹正切
Baxter phjiengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/pʰiᴇŋH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/pʰiɛŋH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/pʰiæŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/pʰiajŋH/
Li
Rong 		/pʰiɛŋH/
Wang
Li 		/pʰĭɛŋH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/pʰi̯ɛŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		pìng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ping3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 娉
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		pìn
Middle
Chinese 		‹ phjiengH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*p.eŋ-s/
English inquire about (marriage)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 娉
Reading # 1/1
No. 9808
Phonetic
component 		甹
Rime
group 		耕
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		聘
Old
Chinese 		/*pʰleŋs/

Definitions

娉

  1. (alt. form 聘) to inquire about marriage by sending an intermediary with gifts to the woman

Compounds

References

  • 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “娉”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 177.

Japanese

Kanji

娉

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Readings

  • Go-on: ひょう (hyō)
  • Kan-on: へい (hei)
  • Kun: とう (tō)

Korean

Hanja

娉 • (bing) (hangeul 빙, revised bing, McCune–Reischauer ping)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Vietnamese

Han character

娉: Hán Nôm readings: sính

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

References

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia