娭

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娭 U+5A2D, 娭
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A2D
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 娮 →

Translingual

Han character

娭 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 女戈人大 (VIOK), four-corner 43434, composition ⿰女矣)

  1. to play around, frolic
  2. ancient term of disparagement for women
  3. (dialect) grandmother (used in the word 娭她)
  4. (dialect) honorific for older women (used in the word 娭她)
  5. slave girl, servant girl

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 263, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6341
  • Dae Jaweon: page 530, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1054, character 14
  • Unihan data for U+5A2D

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (矣) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
唉 *qʰlɯː, *qɯː, *qrɯː, *qrɯːʔ
埃 *qlɯː
欸 *qɯː, *qʰrɯːs
娭 *qɯː, *qʰlɯ
挨 *qlɯːʔ, *qrɯː, *qrɯːʔ
騃 *ŋrɯːʔ, *sɢrɯʔ
俟 *sɢrɯʔ, *ɡlɯl
竢 *sɢrɯʔ
涘 *sɢrɯʔ
誒 *qʰlɯ
矣 *ɢlɯʔ

Etymology 1

trad. 娭
simp. # 娭

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 娭
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 之 (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 許其切
Baxter xi
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/hɨ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/hɨ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/xie/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/hɨ/
Li
Rong 		/xiə/
Wang
Li 		/xĭə/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/xi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		xī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		hei1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 娭
Reading # 2/2
No. 14949
Phonetic
component 		矣
Rime
group 		之
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		僖
Old
Chinese 		/*qʰlɯ/
Notes 後作嬉

Definitions

娭

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Compounds

Etymology 2

trad. 娭
simp. # 娭

Pronunciation

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 娭
Reading # 1/2
No. 14936
Phonetic
component 		矣
Rime
group 		之
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		哀
Old
Chinese 		/*qɯː/

Definitions

娭

  1. A dialectal term used to address one's paternal grandmother.
  2. A term of respect for an elderly woman.

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

娭

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): き (ki)、あい (ai)
  • Kun: たわむれる (tawamureru)、はしため (hashitame)

Korean

Hanja

娭 • (ae) (hangeul 애, revised ae, McCune–Reischauer ae)

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