婕

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See also: 媫
婕 U+5A55, 婕
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A55
← 婔
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 婖 →

Translingual

Han character

婕 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女十中人 (VJLO), four-corner 45481, composition ⿰女疌)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 264, character 28
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6412
  • Dae Jaweon: page 531, character 19
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1057, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+5A55

Chinese

trad. 婕
simp. # 婕
alternative forms 媫

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (疌) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
疀 *sʰreːb
萐 *zreːb, *sreːb, *sreb
箑 *sreːb, *sreb
啑 *sraːb, *tiːɡs
睫 *ʔseb
婕 *ʔseb
緁 *sʰeb
捷 *zeb
疌 *zeb
寁 *ʔsuːmʔ, *zeb
倢 *zeb
崨 *zeb
踕 *zeb
誱 *zeb
徢 *seːb
蜨 *seːb

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔseb) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 疌 (OC *zeb).

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character 婕
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 精 (13)
Final (韻) 葉 (155)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 即葉切
Baxter tsjep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡siᴇp̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡siɛp̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡sjæp̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/t͡siap̚/
Li
Rong 		/t͡siɛp̚/
Wang
Li 		/t͡sĭɛp̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/t͡si̯ɛp̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jie
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zip3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 婕
Reading # 1/1
No. 6448
Phonetic
component 		疌
Rime
group 		盍
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		接
Old
Chinese 		/*ʔseb/

Definitions

婕

  1. Used in 婕妤 (jiéyú).
  2. Used in female personal names.

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

婕

  1. † beautiful

Pronunciation 3

Definitions

婕

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Japanese

Kanji

婕

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. handsome

Readings

Korean

Hanja

婕 • (cheop) (hangeul 첩, revised cheop, McCune–Reischauer ch'ŏp)

  1. imperial concubine
  2. beautiful

Vietnamese

Han character

婕: Hán Nôm readings: tiệp

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References

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