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U+5A57, 婗
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A57

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 38, +8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女竹難山 (VHXU), four-corner 47417, composition )

Further reading

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 264, character 30
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6414
  • Dae Jaweon: page 531, character 21
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1059, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+5A57

Chinese

trad.
simp. #

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *ŋeː) : semantic (woman) + phonetic (OC *ŋeː, *ŋje).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (31)
Final () (39)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
Baxter ngej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋei/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋei/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋɛi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋɛj/
Li
Rong
/ŋei/
Wang
Li
/ŋiei/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ŋiei/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ngai4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 2741
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ŋeː/

Definitions

  1. infant, newborn
  2. whimper of an infant

References

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): げい (gei)
  • Kun: みどりご (midorigo)あかごのなきごえ (akagononakigoe)