媟

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媟 U+5A9F, 媟
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A9F
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Translingual

Han character

媟 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 女心廿木 (VPTD), four-corner 44491, composition ⿰女枼)

  1. lust after, act indecently
  2. lewd

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 267, character 19
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6524
  • Dae Jaweon: page 534, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1063, character 15
  • Unihan data for U+5A9F

Chinese

trad. 媟
simp. # 媟

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (世) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
貰 *ɦljebs, *hljebs
跇 *l̥ʰebs, *lebs
迣 *ʔljebs
世 *hljebs
泄 *lebs, *sled
枻 *lebs
詍 *lebs
靾 *lebs
袣 *lebs
抴 *lebs, *led
呭 *lebs
勩 *lebs, *libs
屜 *l̥ʰeːbs
鰈 *l̥ʰaːb, *l'eːb
渫 *zreːb, *sled
煠 *zreːb, *l̥ʰeb, *leb
喋 *rlaːb, *ʔl'eːb, *l'eːb
鞢 *rlaːb, *sleːb
殜 *l'eb, *leb, *lab
葉 *hljeb, *leb
弽 *hljeb, *hleːb
韘 *hljeb, *sleːb
枼 *leb
楪 *leb
揲 *leb, *l'eːb, *ɦljed
鍱 *leb
偞 *leb, *hleːb
蝶 *l̥ʰeːb, *l'eːb
牒 *l'eːb
蹀 *l'eːb
諜 *l'eːb
堞 *l'eːb
牃 *l'eːb
褋 *l'eːb
惵 *l'eːb
碟 *l'eːb
屧 *sleːb
屟 *sleːb
紲 *sled
齛 *sled
疶 *sled
緤 *sled
媟 *sled

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 媟
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 心 (16)
Final (韻) 薛 (81)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 私列切
Baxter sjet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/siᴇt̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/siɛt̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/sjæt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/siat̚/
Li
Rong 		/siɛt̚/
Wang
Li 		/sĭɛt̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/si̯ɛt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		xie
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		sit3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 媟
Reading # 1/1
No. 11595
Phonetic
component 		世
Rime
group 		月
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		薛
Old
Chinese 		/*sled/

Definitions

媟

  1. to lust after; to act indecently; to disrespect
  2. lewd; obscene

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

媟

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. lust after
  2. act indecently
  3. lewd

Readings

  • On (unclassified): せつ (setsu)、せち (sechi)
  • Kun: けがす (kegasu)、けがれる (kegareru)、なれる (nareru)、あなどる (anadoru)

Korean

Hanja

媟 • (seol) (hangeul 설, revised seol, McCune–Reischauer sŏl)

  1. lust after
  2. act indecently
  3. lewd
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