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Translingual
Han character
媧 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 女月月口 (VBBR), four-corner 47427, composition ⿰女咼)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 267, character 28
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6533
- Dae Jaweon: page 535, character 3
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1059, character 4
- Unihan data for U+5AA7
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 碢
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*l'oːl
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| 腡
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*ɡ·roːl, *kʷroːl
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| 過
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*kloːl, *kloːls
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| 渦
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*kloːl, *qloːl
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| 鍋
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*kloːl
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| 楇
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*kloːl, *ɡloːls
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| 瘑
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*kloːl
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| 緺
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*koːl, *kroːl, *kʷroːl
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| 堝
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*kloːl
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| 濄
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*kloːl, *qloːl
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| 鐹
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*kloːlʔ, *kloːls
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| 薖
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*kʰloːl
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| 簻
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*kʰloːl, *kr'oːl
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| 禍
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*ɡloːlʔ
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| 窩
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*qloːl
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| 萵
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*qloːl
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| 檛
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*kr'oːl
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| 膼
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*kr'oːl
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| 蝸
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*kroːl, *kʷroːl
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| 媧
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*kroːl, *kʷroːl
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| 騧
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*kroːl, *kʷroːl
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| 冎
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*kroːlʔ
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| 剮
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*kroːlʔ
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| 諣
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*qʰroːls, *qʰʷroːls
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| 歄
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*kʷroːl
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| 咼
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*kʰʷroːl
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| 喎
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*kʰʷroːl
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kroːl, *kʷroːl) : semantic 女 (“female”) + phonetic 咼 (OC *kʰʷroːl).
Pronunciation
Note:
- o/o͘ — vernacular;
- oa — literary;
- koa — reconstructed from Middle Chinese.
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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媧
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媧
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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| No.
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4385
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4391
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Phonetic
component
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冎
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冎
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Rime
group
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歌
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歌
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Rime
subdivision
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3
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3
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Corresponding
MC rime
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瓜
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Old
Chinese
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/*kroːl/
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/*kʷroːl/
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Definitions
媧
- the goddess of creation; the mythological sister and successor to Fu Xi
- Used in 女媧／女娲 (Nǚwā).
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
媧
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
媧 • (wae, gwa) (hangeul 왜, 과, revised wae, gwa, McCune–Reischauer wae, kwa)
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Vietnamese
Han character
媧: Hán Nôm readings: oa
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