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Translingual
Han character
媪 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 女日月廿 (VABT), four-corner 46412, composition ⿰女昷)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 267, character 36
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6565
- Dae Jaweon: page 535, character 19
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1065, character 4
- Unihan data for U+5AAA
Chinese
Glyph origin
An unorthodox variant simplified from 媼 (𥁕 → 昷) which can be found in the historical Ming dynasty 《重訂直音篇》 dictionary.
Eventually adopted as an official form by the People's Republic of China in 1965 based on the Xin Zixing (新字形) standardized form of characters.
Definitions
For pronunciation and definitions of 媪 – see 媼 (“old woman; woman or mother god of earth”).
(This character is the simplified and variant traditional form of 媼). |
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Usage notes
This character is also the preferred form used in Hong Kong, where traditional Chinese is used.
Japanese
Kanji
媪
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
媪 • (o) (hangeul 오, revised o, McCune–Reischauer o)
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Vietnamese
Han character
媪: Hán Nôm readings: ẩu
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References