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Translingual
Han character 媵 Kangxi radical 38, 女 +10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 月火手女 (BFQV ), four-corner 79244 , composition ⿰月 ⿱龹 女 (G H T ) or ⿰月 ⿱𠔉 女 (J K ))
References Kangxi Dictionary: page 268 , character 7
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6575
Dae Jaweon: page 535, character 29
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2099, character 2
Unihan data for U+5AB5
Chinese
Glyph origin
Old Chinese
黱 *l'ɯːs
朕 *l'ɯmʔ
鰧 *l'ɯmʔ, *l'ɯːŋ
螣 *l'ɯmʔ, *l'ɯːŋ, *l'ɯːɡ
栚 *l'ɯmʔ
眹 *l'ɯnʔ
騰 *l'ɯːŋ
滕 *l'ɯːŋ
縢 *l'ɯːŋ
儯 *l'ɯːŋ
幐 *l'ɯːŋ, *l'ɯːŋs
藤 *l'ɯːŋ
謄 *l'ɯːŋ
膡 *l'ɯːŋ, *hljɯŋs, *lɯŋs
籐 *l'ɯːŋ
勝 *hljɯŋ, *hljɯŋs
蕂 *hljɯŋs
榺 *hljɯŋs
塍 *ɦljɯŋ
媵 *ljɯŋs, *lɯŋs
賸 *ɦljɯŋs, *lɯŋs
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 ／ 形声 OC *ljɯŋs, *lɯŋs朕 ( OC *l'ɯmʔ) + semantic 女 ( “ woman ” ) .
Pronunciation
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
媵 媵
Reading #
1/2
2/2
No.
17133
17135
Phonetic
朕 朕
Rime
蒸 蒸
Rime
0
0
Corresponding
乗 孕
Old
/*ljɯŋs/
/*lɯŋs/
Definitions 媵
( historical ) maid who accompanies a bride to her new home to accompany ; to escort
bridesmaid concubine
Synonyms Dialectal synonyms of
妾 (“concubine”)
Variety
Location
Words
Classical Chinese
妾 姬 媵 妾媵 媵妾 侍妾 姬妾 側室 偏室 姑娘
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
妾 偏房
Northeastern Mandarin
Beijing
小太太兒 小婆婆兒 小奶奶兒 小的兒
Taiwan
小老婆 姨太太
Harbin
小老婆
Singapore
小老婆
Jilu Mandarin
Jinan
小老婆
Jiaoliao Mandarin
Yantai (Muping)
小老婆兒 小婆子
Central Plains Mandarin
Luoyang
小老婆兒
Wanrong
小婆子
Xi'an
小婆子 小
Xuzhou
小的兒 小的 小兒 小點子 小婆兒 小婆子 庶夫人
Lanyin Mandarin
Yinchuan
小老婆 小
Lanzhou
小老婆
Ürümqi
小老婆
Southwestern Mandarin
Chengdu
小老婆 小婆子
Wuhan
小堂客 小 姨太太
Guiyang
小婆娘 姨太太
Liuzhou
小的 小 小老婆 小婆
Jianghuai Mandarin
Nanjing
小老婆
Cantonese
Guangzhou
細婆 妾侍
Hong Kong
細婆 妾侍
Dongguan
細婆
Gan
Nanchang
小老婆 小
Lichuan
小婆
Pingxiang
小老婆 小婆子
Hakka
Meixian
小婆
Yudu
小老婆
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
細姐 細婆 偏房
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
細姐仔 細婆 偏房
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
細姐 細婆 偏房
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
細姐 細姨 偏房
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
細姐 細婆 偏房
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
細姨 偏房
Huizhou
Jixi
細老嫗
Jin
Taiyuan
小老婆 姨娘 姨太太
Xinzhou
小婆子
Northern Min
Jian'ou
小嬤
Eastern Min
Fuzhou
細婆 non-face-to-face 細姐：face-to-face 姨太 older 姑娘 younger, face to face
Southern Min
Xiamen
細姨
Quanzhou
細姨
Jinjiang
細姨
Zhangzhou
細姨
Taipei
細姨
New Taipei (Sanxia)
細姨
Kaohsiung
細姨
Yilan
細姨
Changhua (Lukang)
細姨
Taichung
細姨
Tainan
細姨
Hsinchu
細姨
Kinmen
細姨
Penghu (Magong)
細姨
Manila (Hokkien)
細姨
Leizhou
細娘
Haikou
細姩 細老婆 孧老婆 細
Southern Pinghua
Nanning (Tingzi)
細婆
Wu
Shanghai
小老媽 小老婆 小娘子 偏房
Shanghai (Chongming)
小老婆 小老官 姨太太
Suzhou
小老媽
Danyang
小老媽
Hangzhou
小老婆
Ningbo
小老𡢿
Wenzhou
姨娘 姨娘兒
Jinhua
小老婆 小婆
Xiang
Changsha
小婆子 小堂客
Loudi
小
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji 媵
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji )
maid who accompanies bride to her new home
to escort a concubine
Readings
Korean
Hanja 媵 (eum 잉 ( ing ) )
give present maid who accompanies bride to her new home
Vietnamese
Han character 媵 : Hán Nôm dựng ánh
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References