嫂

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嫂 U+5AC2, 嫂
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5AC2
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 嫃 →

Translingual

Han character

嫂 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 女竹難水 (VHXE), four-corner 47447, composition ⿰女叟)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 268, character 34
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6603
  • Dae Jaweon: page 536, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1066, character 18
  • Unihan data for U+5AC2

Chinese

trad. 嫂
simp. # 嫂

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 嫂
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (叟) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
㮴 *suːw
艘 *suːw, *sɯːw
嫂 *suːwʔ
瞍 *sɯːw, *suːʔ
謏 *slɯːwʔ, *suːʔ, *suːs, *srɯwɢ
叜 *sluːʔ
叟 *suːʔ
傁 *suːʔ
廋 *suːʔ, *sru
醙 *suʔ, *sru
遚 *sʰrus
餿 *sru
搜 *sru
颼 *sru
溲 *sru, *sruʔ
鎪 *sru
獀 *sru
鄋 *sru
螋 *sru, *sro
騪 *sru
瘦 *srus

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *suːwʔ) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 叟 (OC *suːʔ)

Etymology 1

Note:
  • so3 - vernacular;
  • sor3 - literary.
Note:
  • so2 - vernacular;
  • sao2 - literary.
Rime
Character 嫂
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 心 (16)
Final (韻) 豪 (89)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 蘇老切
Baxter sawX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/sɑuX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/sɑuX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/sɑuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/sawX/
Li
Rong 		/sɑuX/
Wang
Li 		/sɑuX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/sɑuX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		sǎo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		sou2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 嫂
Reading # 1/1
No. 12065
Phonetic
component 		叟
Rime
group 		幽
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		㛮
Old
Chinese 		/*suːwʔ/

Definitions

嫂

  1. sister-in-law (older brother's wife)
  2. friend's wife

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 嫂子 (“sister-in-law (elder brother's wife)”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 嫂子
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 嫂子
Taiwan 嫂子
Harbin 嫂子
Malaysia 嫂子
Singapore 嫂子
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 嫂子
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 嫂
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 嫂子
Wanrong 嫂子
Xi'an 嫂子
Xining 嫂子
Xuzhou 嫂子
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 嫂嫂
Ürümqi 嫂子
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 嫂子, 嫂嫂
Wuhan 嫂子
Guiyang 嫂嫂
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 嫂子
Yangzhou 嫂子
Hefei 嫂子
Cantonese Guangzhou 阿嫂
Hong Kong 阿嫂
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 嫂
Macau 大嫂
Guangzhou (Panyu) 阿嫂
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 嫂
Guangzhou (Conghua) 阿嫂
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 阿嫂
Foshan 阿嫂
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 阿嫂
Foshan (Shunde) 大嫂
Foshan (Sanshui) 阿嫂
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 阿嫂
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 大嫂
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 大嫂
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 阿嫂
Zhuhai (Doumen) 阿嫂
Jiangmen (Baisha) 阿嫂
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 阿嫂
Taishan 阿嫂
Kaiping (Chikan) 阿嫂
Enping (Niujiang) 阿嫂
Heshan (Yayao) 嫂
Dongguan 阿嫂
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 阿嫂
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 阿嫂
Singapore (Guangfu) 阿嫂
Gan Nanchang 嫂嫂, 嫂子, 嫂
Lichuan 兄嫂
Pingxiang 嫂老子 non-face-to-face, 嫂嫂 face-to-face
Hakka Meixian 阿嫂
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 阿嫂
Dongguan (Qingxi) 阿嫂
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 阿嫂
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 大嫂
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 阿嫂
Yudu 嫂嫂
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 阿嫂
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 阿嫂
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 阿嫂
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 阿嫂
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 阿嫂
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 阿嫂
Senai (Huiyang) 阿嫂
Huizhou Jixi 嫂 non-face-to-face, 嫂嫂 face-to-face
Jin Taiyuan 嫂嫂, 嫂子
Xinzhou 嫂嫂, 嫂嫂啊, 嫂啊
Northern Min Jian'ou 嫂仔, 嫂嫂 face-to-face
Eastern Min Fuzhou 嫂, 兄嫂, 依嫂
Singapore (Fuqing) 阿嫂
Southern Min Xiamen 阿嫂, 兄嫂
Quanzhou 阿嫂, 兄嫂
Jinjiang 阿嫂
Zhangzhou 阿嫂, 兄嫂
Singapore (Hokkien) 阿嫂
Manila (Hokkien) 阿嫂
Chaozhou 阿嫂
Jieyang 阿嫂, 嫂
Bangkok (Teochew) 阿嫂
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 阿嫂
Singapore (Teochew) 阿嫂
Leizhou 嫂
Haikou 兄嫂 non-face-to-face, 阿嫂 face-to-face
Singapore (Hainanese) 阿嫂
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 家嫂
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 嫂
Wu Shanghai 嫂嫂, 阿嫂
Shanghai (Chongming) 阿嫂 non-face-to-face, 嫂嫂
Suzhou 阿嫂 non-face-to-face, 嫂嫂 face-to-face
Danyang 嫂嫂
Hangzhou 嫂嫂, 阿嫂
Ningbo 阿嫂
Wenzhou 兄嫂 non-face-to-face, 阿嫂 face-to-face
Jinhua 嫂 non-face-to-face, 嫂兒嫂兒 face-to-face
Xiang Changsha 嫂子
Loudi 嫂嫂
Shuangfeng 嫂嫂
Hengyang 嫂子

Compounds

Descendants

  • → Thai: ซ้อ (sɔ́ɔ)
  • → Tagalog: inso

Etymology 2

Definitions

嫂

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, university slang) Alternative form of soc

References

Japanese

Kanji

嫂

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. elder brother's wife

Readings

  • Go-on: そう (sō)←さう (sau, historical)
  • Kan-on: そう (sō)←さう (sau, historical)
  • Kun: あによめ (aniyome)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 嫂 (MC sawX). Recorded as Middle Korean 수〯 (swǔ) (Yale: swu) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

嫂 (eumhun 형수 수 (hyeongsu su))

  1. hanja form? of 수 (“sister-in-law; elder brother's wife”)

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

嫂: Hán Nôm readings: tẩu, dâu

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