嬙

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See also: 嫱
嬙 U+5B19, 嬙
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B19
← 嬘
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 嬚 →

Translingual

Han character

嬙 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 女土人田 (VGOW), four-corner 44461, composition ⿰女嗇)

  1. lady

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 272, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6777
  • Dae Jaweon: page 540, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1083, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+5B19

Chinese

trad. 嬙
simp. 嫱

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 嬙
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (嗇) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
濇 *srɯb, *srɯɡ
嗇 *srɯɡ
穡 *srɯɡ
薔 *zaŋ, *srɯɡ
轖 *srɯɡ
繬 *srɯɡ
嬙 *zaŋ, *srɯɡ
懎 *srɯɡ
Characters in the same phonetic series (牆) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
薔 *zaŋ, *srɯɡ
廧 *zaŋ
蘠 *zaŋ
嬙 *zaŋ, *srɯɡ
檣 *zaŋ
Etymology 1
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *zaŋ, *srɯɡ) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + abbreviated phonetic 牆 (OC *zaŋ).
Etymology 2
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *zaŋ, *srɯɡ) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 嗇 (OC *srɯɡ).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 嬙
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 從 (15)
Final (韻) 陽 (105)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 在良切
Baxter dzjang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/d͡zɨɐŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/d͡ziɐŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/d͡ziɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/d͡zɨaŋ/
Li
Rong 		/d͡ziaŋ/
Wang
Li 		/d͡zĭaŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/d͡zʱi̯aŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		qiáng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		coeng4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 嬙
Reading # 1/2
No. 10324
Phonetic
component 		牆
Rime
group 		陽
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		牆
Old
Chinese 		/*zaŋ/

Definitions

嬙

  1. (historical) female court official
  2. Used in personal names.

Compounds

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 嬙
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 生 (21)
Final (韻) 職 (134)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 所力切
Baxter srik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʃɨk̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʃɨk̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʃiek̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʂik̚/
Li
Rong 		/ʃiək̚/
Wang
Li 		/ʃĭək̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ʂi̯ək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		she
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		sik1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 嬙
Reading # 2/2
No. 10998
Phonetic
component 		嗇
Rime
group 		職
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		色
Old
Chinese 		/*srɯɡ/
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Definitions

嬙

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Japanese

Kanji

嬙

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. lady

Readings

  • On (unclassified): しょう (shō)、ぞう (zō)、しょく (shoku)、しき (shiki)
  • Kun: そばめ (sobame)

Korean

Hanja

嬙 (eum 장 (jang))

  1. lady

Vietnamese

Han character

嬙: Hán Nôm readings: tường

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References

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