嬚

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嬚 U+5B1A, 嬚
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B1A
← 嬙
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 嬛 →

Translingual

Han character

嬚 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 女戈廿金 (VITC), four-corner 40437, composition ⿰女廉)

Further reading

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 272, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6780
  • Dae Jaweon: page 540, character 15
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1085, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+5B1A

Chinese

trad. 嬚
simp. # 嬚

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (兼) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
譧 *r'eːms
賺 *r'eːms
尲 *kreːm
鹻 *kreːmʔ
歉 *kʰreːms, *kʰreːmʔ, *kʰeːmʔ, *kʰeːms
槏 *kʰreːmʔ
鰜 *ɡreːm, *keːm
稴 *ɡreːm, *ɡ·reːm, *ɡ·reːmʔ, *ɡ·reːms, *ɡeːm
豏 *ɡreːmʔ, *ɡreːms
甉 *ɡreːmʔ, *ɡraːm
廉 *ɡ·rem
鎌 *ɡ·rem
鬑 *ɡ·rem, *ɡ·reːm
鐮 *ɡ·rem
簾 *ɡ·rem
薕 *ɡ·rem, *ɡ·reːm
蠊 *ɡ·rem
嬚 *ɡ·remʔ
溓 *ɡ·remʔ, *ɡ·reːm, *ɡ·reːmʔ
嵰 *kʰremʔ
隒 *ŋɡremʔ
熑 *ɡ·reːm
濂 *ɡ·reːm
燫 *ɡ·reːm
兼 *keːm, *keːms
縑 *keːm
鶼 *keːm
蒹 *keːm
搛 *keːm
謙 *kʰeːm
膁 *kʰeːmʔ
嗛 *kʰeːmʔ
慊 *kʰeːmʔ, *kʰeːb
傔 *kʰeːms
馦 *qʰeːm
嫌 *ɡeːm
鼸 *ɡeːmʔ
尷 *kreːm

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡ·remʔ) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 廉 (OC *ɡ·rem).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 嬚
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 鹽 (153)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 良冉切
Baxter ljemX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/liᴇmX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/liɛmX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ljæmX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/liamX/
Li
Rong 		/liɛmX/
Wang
Li 		/lĭɛmX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/li̯ɛmX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		liǎn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		lim5
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 嬚
Reading # 1/1
No. 6049
Phonetic
component 		兼
Rime
group 		談
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		斂
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡ·remʔ/

Definitions

嬚

  1. pretty, beautiful
  2. savoury

References

Japanese

Kanji

嬚

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): れん (ren)
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