嬬

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嬬 U+5B2C, 嬬
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B2C
← 嬫
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 嬭 →

Translingual

Han character

嬬 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 女一月月 (VMBB), four-corner 41427, composition ⿰女需)

  1. mistress, concubine
  2. weak

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 272, character 44
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6821
  • Dae Jaweon: page 541, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1086, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+5B2C

Chinese

trad. 嬬
simp. # 嬬

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (需) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
羺 *noː
獳 *noː
擩 *noːs, *njoʔ, *njos, *njul, *njod
譳 *noːs
懦 *noːls, *njo
糯 *noːls
需 *sno
繻 *sno, *njo
鑐 *sno
儒 *njo
濡 *njo, *noːn
襦 *njo
嚅 *njo
顬 *njo
鱬 *njo
嬬 *njo
臑 *njo
醹 *njo, *njoʔ
蠕 *njo
孺 *njos

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character 嬬
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 日 (38)
Final (韻) 虞 (24)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 人朱切
Baxter nyu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ȵɨo/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ȵio/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ȵʑio/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ȵuə̆/
Li
Rong 		/ȵio/
Wang
Li 		/ȵʑĭu/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ȵʑi̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		rú
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jyu4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 嬬
Reading # 1/1
No. 13976
Phonetic
component 		需
Rime
group 		侯
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		儒
Old
Chinese 		/*njo/

Definitions

嬬

  1. weak
  2. mistress

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character 嬬
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 日 (38)
Final (韻) 虞 (24)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 人朱切
Baxter nyu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ȵɨo/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ȵio/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ȵʑio/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ȵuə̆/
Li
Rong 		/ȵio/
Wang
Li 		/ȵʑĭu/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ȵʑi̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		rú
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jyu4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 嬬
Reading # 1/1
No. 13976
Phonetic
component 		需
Rime
group 		侯
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		儒
Old
Chinese 		/*njo/

Definitions

嬬

  1. wife
  2. concubine

Pronunciation 3

Rime
Character 嬬
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 日 (38)
Final (韻) 虞 (24)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 人朱切
Baxter nyu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ȵɨo/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ȵio/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ȵʑio/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ȵuə̆/
Li
Rong 		/ȵio/
Wang
Li 		/ȵʑĭu/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ȵʑi̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		rú
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jyu4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 嬬
Reading # 1/1
No. 13976
Phonetic
component 		需
Rime
group 		侯
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		儒
Old
Chinese 		/*njo/

Definitions

嬬

  1. Used in female personal names.

References

Japanese

Kanji

嬬

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: にゅう (nyū)
  • Kan-on: じゅ (ju)
  • Kun: よわい (yowai, 嬬い)、つま (tsuma, 嬬)
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