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Translingual
Han character
娉 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 女中田尸 (VLWS), four-corner 45427, composition ⿰女甹)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 261, character 36
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6282
- Dae Jaweon: page 528, character 16
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1051, character 10
- Unihan data for U+5A09
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 俜
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*pʰleːŋ, *pʰleŋs
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| 甹
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*pʰleːŋ
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| 聘
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*pʰleŋs
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| 娉
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*pʰleŋs
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| 騁
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*l̥ʰeŋʔ
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| 梬
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*leŋʔ
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Pronunciation 1
Definitions
娉
- beautiful; attractive; charming; graceful
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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娉
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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pìn
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ phjiengH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*p.eŋ-s/
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| English
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inquire about (marriage)
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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娉
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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9808
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Phonetic
component
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甹
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Rime
group
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耕
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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聘
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Old
Chinese
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/*pʰleŋs/
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Definitions
娉
- (alt. form 聘) to inquire about marriage by sending an intermediary with gifts to the woman
Compounds
References
- 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “娉”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 177.
Japanese
Kanji
娉
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
娉 • (bing) (hangeul 빙, revised bing, McCune–Reischauer ping)
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Vietnamese
Han character
娉: Hán Nôm readings: sính
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References