婀

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See also: 娿
婀 U+5A40, 婀
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A40
← 娿
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 婁 →

Translingual

Han character

婀 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女弓中口 (VNLR), four-corner 41420, composition ⿰女阿)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 263, character 47
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6382
  • Dae Jaweon: page 530, character 32
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1054, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+5A40

Chinese

trad. 婀
simp. # 婀
alternative forms 妸
娿

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (可) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
砢 *ɡ·raːlʔ
柯 *kaːl
菏 *kaːl, *ɡaːl
牁 *kaːl
滒 *kaːl
哥 *kaːl
歌 *kaːl
謌 *kaːl
鴚 *kaːl
哿 *kaːlʔ
舸 *kaːlʔ
笴 *kaːlʔ, *kaːnʔ
軻 *kʰaːl, *kʰaːlʔ, *kʰaːls
珂 *kʰaːl
可 *kʰaːlʔ
岢 *kʰaːlʔ
坷 *kʰaːlʔ, *kʰaːls
蚵 *kʰaːls, *ɡaːl
呵 *qʰaːl, *qʰaːls
訶 *qʰaːl
抲 *qʰaːl
荷 *qʰaːls, *ɡaːl, *ɡaːlʔ
何 *ɡaːl, *ɡaːlʔ
河 *ɡaːl
苛 *ɡaːl
魺 *ɡaːl
袔 *ɡaːls
阿 *qaːl
妸 *qaːl, *qaːlʔ
疴 *qaːl, *kʰraːls
鈳 *qaːl
娿 *qaːl, *qaːlʔ
痾 *qaːl
跒 *kʰraːlʔ
閜 *qʰraːlʔ

Pronunciation

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
Rime
Character 婀
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 歌 (94)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 烏可切
Baxter 'aX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʔɑX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʔɑX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʔɑX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʔaX/
Li
Rong 		/ʔɑX/
Wang
Li 		/ɑX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ʔɑX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		ě
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		o2

Definitions

婀

  1. beautiful; graceful
    婀娜  ―  ēnuó  ―  lithe and graceful
  2. (alt. form 娿) Used in 媕婀 (“indecisive”).

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

婀

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. charm
  2. flirtation

Readings

  • Go-on: あ (a)
  • Kan-on: あ (a)
  • Kun: あだ (ada, 婀)、あだっぽい (adappoi, 婀っぽい)、たおやか (taoyaka, 婀やか)

Korean

Hanja

婀 • (a) (hangeul 아, revised a, McCune–Reischauer a)

  1. be beautiful
  2. be graceful

Vietnamese

Han character

婀: Hán Nôm readings: a

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References

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