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Translingual
Han character
媯 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 女戈大火 (VIKF), four-corner 42427, composition ⿰女為)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 267, character 36
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1068, character 18
- Unihan data for U+5AAF
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 譌
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*ŋʷaːl
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| 嬀
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*kʷral
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| 潙
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*kʷral, *ɢʷal
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| 蟡
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*kʷralʔ, *qʷral
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| 僞
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*ŋʷrals
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| 噅
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*qʰʷral
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| 撝
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*qʰʷral
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| 爲
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*ɢʷal, *ɢʷal, *ɢʷals
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| 鄬
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*ɢʷal, *ɢʷalʔ
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| 蔿
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*ɢʷalʔ
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| 儰
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*ɢʷalʔ
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| 寪
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*ɢʷalʔ
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| 蘤
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*ɢʷalʔ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 為 (OC *ɢʷal, *ɢʷals)
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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媯
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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guī
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ kjwe ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*C.qʷ(r)aj/
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| English
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(place and family name)
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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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Definitions
媯
- a surname (no longer common since Han dynasty)
Compounds
