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Translingual
Han character
嬈 (Kangxi radical 38, 女 +12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 女土土山 (VGGU ), four-corner 44412 , composition ⿰女 堯 )
graceful , charming , fascinating
References
Kangxi Dictionary: page 271 , character 26
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6734
Dae Jaweon: page 539, character 18
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1078, character 19
Unihan data for U+5B08
Chinese
Glyph origin
Old Chinese
撓
*hŋaːw, *rŋaːw, *rnaːwʔ
鐃
*rŋaːw
譊
*rŋaːw
橈
*rŋaːws, *ŋjew
磽
*ŋ̊ʰreːw, *ŋreːws, *ŋ̊ʰeːwʔ
墝
*ŋ̊ʰreːw
穘
*hŋreːw
顤
*hŋreːw, *ŋeːws
燒
*hŋjew, *hŋjaws
饒
*ŋjew, *ŋjaws
蟯
*ŋjew, *ʔŋew
蕘
*ŋjew
襓
*ŋjew
繞
*ŋjewʔ, *ŋjaws
遶
*ŋjewʔ
嬈
*njewʔ, *neːwʔ, *hŋeːws
趬
*ŋ̊ʰew, *ŋ̊ʰews
蹺
*ŋ̊ʰew
翹
*ɡew, *ɡews
澆
*ŋkeːw, *ŋeːws
驍
*ŋkeːw
僥
*kŋeːwʔ, *ŋeːw
堯
*ŋeːw
垚
*ŋeːw
嶢
*ŋeːw
獟
*ŋeːws
膮
*hŋeːw, *hŋeːwʔ
嘵
*hŋeːw
憢
*hŋeːw
曉
*hŋeːwʔ
皢
*hŋeːwʔ
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声 , OC *njewʔ, *neːwʔ, *hŋeːws ) : semantic 女 ( “ female ” ) + phonetic 堯 ( OC *ŋeːw) .
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Rime
Character
嬈
嬈
嬈
Reading #
1/3
2/3
3/3
Initial (聲 )
泥 (8)
日 (38)
曉 (32)
Final (韻 )
蕭 (93)
宵 (91)
蕭 (93)
Tone (調 )
Rising (X)
Rising (X)
Departing (H)
Openness (開合 )
Open
Open
Open
Division (等 )
IV
III
IV
Fanqie
奴 鳥 切
而 沼 切
火 弔 切
Baxter
newX
nyewX
xewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang
/neuX /
/ȵiᴇuX /
/heuH /
Pan Wuyun
/neuX /
/ȵiɛuX /
/heuH /
Shao Rongfen
/neuX /
/ȵʑjæuX /
/xeuH /
Edwin Pulleyblank
/nɛwX /
/ȵiawX /
/hɛwH /
Li Rong
/neuX /
/ȵiɛuX /
/xeuH /
Wang Li
/nieuX /
/ȵʑĭɛuX /
/xieuH /
Bernhard Karlgren
/nieuX /
/ȵʑi̯ɛuX /
/xieuH /
Expected Mandarin Reflex
niǎo
rǎo
xiào
Expected Cantonese Reflex
niu5
jiu5
hiu3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
嬈
嬈
嬈
Reading #
1/3
2/3
3/3
No.
14675
14684
14702
Phonetic component
垚
垚
垚
Rime group
宵
宵
宵
Rime subdivision
2
2
2
Corresponding MC rime
擾
嬲
𢿿
Old Chinese
/*njewʔ/
/*neːwʔ/
/*hŋeːws/
Definitions
嬈
( literary ) to disturb ; to harass
Compounds
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Definitions
嬈
( literary ) beautiful
Compounds
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Definitions
嬈
Used in 嬈嬈 / 娆娆 (“weak”).
Compounds
Etymology 4
Pronunciation
Definitions
嬈
( Hokkien , vulgar ) Alternative form of 姣 ( “ lecherous ; promiscuous ; lascivious ; lewd (of a woman ) ” )
References
Japanese
Kanji
嬈
(Hyōgai kanji )
graceful
charming
fascinating
Readings
Korean
Hanja
嬈 (eum 요 ( yo ) )
troublesome , suffer
ridiculing
agony
disarrange
dizzy
charming
weak
Vietnamese
Han character
嬈 : Hán Nôm readings: nhiêu
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