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Translingual
Han character
嬖 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 尸十女 (SJV), four-corner 70404, composition ⿱辟女)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 272, character 7
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6770
- Dae Jaweon: page 540, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1085, character 10
- Unihan data for U+5B16
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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嬖
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*peːɡs
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薜
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*beːɡs, *preːɡ
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鐾
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*beːɡs
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臂
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*peɡs
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譬
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*pʰeɡs
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避
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*beɡs
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檗
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*preːɡ
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擘
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*preːɡ
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糪
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*preːɡ, *pʰreːɡ
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掰
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*preːɡ
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繴
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*breːɡ, *peːɡ
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辟
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*peɡ, *pʰeɡ, *beɡ
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璧
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*peɡ
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鐴
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*peɡ
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躄
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*peɡ
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襞
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*peɡ
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僻
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*pʰeɡ, *pʰeːɡ
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癖
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*pʰeɡ, *pʰeːɡ
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廦
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*pʰeɡ, *peːɡ
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擗
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*beɡ
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躃
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*beɡ
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闢
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*beɡ
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壁
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*peːɡ
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鼊
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*peːɡ
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霹
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*pʰeːɡ
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劈
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*pʰeːɡ
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澼
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*pʰeːɡ
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憵
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*pʰeːɡ
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甓
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*beːɡ
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鷿
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*beːɡ
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幦
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*mbeːɡ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *peːɡs) : phonetic 辟 (OC *peɡ, *pʰeɡ, *beɡ) + semantic 女 (“woman”).
Etymology
According to Schuessler (2007), from Kam-Tai; compare Proto-Kam-Sui *ɓjaːk⁷ (“woman, girl”) & Proto-Tai *ɓɯːkᴰ (“girl”), (p. 164). Schuessler (2007) also considers that this may be a possible allofam or re-etymologization of 婢 (“female slave”), (p.158).
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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嬖
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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bì
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Middle Chinese
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‹ pejH ›
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Old Chinese
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/*pˁek-s/
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English
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favorite (n.)
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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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嬖
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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662
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Phonetic component
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辟
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Rime group
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賜
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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閉
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Old Chinese
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/*peːɡs/
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Definitions
嬖
- (literary) to dote on; to show favor to (e.g. a woman)
- (literary) favored; favored person
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
嬖
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Readings
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Korean
Hanja
嬖 (eum 폐 (pye))
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Vietnamese
Han character
嬖: Hán Nôm readings: bế
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