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Translingual
Han character
嬯 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 女土口土 (VGRG), four-corner 44414, composition ⿰女臺)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 273, character 3
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6827
- Dae Jaweon: page 541, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1085, character 14
- Unihan data for U+5B2F
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 懛
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*tɯː
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| 儓
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*tʰɯːs, *dɯː
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| 臺
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*dɯː
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| 擡
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*dɯː
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| 薹
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*dɯː
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| 嬯
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*dɯː
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| 檯
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*dɯː
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| 籉
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*dɯː
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Etymology
Schuessler (2007) proposed an Austroasiatic origin by comparing 嬯 (OC tə̂) to Old Khmer tai (“female person, commoner woman”) (whence Khmer ម្តាយ (mtaay, “mother”)).
This is the same word as 臺 "the lowest kind of servant" (Zuo)
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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嬯
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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12309
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Phonetic
component
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臺
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Rime
group
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之
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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臺
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Old
Chinese
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/*dɯː/
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Definitions
嬯
- † (bronze inscriptions) servant or slave women
- slow; dull, stupid
References
Japanese
Kanji
嬯
(Hyōgai kanji)
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