宮女

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See also: 宫女

Chinese

palace; uterus female; woman; daughter
trad. (宮女) 宮 女
simp. (宫女) 宫 女
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Pronunciation

Rime
Character 宮 女
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial (聲) 見 (28) 娘 (12)
Final (韻) 東 (2) 魚 (22)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 居戎切 尼吕切
Baxter kjuwng nrjoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kɨuŋ/ /ɳɨʌX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kiuŋ/ /ɳiɔX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kiuŋ/ /niɔX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kuwŋ/ /ɳɨə̆X/
Li
Rong 		/kiuŋ/ /niɔX/
Wang
Li 		/kĭuŋ/ /nĭoX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ki̯uŋ/ /ni̯woX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jiōng nǚ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gung1 neoi5
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 宮 女
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		gōng nǚ
Middle
Chinese 		‹ kjuwng › ‹ nrjoX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*k(r)uŋ/ /*nraʔ/
English dwelling; palace; note of scale female

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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 宮 女
Reading # 1/1 1/2
No. 4147 9616
Phonetic
component 		宮 女
Rime
group 		終 魚
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		弓
Old
Chinese 		/*kuŋ/ /*naʔ/

Noun

宮女

  1. (historical) lady-in-waiting within the palace; palace maid

Synonyms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (宮女):

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
宮 女
みや
Grade: 3 		おみな
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Noun

宮(みや)女(おみな) or 宮女(みやおんな) • (miyaomina or miyaonna) ←みやをみな (myawomina)?

  1. (archaic) a woman attendant in the imperial court
    Synonyms: 宮女 (kyūjo), 女官 (nyokan)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
宮 女
きゅう
Grade: 3 		じょ
Grade: 1
kan'on

Noun

宮(きゅう)女(じょ) • (kyūjo) 

  1. a woman attendant in the imperial court; lady-in-waiting

References

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