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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 38 +6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女土土 (VGG), four-corner 44414, composition)

  1. girl; beautiful girl
  2. infant, child
  3. doll

References

  • KangXi: page 261, character 29
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6262
  • Dae Jaweon: page 528, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1042, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+5A03

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*kreː, *kreː
*ɡreː, *ɡreː, *ɡreː
*ŋreː, *ŋreːʔ
*kreː
*ɡreː, *kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
*ŋreː, *ŋre
*ŋreː, *ŋre
*ŋreː
*ŋreː
*ŋreː
*ŋreːs
*qreː
*qreː, *qʷraː, *kʷeː
*qreː, *qʷraː
*ɡeː, *kʷeː
*qeːns
*ɡʷraːʔ
*ɡʷraːʔ, *ɡʷreːs, *ɡʷeː
*ɡʷraːʔ, *qʰʷe
*qʷraː, *qʷreː
*qʷraː
*kʷreːs
*kʷreːs
*kʷreːs
詿 *kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs
*kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs, *kʷeːs
*kʰʷreː, *ɡʷreːs
*ɢʷreː, *qʷreː
*kʷeː
*kʷeː
*kʷeː
*kʷeː
*kʷeː
*kʷeː, *ɡʷeː
*kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
*kʷeːs
*kʷeːs
*kʰʷeː
*kʰʷeː
*kʰʷeː
*kʰʷeː
*qʰʷeː
*ɡʷeː
*ɡʷeː, *sqʰʷe, *qʰʷe, *qʰʷi
*qʷeː, *kʰʷeːŋʔ
*kʰʷeʔ
*qʷes
*qʰʷreɡ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (34)
Final () (31)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔˠɛ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔᵚæ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔæi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔaɨj/
Li
Rong
/ʔɛ/
Wang
Li
/ai/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔai/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 4542
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qreː/

Definitions

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Compounds

  • 娃娃裝娃娃装
  • 娃娃車娃娃车
  • 娃娃魚娃娃鱼
  • 娃子
  • 嬌娃娇娃
  • 宮娃宫娃

Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. beautiful (used only for names)

Readings


Korean

Hanja

(wae) (hangeul , revised wae, McCune-Reischauer wae)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(oa)

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