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嫖

嫖

Translingual

Han character

嫖 (radical 38 女+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 女一田火 (VMWF), four-corner 41491, composition ⿰女票)

References

  • KangXi: page 269, character 21
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6637
  • Dae Jaweon: page 537, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1076, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+5AD6

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 嫖

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (票) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
標 *pew, *pewʔ
鏢 *pew, *pʰew
瘭 *pew
幖 *pew
熛 *pew
蔈 *pew
膘 *prew, *pʰewʔ, *bewʔ, *spewʔ
褾 *pewʔ
票 *pʰew
飄 *pʰew, *bew
漂 *pʰew, *pʰews
螵 *pʰew, *bew
瞟 *pʰew, *pʰewʔ
嫖 *pʰew, *pʰews
旚 *pʰew
僄 *pʰew, *pʰews
慓 *pʰew, *pʰews, *bewʔ
彯 *pʰew, *pʰews
摽 *pʰew, *pʰews, *bewʔ
翲 *pʰew, *pʰews
嘌 *pʰew
縹 *pʰewʔ
醥 *pʰewʔ
顠 *pʰewʔ, *bewʔ
篻 *pʰewʔ, *mbew
剽 *pʰews, *bew
勡 *pʰews
薸 *bew
瓢 *bew
鰾 *bewʔ
驃 *bews

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *pʰew, *pʰews) : semantic 女 + phonetic 票 ‎(OC *pʰew).

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

嫖

  1. to visit prostitutes; to patronise prostitutes

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character 嫖 嫖
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 滂 (2) 滂 (2)
Final (韻) 宵 (91) 宵 (91)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 撫招切 匹妙切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /pʰiᴇu/ /pʰiᴇuH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /pʰiɛu/ /pʰiɛuH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /pʰjæu/ /pʰjæuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /pʰiaw/ /pʰiawH/
Li
Rong		 /pʰiɛu/ /pʰiɛuH/
Wang
Li		 /pʰĭɛu/ /pʰĭɛuH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /pʰi̯ɛu/ /pʰi̯ɛuH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 piāo piào
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 嫖 嫖
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 9756 9778
Phonetic
component		 票 票
Rime
group		 宵 宵
Rime
subdivision		 2 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 爂 剽
Old
Chinese		 /*pʰew/ /*pʰews/

Definitions

嫖

  1. †nimble; agile

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

嫖

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

嫖 • ‎(pyo) (hangeul 표, revised pyo, McCune-Reischauer p'yo)

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Vietnamese

Han character

嫖 (phiêu, phếu, phiếu, tẹo, phèo)

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