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Translingual

Han character

(radical 38 +12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 女土土山 (VGGU), four-corner 44412, composition)

  1. graceful, charming, fascinating

References

  • KangXi: page 271, character 26
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6734
  • Dae Jaweon: page 539, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1078, character 19
  • Unihan data for U+5B08

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*hŋaːw, *rŋaːw, *rnaːwʔ
*rŋaːw
*rŋaːw
*rŋaːws, *ŋjew
*ŋ̥ʰreːw, *ŋreːws, *ŋ̥ʰeːwʔ
*ŋ̥ʰreːw
*hŋreːw
*hŋreːw, *ŋeːws
*hŋjew, *hŋjaws
*ŋjew, *ŋjaws
*ŋjew, *ʔŋew
*ŋjew
*ŋjew
*ŋjewʔ, *ŋjaws
*ŋjewʔ
*njewʔ, *neːwʔ, *hŋeːws
*ŋ̥ʰew, *ŋ̥ʰews
*ŋ̥ʰew
*ɡew, *ɡews
*ŋkeːw, *ŋeːws
*ŋkeːw
*kŋeːwʔ, *ŋeːw
*ŋeːw
*ŋeːw
*ŋeːw
*ŋeːws
*hŋeːw, *hŋeːwʔ
*hŋeːw
*hŋeːw
*hŋeːwʔ
*hŋeːwʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *njewʔ, *neːwʔ, *hŋeːws) : semantic  (female) + phonetic  (OC *ŋeːw).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Initial () (8) (38) (32)
Final () (93) (91) (93)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () IV III IV
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/neuX/ /ȵiᴇuX/ /heuH/
Pan
Wuyun
/neuX/ /ȵiɛuX/ /heuH/
Shao
Rongfen
/neuX/ /ȵʑjæuX/ /xeuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/nɛwX/ /ȵiawX/ /hɛwH/
Li
Rong
/neuX/ /ȵiɛuX/ /xeuH/
Wang
Li
/nieuX/ /ȵʑĭɛuX/ /xieuH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/nieuX/ /ȵʑi̯ɛuX/ /xieuH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
niǎo rǎo xiào
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
No. 14675 14684 14702
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
𢿿
Old
Chinese
/*njewʔ/ /*neːwʔ/ /*hŋeːws/

Definitions

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Compounds

  • 嬈惱娆恼
  • 嬌嬈娇娆
  • 賣妖嬈卖妖娆

References


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. graceful
  2. charming
  3. fascinating

Readings

  • On: でう (deu), ねう (neu), ぜう (zeu), だう (dau), えう (eu), けう (keu)
  • Kun: わずるわしい (wazuruwashii), なやむ (nayamu)

Korean

Hanja

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

  1. troublesome, suffer
  2. ridiculing
  3. agony
  4. disarrange
  5. dizzy
  6. charming
  7. weak

Vietnamese

Han character

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References