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嬈
嬈
See also: 娆
Translingual
Han character
嬈 (radical 38 女+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 女土土山 (VGGU), four-corner 44412, composition ⿰女堯)
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. | 嬈 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 娆 | |
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (垚) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 撓 | *hŋaːw, *rŋaːw, *rnaːwʔ |
| 鐃 | *rŋaːw |
| 譊 | *rŋaːw |
| 橈 | *rŋaːws, *ŋjew |
| 磽 | *ŋ̥ʰreːw, *ŋreːws, *ŋ̥ʰeːwʔ |
| 墝 | *ŋ̥ʰreːw |
| 穘 | *hŋreːw |
| 顤 | *hŋreːw, *ŋeːws |
| 燒 | *hŋjew, *hŋjaws |
| 饒 | *ŋjew, *ŋjaws |
| 蟯 | *ŋjew, *ʔŋew |
| 蕘 | *ŋjew |
| 襓 | *ŋjew |
| 繞 | *ŋjewʔ, *ŋjaws |
| 遶 | *ŋjewʔ |
| 嬈 | *njewʔ, *neːwʔ, *hŋeːws |
| 趬 | *ŋ̥ʰew, *ŋ̥ʰews |
| 蹺 | *ŋ̥ʰew |
| 翹 | *ɡew, *ɡews |
| 澆 | *ŋkeːw, *ŋeːws |
| 驍 | *ŋkeːw |
| 僥 | *kŋeːwʔ, *ŋeːw |
| 堯 | *ŋeːw |
| 垚 | *ŋeːw |
| 嶢 | *ŋeːw |
| 獟 | *ŋeːws |
| 膮 | *hŋeːw, *hŋeːwʔ |
| 嘵 | *hŋeːw |
| 憢 | *hŋeːw |
| 曉 | *hŋeːwʔ |
| 皢 | *hŋeːwʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *njewʔ, *neːwʔ, *hŋeːws) : semantic 女 (“female”) + phonetic 堯 (OC *ŋeːw).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄖㄠˊ
- Wade-Giles: jao2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rau
- IPA (key): /ʐɑʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: jiu5, jiu4
- Yale: yíuh, yìuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: jiu5, jiu4
- IPA (key): /jiːu̯¹³/, /jiːu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiâu
- Tâi-lô: hiâu
- Phofsit Daibuun: hiaau
- IPA (Xiamen): /hiaʊ²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /hiaʊ²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiaʊ¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /hiaʊ²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiaʊ²³/
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Character | 嬈 | 嬈 | 嬈 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 泥 (8) | 日 (38) | 曉 (32) |
| Final (韻) | 蕭 (93) | 宵 (91) | 蕭 (93) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Rising (X) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | IV | III | IV |
| Fanqie | 奴鳥切 | 而沼切 | 火弔切 |
| 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 | 嬈 | 嬈 | 嬈 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| No. | 14675 | 14684 | 14702 |
| Phonetic component |
垚 | 垚 | 垚 |
| Rime group |
宵 | 宵 | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
擾 | 嬲 | 𢿿 |
| Old Chinese |
/*njewʔ/ | /*neːwʔ/ | /*hŋeːws/ |
Definitions
嬈
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Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
嬈
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)
Vietnamese
Han character
- Hán Việt: nhiêu
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