姏

姏 U+59CF, 姏 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59CF ← 姎 [U+59CE] CJK Unified Ideographs 姐 → [U+59D0]

Translingual

Han character

姏 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 女廿一 (VTM), four-corner 4447₀, composition ⿰女甘)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 258, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6171
• Dae Jaweon: page 524, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1035, character 3
• Unihan data for U+59CF

Chinese

trad.		姏
simp. #		姏

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (甘) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
紺	*kɯːms
姏	*mɡaːm
嵌	*sɡaːmʔ, *kʰraːm
甘	*kaːm
柑	*kaːm
苷	*kaːm
泔	*kaːm
坩	*kaːm, *kʰaːm
蚶	*ɢaːm, *ɢaːm
酣	*ɢaːm
甝	*ɢaːm
魽	*ɢaːm
邯	*ɡaːm, *ɡaːm
鉗	*ɡram
箝	*ɡram
黚	*ɡram, *ɡrɯm
拑	*ɡram

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mán (man²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mán
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mán
    • Wade–Giles: man²
    • Yale: mán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: man
    • Palladius: мань (manʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /män³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maan⁴
    • Yale: màahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: man⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: mam

Rime
Character	姏
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	談 (143)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	武酣切
Baxter	mam
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɑm/
Pan Wuyun	/mɑm/
Shao Rongfen	/mɑm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mam/
Li Rong	/mɑm/
Wang Li	/mɑm/
Bernard Karlgren	/mɑm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	maan4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mɡaːm/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	姏
Reading #	1/1
No.	3650
Phonetic component	甘
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	姏
Old Chinese	/*mɡaːm/

Definitions

姏

1. old woman

Compounds

• 姏母
• 老姏

 

Japanese

Kanji

姏

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ばん (ban); まん (man); かん (kan); こん (kon)
• Kun: ばば (baba)