U+59E3, 姣
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59E3

[U+59E2]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+59E4]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 38, +6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女卜金大 (VYCK), four-corner 40448, composition )

  1. graceful
  2. beautiful, handsome, pretty
  3. cunning
  4. a surname

References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 260, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6214
  • Dae Jaweon: page 526, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1047, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+59E3

Chinese

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trad.
simp. #

Glyph origin

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Note: giou1 - Chaozhou.

Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2
Initial () (28)
Final () (90)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Baxter kaewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠauX/
Pan
Wuyun
/kᵚauX/
Shao
Rongfen
/kauX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kaɨwX/
Li
Rong
/kauX/
Wang
Li
/kauX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kauX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiǎo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gaau2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2
No. 6311
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kreːwʔ/

Definitions

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  1. (literary) beautiful

Compounds

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Etymology 2

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trad.
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alternative forms Hakka
Hokkien
Hokkien; Leizhou Min

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2
Initial () (33)
Final () (90)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Baxter haew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦˠau/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦᵚau/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣau/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦaɨw/
Li
Rong
/ɣau/
Wang
Li
/ɣau/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɣau/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xiáo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
haau4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 2/2
No. 6325
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡreːw/

Definitions

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  1. (obsolete or Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien, Leizhou Min, Hainanese, of a woman) lewd; flirtatious
  2. (Cantonese) to flirt with; to seduce
Synonyms
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Compounds

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References

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. beautiful
  2. handsome
  3. pretty

Readings

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Usage notes
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This kanji is very rare in Japanese.

Korean

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Hanja

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(gyo) (hangeul , revised gyo, McCune–Reischauer kyo)

  1. lovely, charming
  2. lewdness

Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: giảo

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