姶

姶 U+59F6, 姶 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59F6 ← 姵 [U+59F5] CJK Unified Ideographs 姷 → [U+59F7]

Translingual

Han character

姶 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女人一口 (VOMR), four-corner 4846₁, composition ⿰女合)

1. beautiful
2. good-looking

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 261, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6242
• Dae Jaweon: page 527, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1046, character 2
• Unihan data for U+59F6

Chinese

trad.		姶
simp. #		姶

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 姶
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
龕	*kʰuːm
媕	*quːm, *qromʔ, *qɯːm, *qramʔ, *qɯːb
頜	*ɡuːmʔ, *kuːb
答	*tkuːb
畣	*tkuːb
荅	*tkuːb
嗒	*tuːb, *tʰoːb
褡	*tuːb, *toːb
撘	*tuːb
搭	*tuːb, *tʰoːb
榙	*tkuːb, *ɡuːb
佮	*tkʰuːb, *kuːb, *quːb, *quːb
蛤	*kuːb
鴿	*kuːb
合	*kuːb, *ɡuːb
郃	*kuːb, *ɡuːb
匌	*kuːb, *kʰuːb
鉿	*kuːb
閤	*kuːb
鞈	*kuːb, *kruːb
韐	*kuːb, *kruːb
鮯	*kuːb
哈	*ŋɡuːb
姶	*quːb, *quːb
欱	*qʰuːb, *qʰruːb
盒	*ɡuːb
耠	*ɡuːb
詥	*ɡuːb
塔	*tʰuːb
鞳	*tʰoːb
劄	*rtuːb
跲	*kruːb, *kob, *ɡob
袷	*kruːb, *ŋkob
餄	*kruːb
恰	*kʰruːb
帢	*kʰruːb
洽	*ɡruːb
祫	*ɡruːb
珨	*ɡruːb
烚	*ɡruːb
歙	*qʰjob, *qʰrub
湁	*tkʰub
拾	*ɡjub
給	*krub
翕	*qʰrub
噏	*qʰrub
潝	*qʰrub
熻	*qʰrub
嬆	*qʰrub
翖	*qʰrub
闟	*qʰrub

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): è (e⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ap¹, ngap¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: è
    • Zhuyin: ㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: è
    • Wade–Giles: o⁴
    • Yale: è
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eh
    • Palladius: э (e)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ap¹, ngap¹
    • Yale: āp, ngāp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ap⁷, ngap⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: eb¹, ngeb¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐp̚⁵/, /ŋɐp̚⁵/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

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• Middle Chinese: 'op

Rime
Character	姶
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	覃 (160)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	烏合切
Baxter	'op
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔʌp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔəp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɒp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔəp̚/
Li Rong	/ʔᴀp̚/
Wang Li	/ɒp̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔăp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	e
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ap3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*quːb/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	姶	姶
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	4967	4976
Phonetic component	合	合
Rime group	緝	緝
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	姶	姶
Old Chinese	/*quːb/	/*quːb/

Definitions

姶

1. exquisite; fine
2. clever; bright
3. silent
4. used in female names

References

• (Cantonese) Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 92
• International Encoded Han Character and Variants Database

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yà (ya⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yà
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yà
    • Wade–Giles: ya⁴
    • Yale: yà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yah
    • Palladius: я (ja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä⁵¹/

Definitions

姶

1. nimble
2. cute
3. lovable

Japanese

Kanji

姶

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. beautiful
2. good-looking

Readings

• On (unclassified): おう (ō)
• Kun: しずか (shizuka); あい (ai)