妘

妘 U+5998, 妘 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5998 ← 妗 [U+5997] CJK Unified Ideographs 妙 → [U+5999]

Translingual

Han character

妘 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 女一一戈 (VMMI), four-corner 4143₁, composition ⿰女云)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 256, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6088
• Dae Jaweon: page 521, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1029, character 13
• Unihan data for U+5998

Chinese

trad.		妘
simp. #		妘
alternative forms		㜏／㛣 𡛍 𡞩 𡤀 𪔈

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
魂	*ɢuːn
沄	*ɢuːn, *ɢun
忶	*ɢuːn, *ɢuns
囩	*ɢun
夽	*ŋunʔ
雲	*ɢun
芸	*ɢun
耘	*ɢun
妘	*ɢun
紜	*ɢun
云	*ɢun
耺	*ɢun
蕓	*ɢun
澐	*ɢun
橒	*ɢun
抎	*ɢunʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢun) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 云 (OC *ɢun).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yún (yun²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yún
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yún
    • Wade–Giles: yün²
    • Yale: yún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yun
    • Palladius: юнь (junʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /yn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wan⁴
    • Yale: wàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: hjun

Rime
Character	妘
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	文 (59)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	王分切
Baxter	hjun
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɨun/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦiun/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦun/
Li Rong	/ɣiuən/
Wang Li	/ɣĭuən/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯uən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yún
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wan4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢun/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	妘
Reading #	1/1
No.	16361
Phonetic component	云
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	雲
Old Chinese	/*ɢun/

Definitions

妘

1. a surname
2. Used in female personal names.

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 妘 – see 𡢅. (This character is the simplified form of 𡢅).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji

妘

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): うん (un)