姱

姱 U+59F1, 姱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59F1 ← 姰 [U+59F0] CJK Unified Ideographs 姲 → [U+59F2]

Translingual

Han character

姱 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女大一尸 (VKMS), four-corner 4442₇, composition ⿰女夸)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 260, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6235
• Dae Jaweon: page 527, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1043, character 8
• Unihan data for U+59F1

Chinese

trad.		姱
simp. #		姱

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
侉	*qaːls
夸	*kʰʷraː
姱	*kʰʷraː
胯	*kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs
跨	*kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːʔ, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs
誇	*kʰʷraː
垮	*kʰʷraːʔ
銙	*kʰʷraːʔ
骻	*kʰʷraːʔ
咵	*kʰʷraːʔ
釫	*ɢʷraː, *qʷaː
摦	*ɡʷraːs
鮬	*pɢʷaː, *kʰʷaː
嶀	*qʰʷl'aː
扝	*kʰʷaː, *qʷaː
刳	*kʰʷaː
郀	*kʰʷaː
挎	*kʰʷaː
袴	*kʰʷaːs
絝	*kʰʷaːs
褲	*kʰʷaːs
恗	*qʰaː
洿	*ɡʷaːʔ, *qʷaː
瓠	*ɡʷlaː, *ɡʷlaːs
鄠	*ɢʷlaːʔ
污	*qʷaː, *qʷaːs
杇	*qʷaː
圬	*qʷaː
鴮	*qʷaː
盓	*qʷaː
汙	*qʷaːs, *ɢʷa
樗	*qʰʷl'a
摴	*qʰʷl'a
荂	*pqʰʷa, *qʰʷa
雩	*qʰʷla, *ɢʷla
吁	*qʰʷa, *ɢʷas
盱	*qʰʷa
訏	*qʰʷa
扜	*qʰʷa, *qʷa
旴	*qʰʷa
冔	*qʰʷaʔ
紆	*qʷa
陓	*qʷa
迂	*qʷa, *qʷaʔ, *ɢʷa
虶	*qʷa
于	*ɢʷa
盂	*ɢʷa
竽	*ɢʷa
邘	*ɢʷa
玗	*ɢʷa
芋	*ɢʷa, *ɢʷas
杅	*ɢʷa
釪	*ɢʷa
骬	*ɢʷa
謣	*ɢʷla
宇	*ɢʷaʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuā (kua¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwaa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuā
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kua
    • Wade–Giles: kʻua¹
    • Yale: kwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kua
    • Palladius: куа (kua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kwaa¹
    • Yale: kwā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kua¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰaː⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: khwae

Rime
Character	姱
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	麻 (99)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	苦瓜切
Baxter	khwae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰˠua/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰʷᵚa/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰua/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰwaɨ/
Li Rong	/kʰua/
Wang Li	/kʰwa/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰwa/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kuā
Expected Cantonese Reflex	faa1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰʷraː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	姱
Reading #	1/1
No.	15649
Phonetic component	于
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	誇
Old Chinese	/*kʰʷraː/
Notes	見招魂

Definitions

姱

1. (literary) beautiful; fine
2. (literary) exaggerative; exaggeratedly embellished

Japanese

Kanji

姱

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. beautiful
2. handsome
3. elegant

Readings

• On (unclassified): か (ka); け (ke); こ (ko); ご (go); く (ku)
• Kun: おごるさま (ogorusama); みめよい (mimeyoi); うつくしい (utsukushī)

Korean

Hanja

姱 • (gwa) (hangeul 과, revised gwa, McCune–Reischauer kwa, Yale kwa)

1. 아름다울: beautiful

Vietnamese

Han character

姱: Hán Nôm readings: khoa

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References

• Nom Foundation