娌

娌 U+5A0C, 娌 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A0C ← 娋 [U+5A0B] CJK Unified Ideographs 娍 → [U+5A0D]

Translingual

Han character

娌 (radical 38, 女+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 女田土 (VWG), four-corner 4641₄, composition ⿰女里)

References

• KangXi: page 261, character 41
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6287
• Dae Jaweon: page 528, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1051, character 3
• Unihan data for U+5A0C

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		娌

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
埋	*mrɯː
霾	*mrɯː
薶	*mrɯː
榸	*ʔr'ɯː
厘	*rɯ
狸	*rɯ
貍	*p·rɯ
梩	*rɯ
艃	*rɯ
里	*rɯʔ
理	*rɯʔ
鯉	*rɯʔ
俚	*rɯʔ
悝	*rɯʔ, *km̥ʰlɯː
娌	*rɯʔ
裏	*rɯʔ
荲	*r̥ʰɯɡ, *l̥ʰuɡ, *hluɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *rɯʔ): semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 里 (OC *rɯʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǐ (li³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: lǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˇ
    • Wade–Giles: li3
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lii
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǐ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lei⁵
    • Yale: léih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: léi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: /lɨ^X/

Rime
Character	娌
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	良士切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨX/
Pan Wuyun	/lɨX/
Shao Rongfen	/lieX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɨX/
Li Rong	/liəX/
Wang Li	/lĭəX/
Bernard Karlgren	/liX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lei5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*rɯʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	娌
Reading #	1/1
No.	7831
Phonetic component	里
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	里
Old Chinese	/*rɯʔ/
Notes	見方言

Definitions

娌

1. Only used in 妯娌 (zhóuli).

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Japanese

Kanji

娌

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. brother's wife

Readings

• Go-on: り (ri)
• Kan-on: り (ri)
• Kun: あいよめ (aiyome, 娌)^{←あひよめ (afiyome, historical)}

See also

• 兄嫁(あによめ) (aniyome, “elder brother's wife”)

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Vietnamese

Han character

娌: Hán Nôm readings: lí

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References

• Nom Foundation