娙

娙 U+5A19, 娙 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A19 ← 娘 [U+5A18] CJK Unified Ideographs 娚 → [U+5A1A]

Translingual

Han character

娙 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 女一女一 (VMVM), four-corner 4141₁, composition ⿰女巠)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 262, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6305
• Dae Jaweon: page 529, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1050, character 15
• Unihan data for U+5A19

Chinese

trad.		娙
simp.		𫰛

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
羥	*kʰreːn, *kʰreːŋ
俓	*ŋɡeːn, *ŋɡreːŋ, *keːŋs
牼	*kʰreːŋ, *ɡreːŋ
硁
誙	*kʰreːŋ
娙	*ŋɡreːŋ, *ɡeːŋ
莖	*ɡreːŋ, *qreːŋ
痙	*ɡeŋʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋɡreːŋ, *ɡeːŋ) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 巠 (OC *keːŋ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xíng (xing²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jing⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: síng
    • Wade–Giles: hsing²
    • Yale: syíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyng
    • Palladius: син (sin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jing⁴
    • Yale: yìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ying⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: ngeang, heng

Rime
Character	娙	娙
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	耕 (117)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	IV
Fanqie	五莖切	戸經切
Baxter	ngeang	heng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋˠɛŋ/	/ɦeŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋᵚæŋ/	/ɦeŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋɐŋ/	/ɣɛŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋəɨjŋ/	/ɦɛjŋ/
Li Rong	/ŋɛŋ/	/ɣeŋ/
Wang Li	/ŋæŋ/	/ɣieŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋæŋ/	/ɣieŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	éng	xíng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngang4	jing4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋɡreːŋ/, /*ɡeːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	娙	娙
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	6784	6798
Phonetic component	坙	坙
Rime group	耕	耕
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	娙	㓝
Old Chinese	/*ŋɡreːŋ/	/*ɡeːŋ/

Definitions

娙

1. ^† (of a girl) tall and beautiful

Compounds

• 娙何／𫰛何
• 娙娥／𫰛娥

 

Japanese

Kanji

娙

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ごう (gō); ぎょう (gyō); こう (kō); けい (kei)
• Kun: すらりとしてみめよい (suraritoshitemimeyoi); はしたあめ (hashitāme)

Korean

Hanja

娙 • (hyeong) (hangeul 형, revised hyeong, McCune–Reischauer hyŏng)

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