娭

娭 U+5A2D, 娭 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A2D ← 娬 [U+5A2C] CJK Unified Ideographs 娮 → [U+5A2E]

Translingual

Han character

娭 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 女戈人大 (VIOK), four-corner 4343₄, composition ⿰女矣)

1. to play around, frolic
2. ancient term of disparagement for women
3. (dialect) grandmother (used in the word 娭她)
4. (dialect) honorific for older women (used in the word 娭她)
5. slave girl, servant girl

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 263, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6341
• Dae Jaweon: page 530, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1054, character 14
• Unihan data for U+5A2D

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
唉	*qʰlɯː, *qɯː, *qrɯː, *qrɯːʔ
埃	*qlɯː
欸	*qɯː, *qʰrɯːs
娭	*qɯː, *qʰlɯ
挨	*qlɯːʔ, *qrɯː, *qrɯːʔ
騃	*ŋrɯːʔ, *sɢrɯʔ
俟	*sɢrɯʔ, *ɡlɯl
竢	*sɢrɯʔ
涘	*sɢrɯʔ
誒	*qʰlɯ
矣	*ɢlɯʔ

Etymology 1

trad.		娭
simp. #		娭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xī (xi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: si
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹
    • Yale: syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
    • Palladius: си (si)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hei¹
    • Yale: hēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: xi

Rime
Character	娭
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	許其切
Baxter	xi
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/hɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/xie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɨ/
Li Rong	/xiə/
Wang Li	/xĭə/
Bernard Karlgren	/xi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hei1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰlɯ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	娭
Reading #	2/2
No.	14949
Phonetic component	矣
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	僖
Old Chinese	/*qʰlɯ/
Notes	後作嬉

Definitions

娭

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Compounds

• 娭笑

 

Etymology 2

trad.		娭
simp. #		娭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): āi (ai¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄞ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): oi¹ / aai¹ / ngaai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: āi
    • Zhuyin: ㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ai
    • Wade–Giles: ai¹
    • Yale: āi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ai
    • Palladius: ай (aj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: oi¹ / aai¹ / ngaai¹
    • Yale: ōi / āai / ngāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: oi¹ / aai¹ / ngaai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: oi¹ / ai¹ / ngai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːi̯⁵⁵/, /aːi̯⁵⁵/, /ŋaːi̯⁵⁵/

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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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qɯː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	娭
Reading #	1/2
No.	14936
Phonetic component	矣
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	哀
Old Chinese	/*qɯː/

Definitions

娭

1. A dialectal term used to address one's paternal grandmother.
2. A term of respect for an elderly woman.

Compounds

• 娭她 (āijiě)
• 娭毑 (āijiě)

 

References

• “娭”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

娭

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): き (ki)、あい (ai)
• Kun: たわむれる (tawamureru)、はしため (hashitame)

Korean

Hanja

娭 • (ae) (hangeul 애, revised ae, McCune–Reischauer ae)

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