娭

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

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Translingual

Han character

娭 (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. (dialectal) grandmother (used in the word 娭她)
4. (dialectal) honorific for older women (used in the word 娭她)
5. slave girl, servant girl

References

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

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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

simp. and trad.		娭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xī (xi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
    • Wade–Giles: hsih¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
    • Tongyong Pinyin: si
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi˥/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei¹
    • Yale: hēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi¹
    • IPA ^(key): /hei̯˥/

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• Middle Chinese: /hɨ/▼

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
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

• 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

simp. and trad.		娭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): āi (ai¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄞ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): oi¹, aai¹, ngaai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: āi
    • Zhuyin: ㄞ
    • Wade–Giles: ai¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ai
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ai
    • IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯˥/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: oi¹, aai¹, ngaai¹
    • Yale: ōi, āai, ngāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: oi¹, aai¹, ngaai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: oi¹, ai¹, ngai¹
    • IPA ^(key): /ɔːy̯˥/, /äːi̯˥/, /ŋäːi̯˥/

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

• 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–

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Japanese

Kanji

娭

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): き (ki), あい (ai)
• Kun: たほむれる (tahomureru), はしため (hashitame)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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