婍

婍 U+5A4D, 婍 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A4D ← 婌 [U+5A4C] CJK Unified Ideographs 婎 → [U+5A4E]

Translingual

Han character

婍 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女大一口 (VKMR), four-corner 4442₁, composition ⿰女奇)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 264, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6401
• Dae Jaweon: page 531, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1057, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5A4D

Chinese

trad.		婍
simp. #		婍

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
奇	*kral, *ɡral
畸	*kral
剞	*kral, *kralʔ
羇	*kral
掎	*kral, *kralʔ, *kʰrals
攲	*kral, *kralʔ, *kʰral
躸	*kral
踦	*kralʔ, *kʰral
寄	*krals
徛	*krals, *ɡralʔ
欹	*kʰral, *qral
崎	*kʰral, *ɡɯl
觭	*kʰral, *kʰralʔ
碕	*kʰral, *kʰralʔ, *ɡral, *ɡɯl
綺	*kʰralʔ
婍	*kʰralʔ
騎	*ɡral, *ɡrals
琦	*ɡral
鵸	*ɡral
錡	*ɡral, *ɡralʔ, *ŋɡralʔ
輢	*ɡrals, *qralʔ, *qrals
齮	*ŋɡralʔ
犄	*qral
猗	*qral, *qralʔ
椅	*qral, *qralʔ
旖	*qral, *qralʔ
陭	*qral, *qrals
檹	*qral
漪	*qral
倚	*qralʔ, *qrals

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰralʔ) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 奇 (OC *kral, *ɡral)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐ (qi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kei²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi³
    • Yale: chǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chii
    • Palladius: ци (ci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kei²
    • Yale: kéi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: kéi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: khjeX

Rime
Character	婍
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	支 (13)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	墟彼切
Baxter	khjeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰˠiᴇX/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰᵚiɛX/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰiɛX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰjiə̆X/
Li Rong	/kʰjeX/
Wang Li	/kʰǐeX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰie̯X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hei2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰralʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	婍
Reading #	1/1
No.	9993
Phonetic component	奇
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	綺
Old Chinese	/*kʰralʔ/

Definitions

婍

1. (literary) beautiful appearance

References

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 93

Japanese

Kanji

婍

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): き (ki)
• Kun: みめよい (mimeyoi)

Vietnamese

Han character

婍: Hán Nôm readings: gả

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