嫗
See also: 妪
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Translingual edit
Han character edit
嫗 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 女尸口口 (VSRR), four-corner 41416, composition ⿰女區)
Descendants edit
References edit
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 269, character 23
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6640
- Dae Jaweon: page 537, character 13
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1076, character 4
- Unihan data for U+5AD7
Chinese edit
trad. | 嫗 | |
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simp. | 妪 |
Glyph origin edit
Historical forms of the character 嫗 |
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Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
Small seal script |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *qos) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 區 (OC *qoː, *kʰo).
Etymology edit
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ʔu (“egg; bird”).
Pronunciation 1 is a departing tone derivation from pronunciation 2, literally "the one who is breeding" (Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation 1 edit
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嫗
Compounds edit
Pronunciation 2 edit
Definitions edit
嫗
- † (of birds) to incubate; to sit on eggs
- † to warm with one's body
- † to raise; to nurture
- † friendly; affable
Compounds edit
References edit
- “嫗”, 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 edit
Alternative forms edit
Kanji edit
嫗
Readings edit
Etymology edit
Originally /omi1na/. Likely realized as [omina] (see Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai). The initial /o/ expressed "grown, large" and contrasted with /wo/ "young, youth" found in womina "woman". Contrasts with 翁 (okina).
Noun edit
- a grown woman
- an old woman
Korean edit
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