嫢

嫢 U+5AE2, 嫢 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5AE2 ← 嫡 [U+5AE1] CJK Unified Ideographs 嫣 → [U+5AE3]

Translingual

Han character

嫢 (radical 38, 女+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 手山女 (QUV), four-corner 5640₄, composition ⿱規女)

References

• KangXi: page 270, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6658
• Dae Jaweon: page 537, character 29
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1075, character 3
• Unihan data for U+5AE2

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Chinese

trad.		嫢
simp.		𫰹

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
嫢	*ɡeːnʔ, *skʷe1, *ɡʷilʔ
規	*kʷel
槻	*kʷel
鬹	*kʷel
摫	*kʷel
瞡	*kʷels, *kʷils
窺	*kʰʷel
闚	*kʰʷel

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guī (gui¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwai¹
• Min Nan (POJ): kui / kúi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: guī
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟ
    • Wade–Giles: kuei1
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guei
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guei
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kweɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kwai¹
    • Yale: kwāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kui / kúi
    • Tâi-lô: kui / kuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuy, kuie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kui⁴⁴/, /kui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kui³³/, /kui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kui⁴⁴/, /kui⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kui⁴⁴/, /kui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kui⁴⁴/, /kui⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡siᴇ/, /ɡiuɪ^X/, /ɦen^X/

Rime
Character	嫢	嫢	嫢
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	群 (30)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	支 (11)	脂 (16)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III	IV
Fanqie	姊移切	求癸切	胡典切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siᴇ/	/ɡiuɪX/	/ɦenX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siɛ/	/ɡʷiX/	/ɦenX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sjɛ/	/ɡjuɪX/	/ɣɛnX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡siə̆/	/gwiX/	/ɦɛnX/
Li Rong	/t͡sie/	/ɡuiX/	/ɣenX/
Wang Li	/t͡sǐe/	/ɡwiX/	/ɣienX/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sie̯/	/gwiX/	/ɣienX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zī	guì	xiàn

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡeːnʔ/, /*skʷe1/, /*ɡʷilʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嫢	嫢	嫢
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	4602	4603	4612
Phonetic component	規	規	規
Rime group	元	歌	脂
Rime subdivision	2	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	峴		揆
Old Chinese	/*ɡeːnʔ/	/*skʷe1/	/*ɡʷilʔ/
Notes		見方言。規由宜校改

Definitions

嫢

1. beautiful waist or lower back

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Japanese

Kanji

嫢

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): き (ki), い (i), ぎ (gi), し (shi), けん (ken), げん (gen)
• Kun: あきらか (akiraka), しなやか (shinayaka), たおやか (taoyaka)

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Korean

Hanja

嫢 • (gyu) (hangeul 규, revised gyu, McCune–Reischauer kyu)

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