嫭

嫭 U+5AED, 嫭 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5AED ← 嫬 [U+5AEC] CJK Unified Ideographs 嫮 → [U+5AEE]

Translingual

Han character

嫭 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 女卜心木 (VYPD), four-corner 4144₉, composition ⿰女虖)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 270, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6679
• Dae Jaweon: page 538, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1076, character 12
• Unihan data for U+5AED

Chinese

trad.		嫭
simp. #		嫭
alternative forms		嫮

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
罅	*qʰraːs
呼	*qʰaː
軤	*qʰaː
苸	*qʰaː
嘑	*qʰaː
歑	*qʰaː
謼	*qʰaː, *qʰaːs
滹	*qʰaː
乎	*ɢaː
虖	*qʰaː, *qʰʷa, *qʰaː, *qʰʷa
嫭	*ɢaːs

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hù (hu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hù
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hù
    • Wade–Giles: hu⁴
    • Yale: hù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huh
    • Palladius: ху (xu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wu⁶
    • Yale: wuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː²²/

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• Middle Chinese: huH

Rime
Character	嫭
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	胡誤切
Baxter	huH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦuoH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦuoH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣoH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦɔH/
Li Rong	/ɣoH/
Wang Li	/ɣuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣuoH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wu6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢaːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嫭
Reading #	1/1
No.	5191
Phonetic component	乎
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	護
Old Chinese	/*ɢaːs/

Definitions

嫭

1. (literary) fine; beautiful
2. (literary) beauty; beautiful lady

Japanese

Kanji

嫭

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): こ (ko)、ご (go)
• Kun: おとめ (otome)、みめよいさま (mimeyoisama)、ねたむ (netamu)