嬇

See also: 𫝬

嬇 U+5B07, 嬇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B07 ← 嬆 [U+5B06] CJK Unified Ideographs 嬈 → [U+5B08]

Translingual

Han character

嬇 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 女中一金 (VLMC), four-corner 4548₆, composition ⿰女貴)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 271, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6733
• Dae Jaweon: page 539, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1080, character 14
• Unihan data for U+5B07

Chinese

trad.		嬇
simp.		𫝬

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
藬	*l'uːl
僓	*l̥ʰuːlʔ, *ɡluːds
頹	*l'uːl
穨	*l'uːl
蘈	*l'uːl
隤	*l'uːl
墤	*l'uːl, *kʰruːds
尵	*l'uːl, *r'uːl
蹪	*l'uːl
瀢	*l'uːlʔ, *lulʔ
鞼	*kluːl, *ɡruls
膭	*kluːl, *ɡluːls
憒	*kluːds
靧	*ɡluːds
潰	*ɡluːls
繢	*ɡluːds
嬇	*ɡluːds, *kʰruːds
殨	*ɡluːds
闠	*ɡluːds
簣	*kʰruːds, *ɡruds
嘳	*kʰruːds, *kʰruds
蕢	*kʰruːds, *ɡruds
聵	*ŋɡruːds
樻	*kʰruds, *ɡruds
䙡	*kʰruds, *kʰluds
匱	*ɡruds
臾	*ɡruds, *lo
饋	*ɡruls
櫃	*ɡruds
遺	*lul, *luls
壝	*lul, *lulʔ
瞶	*luls, *kluls
貴	*kluds

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuì (kui⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wui⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuèi
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuei⁴
    • Yale: kwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuey
    • Palladius: куй (kuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wui⁶
    • Yale: wuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wui⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wui⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: khweajH, hwojH

Rime
Character	嬇	嬇
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	皆 (34)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	II	I
Fanqie	苦怪切	胡對切
Baxter	khweajH	hwojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰˠuɛiH/	/ɦuʌiH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰʷᵚæiH/	/ɦuoiH/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰuɐiH/	/ɣuɒiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰwəɨjH/	/ɦwəjH/
Li Rong	/kʰuɛiH/	/ɣuᴀiH/
Wang Li	/kʰwɐiH/	/ɣuɒiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰwăiH/	/ɣuɑ̆iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kuài	huì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	faai3	wui6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡluːds/, /*kʰruːds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嬇	嬇
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	4718	4725
Phonetic component	貴	貴
Rime group	隊	隊
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	潰	蒯
Old Chinese	/*ɡluːds/	/*kʰruːds/
Notes	見世本	見世本

Definitions

嬇

1. Used in female personal names.

References

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 95

Japanese

Kanji

嬇

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): かい (kai)^{←くわい (kwai, historical)}; え (e)^{←ゑ (we, historical)}; け (ke)^{←け (ke, historical)←くゑ (kwe, ancient)}