嬟

嬟 U+5B1F, 嬟 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B1F ← 嬞 [U+5B1E] CJK Unified Ideographs 嬠 → [U+5B20]

Translingual

Han character

嬟 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 女廿土戈 (VTGI), composition ⿰女義)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 272, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6794
• Dae Jaweon: page 540, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1085, character 6
• Unihan data for U+5B1F

Chinese

trad.		嬟
simp.		𮰸

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 義 (OC *ŋrals).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐ (yi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǐ
    • Wade–Giles: i³
    • Yale: yǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yii
    • Palladius: и (i)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁶
    • Yale: yih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²²/

Definitions

嬟

1. beautiful appearance

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yì (yi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yì
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴
    • Yale: yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih
    • Palladius: и (i)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁶
    • Yale: yih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²²/

Definitions

嬟

1. Used in female personal names.

References

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