嬪
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Translingual edit
Han character edit
嬪 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 女十一金 (VJMC), four-corner 43486, composition ⿰女賓)
Descendants edit
References edit
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 272, character 37
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6819
- Dae Jaweon: page 541, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1087, character 19
- Unihan data for U+5B2A
Chinese edit
trad. | 嬪 | |
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simp. | 嫔 | |
alternative forms | 𡣕 |
Glyph origin edit
Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *bin) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 賓 (OC *mpin) – a kind of woman, a court lady or maid. 賓 also means “obey, submit”, hence connotations of “an obedient woman, a maid”.
Etymology edit
Endopassive form of 賓 (OC *mpin, “to receive like a guest”).
Pronunciation edit
Definitions edit
嬪
- (historical) court lady
- (historical) palace maid
- (archaic) a posthumous name for wives in Zhou ritual
- 生曰父、曰母、曰妻,死曰考、曰妣、曰嬪。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Book of Rites, c. 4th – 2nd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Shēng yuē fù, yuē mǔ, yuē qī, sǐ yuē kǎo, yuē bǐ, yuē pín. [Pinyin]
- While they are alive, the names of father, mother, and wife are used; when they are dead, those of "the completed one", "the corresponding one", and "the honoured one".
生曰父、曰母、曰妻,死曰考、曰妣、曰嫔。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Compounds edit
Japanese edit
娦 | |
嬪 |
Kanji edit
嬪
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 娦)
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Etymology edit
From Middle Chinese 嬪 (MC bjin). Recorded as Middle Korean 비ᇰ (ping) (Yale: ping) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
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References edit
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [1]
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