玥

玥 U+73A5, 玥 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-73A5 ← 玤 [U+73A4] CJK Unified Ideographs 玦 → [U+73A6]

玥 U+2F92B, 玥 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F92B ← 㺬 [U+2F92A] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 㺸 → [U+2F92C]

Translingual

Han character

玥 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 一土月 (MGB) or 難一土月 (XMGB), four-corner 1712₀, composition ⿰𤣩月)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 728, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20867
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1104, character 15
• Unihan data for U+73A5

• Unihan data for U+2F92B

Chinese

simp. and trad.		玥

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
刖	*ŋroːd, *ŋod, *ŋuːd
枂	*ŋoːd, *ŋod
月	*ŋod
跀	*ŋod
抈	*ŋod
鈅	*ŋod
玥	*ŋod
蚏	*ɢod

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuè (yue⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyut⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuè
    • Wade–Giles: yüeh⁴
    • Yale: ywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yueh
    • Palladius: юэ (jue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyut⁶
    • Yale: yuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyt⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːt̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: ngjwot

Rime
Character	玥
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	元 (68)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	魚厥切
Baxter	ngjwot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋʉɐt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋʷiɐt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiuɐt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋuat̚/
Li Rong	/ŋiuɐt̚/
Wang Li	/ŋĭwɐt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋi̯wɐt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yuè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyut6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋod/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	玥
Reading #	1/1
No.	16325
Phonetic component	月
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	月
Old Chinese	/*ŋod/

Definitions

玥

1. (Chinese mythology) magic pearl
2. mysterious gem

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C07378

Japanese

Kanji

玥

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. mysterious gem
2. pearl

Readings

• Go-on: がち (gachi)^{←ぐわち (gwati, historical)}
• Kan-on: げつ (getsu)^{←げつ (getu, historical)←ぐゑつ (gwetu, ancient)}