奼

See also: 姹

奼	U+597C, 奼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-597C

← 奻
[U+597B]

CJK Unified Ideographs

好 →
[U+597D]

Translingual

Han character

奼 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 女竹心 (VHP), four-corner 4241₁, composition ⿰女乇)

Derived characters

䒲

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 255, character 9
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6051
Dae Jaweon: page 518, character 10
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1026, character 3
Unihan data for U+597C

Chinese

trad.		奼
simp.		姹
alternative forms		姹

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
咤	ʔr'aː, ʔr'aːɡs
吒	*ʔr'aːɡs
灹	*ʔr'aːɡs
矺	ʔr'aːɡs, ʔl'aːb, ʔl'aːɡ, l̥ʰaːɡ, *ʔr'eːɡ
奼	ʔr'aːɡs, hr'aːʔ, *ʔl'aːɡs
侘	hr'aː, hr'aːɡs
詫	*hr'aːɡs
秅	r'aː, ʔl'aːɡs
秺	*ʔl'aːɡs
亳	*blaːɡ
托	*l̥ʰaːɡ
託	*l̥ʰaːɡ
魠	*l̥ʰaːɡ
馲	l̥ʰaːɡ, raːɡ, *ʔr'aːɡ
侂	*l̥ʰaːɡ
飥	*l̥ʰaːɡ
仛	*l'aːɡ
虴	*pr'aːɡ
杔	*ʔr'aːɡ
乇	*ʔr'aːɡ
宅	*r'aːɡ
厇	*ʔr'eːɡ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chà (cha⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zaa³ / caa³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chà
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chà
  - Wade–Giles: chʻa⁴
  - Yale: chà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chah
  - Palladius: ча (ča)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zaa³ / caa³
  - Yale: ja / cha
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzaa³ / tsaa³
  - Guangdong Romanization: za³ / ca³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saː³³/, /t͡sʰaː³³/

Middle Chinese: trhaeX, tuH, traeH

Rime
Character	奼	奼	奼
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	徹 (10)	端 (5)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)	模 (23)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	I	II
Fanqie	丑下切	當故切	陟駕切
Baxter	trhaeX	tuH	traeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈʰˠa^X/	/tuo^H/	/ʈˠa^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈʰᵚa^X/	/tuo^H/	/ʈᵚa^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶʰa^X/	/to^H/	/ȶa^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈʰaɨ^X/	/tɔ^H/	/ʈaɨ^H/
Li Rong	/ȶʰa^X/	/to^H/	/ȶa^H/
Wang Li	/ȶʰa^X/	/tu^H/	/ȶa^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȶʰa^X/	/tuo^H/	/ȶa^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chǎ	dù	zhà
Expected Cantonese Reflex	caa²	dou³	zaa³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ʔr'aːɡs/, /*hr'aːʔ/, /*ʔl'aːɡs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	奼	奼	奼
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	16904	16905	16911
Phonetic component	乇	乇	乇
Rime group	暮	魚	暮
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	吒		妒
Old Chinese	/*ʔr'aːɡs/	/*hr'aːʔ/	/*ʔl'aːɡs/

Definitions

奼

(literary) beautiful; gorgeous; enchanting
(archaic) young girl

Compounds

奼女 / 姹女
奼紫嫣紅 / 姹紫嫣红 (chàzǐyānhóng)
婭奼 / 娅姹
嬌奼 / 娇姹

References

“奼”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

奼

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: た (ta)、つ (tsu)
Kan-on: た (ta)、と (to)
Kun: おとめ (otome, 奼)^{←をとめ (wotome, 奼, historical)}、ほこる (hokoru, 奼る)