姳

姳	U+59F3, 姳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59F3

← 姲
[U+59F2]

CJK Unified Ideographs

姴 →
[U+59F4]

Translingual

Han character

姳 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女弓戈口 (VNIR), four-corner 4746₂, composition ⿰女名)

Derived characters

𦵎

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 261, character 2
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6237
Dae Jaweon: page 527, character 7
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1047, character 2
Unihan data for U+59F3

Chinese

trad.		姳
simp. ^#		姳
alternative forms		佲

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
名	*meŋ
洺	*meŋ
眳	meŋʔ, meːŋʔ
詺	*meŋs
銘	*meːŋ
茗	*meːŋʔ
酩	*meːŋʔ
姳	*meːŋʔ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mǐng (ming³)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mǐng
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mǐng
  - Wade–Giles: ming³
  - Yale: mǐng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miing
  - Palladius: мин (min)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ming⁵
  - Yale: míhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: ming⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ¹³/

Middle Chinese: mengX

Rime
Character	姳
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	莫迥切
Baxter	mengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/meŋ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/meŋ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/mɛŋ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mɛjŋ^X/
Li Rong	/meŋ^X/
Wang Li	/mieŋ^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mieŋ^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mǐng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ming⁵

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*meːŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	姳
Reading #	1/1
No.	9186
Phonetic component	名
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	茗
Old Chinese	/*meːŋʔ/

Definitions

姳

(obsolete, rare) good

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C02087

Japanese

Kanji

姳

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): べい (bei)、みょう (myō)
Kun: みめよい (mimeyoi)