姺

姺	U+59FA, 姺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59FA

← 姹
[U+59F9]

CJK Unified Ideographs

姻 →
[U+59FB]

Translingual

Han character

姺 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女竹土山 (VHGU), four-corner 4441₁, composition ⿰女先)

name of an ancient state that existed during the Shang dynasty
a surname

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 261, character 15
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6249
Dae Jaweon: page 527, character 18
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1044, character 14
Unihan data for U+59FA
dict.youdao.com (有道词典)

Chinese

trad.		姺
simp. ^#		姺

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
洗	sɯːlʔ, sɯːnʔ
先	sɯːn, sɯːns
銑	*sɯːnʔ
跣	*sɯːnʔ
毨	*sɯːnʔ
姺	sɯːnʔ, srin
筅	*sɯːnʔ
冼	*sɯːnʔ
箲	*sɯːnʔ
駪	*srin
兟	*srin
詵	*srin
侁	*srin

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēn, xiān (shen¹, xian¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄣ, ㄒㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sin²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shen
  - Wade–Giles: shên¹
  - Yale: shēn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shen
  - Palladius: шэнь (šɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sian
  - Wade–Giles: hsien¹
  - Yale: syān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shian
  - Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: sin²
  - Yale: sín
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sin²
  - Guangdong Romanization: xin²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn³⁵/

Middle Chinese: srin, senX

Rime
Character	姺	姺
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	生 (21)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	臻 (46)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	所臻切	蘇典切
Baxter	srin	senX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃɪn/	/sen^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃɪn/	/sen^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃien/	/sɛn^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂin/	/sɛn^X/
Li Rong	/ʃiĕn/	/sen^X/
Wang Li	/ʃĭen/	/sien^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʂi̯æn/	/sien^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shēn	xiǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	san¹	sin²

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[s]ˤərʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*sɯːnʔ/, /*srin/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	姺
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xiǎn
Middle Chinese	‹ sej^X ›
Old Chinese	/*[s]ˁərʔ/
English	(place name)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	姺	姺
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	13463	13472
Phonetic component	先	先
Rime group	文	眞
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	銑	莘
Old Chinese	/*sɯːnʔ/	/*srin/

Definitions

姺

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Compounds

媥姺 (piānxiān)

Japanese

Kanji

姺

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): しん (shin)、せい (sei)、さい (sai)、そん (son)、せん (sen)

Korean

Hanja

姺 • (sin) (hangeul 신)

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