嫭

嫭	U+5AED, 嫭 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5AED

← 嫬
[U+5AEC]

CJK Unified Ideographs

嫮 →
[U+5AEE]

Translingual

Han character

嫭 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 女卜心木 (VYPD), four-corner 4144₉, composition ⿰女虖)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 270, character 22
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6679
Dae Jaweon: page 538, character 25
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1076, character 12
Unihan data for U+5AED

Chinese

trad.		嫭
simp. ^#		嫭
alternative forms		嫮

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
罅	*qʰraːs
呼	*qʰaː
軤	*qʰaː
苸	*qʰaː
嘑	*qʰaː
歑	*qʰaː
謼	qʰaː, qʰaːs
滹	*qʰaː
乎	*ɢaː
虖	qʰaː, qʰʷa, qʰaː, qʰʷa
嫭	*ɢaːs

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hù (hu⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wu⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hù
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hù
  - Wade–Giles: hu⁴
  - Yale: hù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huh
  - Palladius: ху (xu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: wu⁶
  - Yale: wuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wu⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: wu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː²²/

Middle Chinese: huH

Rime
Character	嫭
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	胡誤切
Baxter	huH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦuo^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦuo^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣo^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦɔ^H/
Li Rong	/ɣo^H/
Wang Li	/ɣu^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣuo^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wu⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɢaːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嫭
Reading #	1/1
No.	5191
Phonetic component	乎
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	護
Old Chinese	/*ɢaːs/

Definitions

嫭

(literary) fine; beautiful
(literary) beauty; beautiful lady

Japanese

Kanji

嫭

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): こ (ko)、ご (go)
Kun: おとめ (otome)、みめよいさま (mimeyoisama)、ねたむ (netamu)