嬃

See also: 媭

嬃	U+5B03, 嬃 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B03

← 嬂
[U+5B02]

CJK Unified Ideographs

嬄 →
[U+5B04]

Translingual

Han character

嬃 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 竹金女 (HCV), four-corner 2140₄, composition ⿱須女)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 271, character 16
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6723
Dae Jaweon: page 538, character 9
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1081, character 11
Unihan data for U+5B03

Chinese

trad.		嬃
simp.		媭

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
盨	*sraʔ
須	*so
鬚	*so
嬃	*so
蕦	*so

Etymology

Schuessler (2007) reconstructs Minimal Old Chinese *sno and thinks this belongs to Tibeto-Burman words for "mother, woman" under 乳 (OC *noʔ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xū (xu¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xū
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syu
  - Wade–Giles: hsü¹
  - Yale: syū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiu
  - Palladius: сюй (sjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: seoi¹
  - Yale: sēui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: sju

Rime
Character	嬃
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	相俞切
Baxter	sju
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/sio/
Shao Rongfen	/sio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/suə̆/
Li Rong	/sio/
Wang Li	/sĭu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/si̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	seoi¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*so/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嬃
Reading #	1/1
No.	13957
Phonetic component	須
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	須
Old Chinese	/*so/

Definitions

嬃

(archaic, used in the state of Chu) elder sister

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B00710

Japanese

Kanji

嬃

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): しゅ (shu)
Kun: あね (ane)