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娓

娓

Translingual

Han character

娓 (radical 38 女+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 女尸竹山 (VSHU), four-corner 4741₄, composition ⿰女尾)

References

KangXi: page 262, character 9

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6297

Dae Jaweon: page 529, character 1

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1054, character 6

Unihan data for U+5A13

Chinese

simp. and trad.		娓

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (尾) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
娓	mrɯls, mɯlʔ
尾	*mɯlʔ
浘	*mɯlʔ

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): wěi (wei³)

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: wěi
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ
  - Wade-Giles: wei³
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woei
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁵
  - Yale: méih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³/

Middle Chinese: /mʉi^X/, /mˠiɪ^H/▼

Rime
Character	娓	娓
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	微 (21)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	Chongniu III
Fanqie	無匪切	明祕切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mʉi^X/	/mˠiɪ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/mʷɨi^X/	/mᵚi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/miuəi^X/	/miɪ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muj^X/	/mji^H/
Li Rong	/miuəi^X/	/mji^H/
Wang Li	/mĭwəi^X/	/mi^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/mwe̯i^X/	/mi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wěi	mì

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*mrɯls/, /*mɯlʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	娓	娓
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	12881	12883
Phonetic component	尾	尾
Rime group	微	微
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	郿	尾
Old Chinese	/*mrɯls/	/*mɯlʔ/

Definitions

娓

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Compounds

娓娓
娓娓不倦

娓娓動聽／娓娓动听 (wěiwěi dòngtīng)
娓娓而談／娓娓而谈

娓娓道來／娓娓道来

Japanese

Kanji

娓

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On: び (bi), み (mi), き (ki)

Kun: すなお (sunao), したがう (shitagau), うつくしい (utsukushii)

Korean

Hanja

娓 • ‎(mi) (hangeul 미, revised mi, McCune-Reischauer mi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

娓 (vãi)

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