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嫗
嫗
See also: 妪
Translingual
Han character
嫗 (radical 38 女+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 女尸口口 (VSRR), four-corner 41416, composition ⿰女區)
Descendants
References
- KangXi: page 269, character 23
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6640
- Dae Jaweon: page 537, character 13
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1076, character 4
- Unihan data for U+5AD7
Chinese
| trad. | 嫗 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 妪 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 嫗
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| Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (區) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 摳 | *kʰoː, *kʰo |
| 彄 | *kʰoː |
| 剾 | *kʰoː, *qoː |
| 謳 | *qoː |
| 歐 | *qoː, *qoːʔ |
| 區 | *qoː, *kʰo |
| 鷗 | *qoː |
| 甌 | *qoː |
| 漚 | *qoː, *qoːs |
| 瞘 | *qoː |
| 嘔 | *qoː, *qoːʔ |
| 櫙 | *qoː |
| 膒 | *qoː |
| 蓲 | *qoː, *kʰu, *qo, *qos |
| 醧 | *qoː, *qas |
| 鏂 | *qoː |
| 毆 | *qoːʔ |
| 塸 | *qoːʔ |
| 貙 | *kʰl'o |
| 樞 | *kʰjo |
| 驅 | *kʰo, *kʰos |
| 軀 | *kʰo |
| 嶇 | *kʰo |
| 鰸 | *kʰo |
| 敺 | *kʰo |
| 傴 | *qoʔ |
| 嫗 | *qos |
| 饇 | *qos |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qos) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 區 (OC *qoː, *kʰo).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄩˋ
- Wade-Giles: yü4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiw
- IPA (key): /y⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: jyu2, jyu3
- Yale: yú, yu
- Cantonese Pinyin: jy2, jy3
- IPA (key): /jyː³⁵/, /jyː³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 嫗 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 虞 (24) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 衣遇切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ʔɨoH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ʔioH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ʔioH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ʔuə̆H/ |
| Li Rong |
/ʔioH/ |
| Wang Li |
/ĭuH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ʔi̯uH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
yù |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 嫗 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 10615 |
| Phonetic component |
區 |
| Rime group |
侯 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
嫗 |
| Old Chinese |
/*qos/ |
Definitions
嫗
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Compounds
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References
Japanese
Kanji
嫗
Readings
Etymology
Originally /omi1na/. Likely realized as [omina] (see Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai). The initial /o/ expressed "grown, large" and contrasted with /wo/ "young, youth" found in womina "woman".
Noun
嫗 (hiragana おみな, romaji omina)
- a grown woman
- an old woman
Korean
Hanja
嫗 • (gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune-Reischauer ku)
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Vietnamese
Han character
嫗 (ẩu)
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