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Translingual

Han character

(radical 38 +8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女廿田 (VTW), four-corner 44460, composition)

  1. fine, glorious, happy
  2. prostitute

References

  • KangXi: page 266, character 27
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6488
  • Dae Jaweon: page 533, character 31
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1056, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+5A8C

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*mreːw, *mrew
*mreːw, *mrew
*mreːw, *mreːwʔ
*mreːwʔ, *mreːws, *mrew
*mrew
*mrew
庿 *mrews

Etymology 1

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (4) (4)
Final () (90) (90)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () II II
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mˠau/ /mˠauX/
Pan
Wuyun
/mᵚau/ /mᵚauX/
Shao
Rongfen
/mau/ /mauX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/maɨw/ /maɨwX/
Li
Rong
/mau/ /mauX/
Wang
Li
/mau/ /mauX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/mau/ /mauX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
máo mǎo
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 9103 9105
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*mreːw/ /*mreːwʔ/

Definitions

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Etymology 2

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. prostitute

References


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings