妵

妵 U+59B5, 妵 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59B5 ← 妴 [U+59B4] CJK Unified Ideographs 妶 → [U+59B6]

Translingual

Han character

妵 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 女卜土 (VYG), four-corner 4041₄, composition ⿰女主)

1. personal name

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 257, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6133
• Dae Jaweon: page 522, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1040, character 7
• Unihan data for U+59B5

Chinese

trad.		妵
simp. #		妵

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
飳	*tʰoːʔ
妵	*tʰoːʔ
黈	*tʰoːʔ
蘣	*tʰoːʔ
罜	*doːɡ, *tjos
拄	*toʔ
柱	*toʔ, *doʔ
駐	*tos
註	*tos, *tjos
鉒	*tos
軴	*tos
住	*tos, *dos
跓	*doʔ
嵀	*doʔ
主	*tjoʔ
麈	*tjoʔ
宔	*tjoʔ
炷	*tjoʔ, *tjos
注	*tjos
疰	*tjos
蛀	*tjos
霔	*tjos

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tǒu (tou³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tǒu
    • Wade–Giles: tʻou³
    • Yale: tǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: toou
    • Palladius: тоу (tou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: tau²
    • Yale: táu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: teo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: thuwX

Rime
Character	妵
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	天口切
Baxter	thuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰəuX/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰəuX/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰəuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰəwX/
Li Rong	/tʰuX/
Wang Li	/tʰəuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/tʰə̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tǒu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tau2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tʰoːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	妵
Reading #	1/1
No.	17603
Phonetic component	主
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	𪌜
Old Chinese	/*tʰoːʔ/

Definitions

妵

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References

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 92

Japanese

Kanji

妵

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): とう (tō)、つ (tsu)
• Kun: みめよいさま (mimeyoisama)