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See also:
U+5B08, 嬈
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B08

[U+5B07]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5B09]

嬈 U+2F869, 嬈
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F869
㛼
[U+2F868]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 嬾
[U+2F86A]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 38, +12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 女土土山 (VGGU), four-corner 44412, composition )

  1. graceful, charming, fascinating

References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 271, character 26
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6734
  • Dae Jaweon: page 539, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1078, character 19
  • Unihan data for U+5B08

Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *njewʔ, *neːwʔ, *hŋeːws) : semantic (female) + phonetic (OC *ŋeːw).

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Initial () (8) (38) (32)
Final () (93) (91) (93)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () IV III IV
Fanqie
Baxter newX nyewX xewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/neuX/ /ȵiᴇuX/ /heuH/
Pan
Wuyun
/neuX/ /ȵiɛuX/ /heuH/
Shao
Rongfen
/neuX/ /ȵʑjæuX/ /xeuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/nɛwX/ /ȵiawX/ /hɛwH/
Li
Rong
/neuX/ /ȵiɛuX/ /xeuH/
Wang
Li
/nieuX/ /ȵʑĭɛuX/ /xieuH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/nieuX/ /ȵʑi̯ɛuX/ /xieuH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
niǎo rǎo xiào
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
niu5 jiu5 hiu3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
No. 14675 14684 14702
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
𢿿
Old
Chinese
/*njewʔ/ /*neːwʔ/ /*hŋeːws/

Definitions

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  1. (literary) to disturb; to harass

Compounds

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Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Definitions

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  1. (literary) beautiful

Compounds

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Etymology 3

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Pronunciation

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Definitions

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  1. Used in 嬈嬈娆娆 (“weak”).

Compounds

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Etymology 4

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Pronunciation

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Definitions

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  1. (Hokkien, vulgar) Alternative form of (lecherous; promiscuous; lascivious; lewd (of a woman))

References

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. graceful
  2. charming
  3. fascinating

Readings

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Korean

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Hanja

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(eum (yo))

  1. troublesome, suffer
  2. ridiculing
  3. agony
  4. disarrange
  5. dizzy
  6. charming
  7. weak

Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: nhiêu

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References

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