妿

妿 U+59BF, 妿 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59BF ← 妾 [U+59BE] CJK Unified Ideographs 姀 → [U+59C0]

Translingual

Han character

妿 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 大口女 (KRV), composition ⿱加女)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 257, character 40
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6148
• Dae Jaweon: page 523, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1041, character 8
• Unihan data for U+59BF

Chinese

trad.		妿
simp. #		妿
alternative forms		㚳

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
妿	*kaːl, *qaːl
賀	*ɡaːls
迦	*ka, *kal, *kraːl
茄	*ɡa, *ɡal, *kraːl
伽	*ɡa, *ɡal
枷	*ɡa, *ɡal, *kraːl
嘉	*kraːl
加	*kraːl
笳	*kraːl
痂	*kraːl
袈	*kraːl
跏	*kraːl
珈	*kraːl
鴐	*kraːl
架	*kraːls
駕	*kraːls
瘸	*ɡʷal

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ē (e¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ / ngaa³ / o¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ē
    • Zhuyin: ㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: e
    • Wade–Giles: o¹
    • Yale: ē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: e
    • Palladius: э (e)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: aa³ / ngaa³ / o¹
    • Yale: a / nga / ō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ / ngaa³ / o¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: a³ / nga³ / o¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³³/, /ŋaː³³/, /ɔː⁵⁵/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

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• Middle Chinese: ka, 'a

Rime
Character	妿	妿
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	古俄切	烏何切
Baxter	ka	'a
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɑ/	/ʔɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/kɑ/	/ʔɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/kɑ/	/ʔɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ka/	/ʔa/
Li Rong	/kɑ/	/ʔɑ/
Wang Li	/kɑ/	/ɑ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kɑ/	/ʔɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gē	ē
Expected Cantonese Reflex	go1	o1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kaːl/, /*qaːl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	妿	妿
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	5861	5863
Phonetic component	加	加
Rime group	歌	歌
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	歌	阿
Old Chinese	/*kaːl/	/*qaːl/

Definitions

妿

1. a lady teacher to teach the proper rules of female behavior in ancient times

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C02066
• (Cantonese) Jyutping Database (粵拼資料庫)