妋

妋 U+598B, 妋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-598B ← 妊 [U+598A] CJK Unified Ideographs 妌 → [U+598C]

Translingual

Han character

妋 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 女手人 (VQO), composition ⿰女夫)

1. greedy
2. womanly appearance
3. face showing or filled with hate

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 256, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6073
• Dae Jaweon: page 520, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1029, character 10
• Unihan data for U+598B

Chinese

simp. and trad.		妋

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
笑	*sqʰows
夭	*qoːwʔ, *qrow, *qrowʔ
镺	*qoːwʔ, *qoːws
芺	*qoːwʔ, *qrowʔ
妖	*qrow
祅	*qrow
枖	*qrow
訞	*qrow
殀	*qrowʔ
仸	*qrowʔ
妋	*pa, *qu
飫	*qos
沃	*qoːwɢ
鋈	*qoːwɢ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fū, yōu (fu¹, you¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨ, ㄧㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fū
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fu
    • Wade–Giles: fu¹
    • Yale: fū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fu
    • Palladius: фу (fu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: you
    • Wade–Giles: yu¹
    • Yale: yōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iou
    • Palladius: ю (ju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu¹
    • Yale: fū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: pju, 'juw

Rime
Character	妋	妋
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	甫無切	於求切
Baxter	pju	'juw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pɨo/	/ʔɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/pio/	/ʔiu/
Shao Rongfen	/pio/	/ʔiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/puə̆/	/ʔuw/
Li Rong	/pio/	/ʔiu/
Wang Li	/pĭu/	/ĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/pi̯u/	/ʔi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fū	yōu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fu1	jau1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pa/, /*qu/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	妋	妋
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	3277	14635
Phonetic component	夫	夭
Rime group	魚	幽
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	跗	憂
Old Chinese	/*pa/	/*qu/
Notes		疑爲㤇訛變

Definitions

妋

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Usage notes

The fū (fu1) reading is only used in the "greedy" and "womanly appearance" definitions. The yōu (you3) reading is only used in the "face showing or filled with hate" definition.

References

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 91

Japanese

Kanji

妋

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

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• Go-on: ふ (fu); う (u)
• Kan-on: ふ (fu); ゆう (yū)^{←いう (iu, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: よう (yō)
• Kun: しょうと (shōto, しょうと)^{←せうと (seuto, 妋, historical)}; せ (se, 妋); なせ (nase, 妋); みょうと (myōto, 妋)^{←めうと (meuto, 妋, historical)}