姳

姳 U+59F3, 姳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59F3 ← 姲 [U+59F2] CJK Unified Ideographs 姴 → [U+59F4]

Translingual

Han character

姳 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女弓戈口 (VNIR), four-corner 4746₂, composition ⿰女名)

Derived characters

• 𦵎

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 261, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6237
• Dae Jaweon: page 527, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1047, character 2
• Unihan data for U+59F3

Chinese

trad.		姳
simp. #		姳
alternative forms		佲

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
名	*meŋ
洺	*meŋ
眳	*meŋʔ, *meːŋʔ
詺	*meŋs
銘	*meːŋ
茗	*meːŋʔ
酩	*meːŋʔ
姳	*meːŋʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǐng (ming³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǐng
    • Wade–Giles: ming³
    • Yale: mǐng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miing
    • Palladius: мин (min)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ming⁵
    • Yale: míhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ming⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: mengX

Rime
Character	姳
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	莫迥切
Baxter	mengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/meŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/meŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/mɛŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mɛjŋX/
Li Rong	/meŋX/
Wang Li	/mieŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/mieŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mǐng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ming5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*meːŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	姳
Reading #	1/1
No.	9186
Phonetic component	名
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	茗
Old Chinese	/*meːŋʔ/

Definitions

姳

1. (obsolete, rare) good

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C02087

Japanese

Kanji

姳

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): べい (bei); みょう (myō)
• Kun: みめよい (mimeyoi)