娾

娾 U+5A3E, 娾 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A3E ← 娽 [U+5A3D] CJK Unified Ideographs 娿 → [U+5A3F]

Translingual

Han character

娾 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女一土土 (VMGG), four-corner 4141₄, composition ⿰女厓)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 263, character 45
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6380
• Dae Jaweon: page 530, character 30
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1056, character 14
• Unihan data for U+5A3E

Chinese

trad.		娾
simp. #		娾

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
街	*kreː, *kreː
鞋	*ɡreː, *ɡreː, *ɡreː
娾	*ŋreː, *ŋreːʔ
佳	*kreː
鮭	*ɡreː, *kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
涯	*ŋreː, *ŋre
崖	*ŋreː, *ŋre
啀	*ŋreː
厓	*ŋreː
捱	*ŋreː
睚	*ŋreːs
娃	*qreː
洼	*qreː, *qʷraː, *kʷeː
哇	*qreː, *qʷraː
胿	*ɡeː, *kʷeː
溎	*qeːns
觟	*ɡʷraːʔ
黊	*ɡʷraːʔ, *ɡʷreːs, *ɡʷeː
蘳	*ɡʷraːʔ, *qʰʷe
蛙	*qʷraː, *qʷreː
窪	*qʷraː
卦	*kʷreːs
挂	*kʷreːs
掛	*kʷreːs
詿	*kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs
罣	*kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs, *kʷeːs
絓	*kʰʷreː, *ɡʷreːs
鼃	*ɢʷreː, *qʷreː
圭	*kʷeː
珪	*kʷeː
邽	*kʷeː
閨	*kʷeː
袿	*kʷeː
窐	*kʷeː, *ɡʷeː
茥	*kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
桂	*kʷeːs
筀	*kʷeːs
奎	*kʰʷeː
刲	*kʰʷeː
蝰	*kʰʷeː
楏	*kʰʷeː
睳	*qʰʷeː
畦	*ɡʷeː
眭	*ɡʷeː, *sqʰʷe, *qʰʷe, *qʰʷi
烓	*qʷeː, *kʰʷeːŋʔ
跬	*kʰʷeʔ
恚	*qʷes
硅	*qʰʷreɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ǎi (ai³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaai⁶, aai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ǎi
    • Wade–Giles: ai³
    • Yale: ǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ae
    • Palladius: ай (aj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaai⁶, aai⁶
    • Yale: ngaaih, aaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaai⁶, aai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngai⁶, ai⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːi̯²²/, /aːi̯²²/

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: ngeaj, ngeajX

Rime
Character	娾	娾
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	皆 (33)	皆 (33)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	擬皆切	五駭切
Baxter	ngeaj	ngeajX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋˠɛi/	/ŋˠɛiX/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋᵚæi/	/ŋᵚæiX/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋɐi/	/ŋɐiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋəɨj/	/ŋəɨjX/
Li Rong	/ŋɛi/	/ŋɛiX/
Wang Li	/ŋɐi/	/ŋɐiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋăi/	/ŋăiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yé	yě
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngaai4	ngaai5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋreː/, /*ŋreːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	娾	娾
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	4529	4530
Phonetic component	圭	圭
Rime group	支	支
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	𩂢	騃
Old Chinese	/*ŋreː/	/*ŋreːʔ/

Definitions

娾

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References

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 93

Japanese

Kanji

娾

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): がい (gai); げ (ge); ごう (gō); きょう (kyō)
• Kun: よろこぶ (yorokobu); みめよい (mimeyoi)