婀

See also: 娿

婀 U+5A40, 婀 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A40 ← 娿 [U+5A3F] CJK Unified Ideographs 婁 → [U+5A41]

Translingual

Han character

婀 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女弓中口 (VNLR), four-corner 4142₀, composition ⿰女阿)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 263, character 47
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6382
• Dae Jaweon: page 530, character 32
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1054, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5A40

Chinese

trad.		婀
simp. #		婀
alternative forms		妸 娿

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
砢	*ɡ·raːlʔ
柯	*kaːl
菏	*kaːl, *ɡaːl
牁	*kaːl
滒	*kaːl
哥	*kaːl
歌	*kaːl
謌	*kaːl
鴚	*kaːl
哿	*kaːlʔ
舸	*kaːlʔ
笴	*kaːlʔ, *kaːnʔ
軻	*kʰaːl, *kʰaːlʔ, *kʰaːls
珂	*kʰaːl
可	*kʰaːlʔ
岢	*kʰaːlʔ
坷	*kʰaːlʔ, *kʰaːls
蚵	*kʰaːls, *ɡaːl
呵	*qʰaːl, *qʰaːls
訶	*qʰaːl
抲	*qʰaːl
荷	*qʰaːls, *ɡaːl, *ɡaːlʔ
何	*ɡaːl, *ɡaːlʔ
河	*ɡaːl
苛	*ɡaːl
魺	*ɡaːl
袔	*ɡaːls
阿	*qaːl
妸	*qaːl, *qaːlʔ
疴	*qaːl, *kʰraːls
鈳	*qaːl
娿	*qaːl, *qaːlʔ
痾	*qaːl
跒	*kʰraːlʔ
閜	*qʰraːlʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ē, ě (e¹, e³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄜ, ㄜˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): o², o¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): o

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ē
    • Zhuyin: ㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: e
    • Wade–Giles: o¹
    • Yale: ē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: e
    • Palladius: э (e)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ě
    • Zhuyin: ㄜˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ě
    • Wade–Giles: o³
    • Yale: ě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ee
    • Palladius: э (e)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: o², o¹
    • Yale: ó, ō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: o², o¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: o², o¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔː³⁵/, /ɔː⁵⁵/

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

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o
    • Tâi-lô: o
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /o⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /o³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /o⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /o⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɤ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: 'aX

Rime
Character	婀
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	烏可切
Baxter	'aX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɑX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɑX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɑX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔaX/
Li Rong	/ʔɑX/
Wang Li	/ɑX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔɑX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ě
Expected Cantonese Reflex	o2

Definitions

婀

1. beautiful; graceful

   婀娜  ―  ēnuó  ―  lithe and graceful

2. (alt. form 娿) Used in 媕婀 (“indecisive”).

Compounds

• 娜婀
• 婀娜 (ēnuó)
• 婀娜多姿 (ēnuóduōzī)
• 媕婀 (ān'ē)

 

References

• “婀”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

婀

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. charm
2. flirtation

Readings

• Go-on: あ (a)
• Kan-on: あ (a)
• Kun: あだ (ada, 婀); あだっぽい (adappoi, 婀っぽい); たおやか (taoyaka, 婀やか)

Korean

Hanja

婀 • (a) (hangeul 아, revised a, McCune–Reischauer a)

1. be beautiful
2. be graceful

Vietnamese

Han character

婀: Hán Nôm readings: a

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References

• Nom Foundation