媵

Translingual

Han character

媵 (radical 38 女+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 月火手女 (BFQV), four-corner 7924₄)

1. a maid who accompanies a bride to her new home
2. to accompany
3. bridesmaid
4. concubine

References

• KangXi: page 268, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6575
• Dae Jaweon: page 535, character 29
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2099, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5AB5

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Cantonese

Hanzi

媵 (Jyutping jing6, Yale ying6)

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Japanese

Kanji

媵

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. maid who accompanies bride to her new home
2. to escort a concubine

Readings

• On: よう (yō)
• Kun: おくる (okuru), つきそい (tsukisoi), おくりめ (okurime), おくりびと (okuribito)

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Korean

Hanja

媵 (ing) (hangeul 잉, revised ing, McCune-Reischauer ing)

1. give present
2. maid who accompanies bride to her new home

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Mandarin

Hanzi

媵 (Pinyin yìng (ying4), Wade-Giles ying⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

• Hán Việt: dựng, ánh

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References

• Nom Foundation