嬈

See also: 娆

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 女 (“female”) + phonetic 堯

Han character

嬈 (radical 38 女+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 女土土山 (VGGU), four-corner 4441₂, composition ⿰女堯)

1. graceful, charming, fascinating

References

• KangXi: page 271, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6734
• Dae Jaweon: page 539, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1078, character 19
• Unihan data for U+5B08

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Cantonese

Hanzi

嬈 (simplified 娆, Jyutping jiu4, Yale yiu4)

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Japanese

Kanji

嬈

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: でう (deu), ねう (neu), ぜう (zeu), だう (dau), えう (eu), けう (keu)
• Kun: わずるわしい (wazuruwashii), なやむ (nayamu)

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Korean

Hanja

嬈 (yo) (hangeul 요, revised yo, McCune-Reischauer yo)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

嬈 (simplified 娆, Pinyin ráo (rao2), rǎo (rao3), Wade-Giles jao², jao³)

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Vietnamese

Han character

• Hán Việt: nhiêu

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References

• Nom Foundation