嬮

Translingual

Etymology

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

Han character

嬮 (radical 38 女+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 一大女 (MKV), four-corner 7140₄, composition ⿸厭女)

1. fine, good
2. calm, tranquil
3. beauty (used in the word 嬮嬱)

References

• KangXi: page 273, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6825
• Dae Jaweon: page 541, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1086, character 6
• Unihan data for U+5B2E
• zdic.net (Han Dian)

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Cantonese

Hanzi

嬮 (Jyutping jim1, jim3, Yale yim1, yim3)

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Japanese

Kanji

嬮

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: えん (en), えふ (efu)
• Kun: みめよい (mimeyoi)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

嬮 (Pinyin yān (yan1), yàn (yan4), Wade-Giles yen¹, yen⁴)

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Usage notes

The "yān" reading is only used with the "fine, good" and "calm, tranquil" definitions. The "yàn" reading is only used with the "beauty" definition.