婎

婎 U+5A4E, 婎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A4E ← 婍 [U+5A4D] CJK Unified Ideographs 婏 → [U+5A4F]

Translingual

Han character

婎 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女人土 (VOG), composition ⿰女隹)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 264, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6402
• Dae Jaweon: page 531, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1059, character 13
• Unihan data for U+5A4E

Chinese

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

	Old Chinese
匯	*ɢʷrɯːlʔ, *kʰʷriːl
擓	*kʰʷriːl
淮	*ɡʷriːl
睢	*qʰʷel, *sqʰʷil, *qʰʷi, *qʰʷils
嶉	*sqʷi
趡	*skʰʷilʔ
踓	*skʰʷilʔ, *ɢʷilʔ
雖	*sqʰʷi
濉	*sqʰʷi
倠	*qʰʷi
婎	*qʰʷil, *qʰʷils
蓶	*ɢʷi, *ɢʷiʔ
維	*ɢʷi
惟	*ɢʷi
唯	*ɢʷi, *ɢʷiʔ
濰	*ɢʷi
琟	*ɢʷil
鷕	*ɢʷiʔ, *ɢʷiʔ
帷	*ɢʷril
鵻	*sɢʷinʔ, *tjul

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		婎

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huì (hui⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huì
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huèi
    • Wade–Giles: hui⁴
    • Yale: hwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huey
    • Palladius: хуэй (xuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: xjwij, xjwijH

Rime
Character	婎	婎
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	脂 (16)	脂 (16)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	許維切	香季切
Baxter	xjwij	xjwijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hiuɪ/	/hiuɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷi/	/hʷiH/
Shao Rongfen	/xjuɪ/	/xjuɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwi/	/hwiH/
Li Rong	/xui/	/xuiH/
Wang Li	/xwi/	/xwiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/xwi/	/xwiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huī	huì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fai1	fai3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰʷil/, /*qʰʷils/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	婎	婎
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	12847	12849
Phonetic component	唯	唯
Rime group	脂	脂
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	倠	䁤
Old Chinese	/*qʰʷil/	/*qʰʷils/

Definitions

婎

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Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 婎 – see 倠 (“ugly”). (This character is a variant form of 倠).

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C02184