㜅

Translingual

Han character

㜅 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 女卜戈田 (VYIW), composition ⿰女畜)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 267, character 38
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1073, character 4
• Unihan data for U+3705

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		㜅
alternative forms		妶

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 畜 (OC *l̥ʰuɡs, *l̥ʰuɡ, *hluɡ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xù (xu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): huk¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xù
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syù
    • Wade–Giles: hsü⁴
    • Yale: syù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuh
    • Palladius: сюй (sjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: huk¹
    • Yale: hūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: huk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: hug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊk̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: xjuwk

Rime
Character	㜅
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	屋 (4)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	許竹切
Baxter	xjuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/hiuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/xiuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/huwk̚/
Li Rong	/xiuk̚/
Wang Li	/xĭuk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/xi̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	huk1

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 㜅

1. ^‡ to fawn on; to flatter; to love
2. ^‡ jealous