姁

Translingual

Han character

姁 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 女心口 (VPR), four-corner 4742₀, composition ⿰女句)

1. peaceful and happy
2. chatty like an old woman

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 258, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6151
• Dae Jaweon: page 523, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1039, character 10
• Unihan data for U+59C1

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Chinese

trad.		姁
simp. #		姁

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 姁
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
勾	*koː, *koːs
鉤	*koː
鴝	*koː, *ɡo
句	*koː, *koːs, *kos, *ɡo
夠	*koː, *koːs, *kʰoː
枸	*koː, *koːʔ, *koʔ
軥	*koː, *koːs, *ɡo
狗	*koːʔ
苟	*koːʔ
岣	*koːʔ, *ko
笱	*koːʔ
玽	*koːʔ
耇	*koːʔ
豿	*koːʔ, *qʰroːɡ
敂	*koːʔ
怐	*koːs, *kʰoːs, *qʰoːs, *kos
雊	*koːs
竘	*kʰoːʔ, *kʰoʔ
齁	*qʰoː
呴	*qʰoːʔ, *qʰos
蚼	*qʰoːʔ, *ɡo
豞	*qʰoːs
訽	*qʰoːs, *ɡoːs
佝	*qʰoːs
拘	*ko
駒	*ko
眗	*ko
跔	*ko
鮈	*ko
痀	*ko
蒟	*koʔ, *kos
絇	*kos, *ɡo
邭	*kos
劬	*ɡo
朐	*ɡo
鼩	*ɡo
斪	*ɡo
翑	*ɡo
葋	*ɡo
姁	*ɡo, *qʰo, *qʰoʔ, *qʰos
欨	*qʰo, *qʰoʔ
喣	*qʰoʔ
煦	*qʰoʔ, *qʰos
昫	*qʰos

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xǔ, xū (xu³, xu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˇ, ㄒㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): heoi² / heoi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syǔ
    • Wade–Giles: hsü³
    • Yale: syǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheu
    • Palladius: сюй (sjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xū
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syu
    • Wade–Giles: hsü¹
    • Yale: syū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiu
    • Palladius: сюй (sjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: heoi² / heoi¹
    • Yale: héui / hēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoey² / hoey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hêu² / hêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɵy̯³⁵/, /hɵy̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: xju, gju, xjuX, xjuH

Rime
Character	姁	姁	姁	姁
Reading #	1/4	2/4	3/4	4/4
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	群 (30)	曉 (32)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	虞 (24)	虞 (24)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III	III	III
Fanqie	況于切	其俱切	況羽切	香句切
Baxter	xju	gju	xjuX	xjuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨo/	/ɡɨo/	/hɨoX/	/hɨoH/
Pan Wuyun	/hio/	/ɡio/	/hioX/	/hioH/
Shao Rongfen	/xio/	/ɡio/	/xioX/	/xioH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/huə̆/	/guə̆/	/huə̆X/	/huə̆H/
Li Rong	/xio/	/ɡio/	/xioX/	/xioH/
Wang Li	/xĭu/	/ɡĭu/	/xĭuX/	/xĭuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/xi̯u/	/gi̯u/	/xi̯uX/	/xi̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xū	qú	xǔ	xù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	heoi1	keoi4	heoi2	heoi3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡo/, /*qʰo/, /*qʰoʔ/, /*qʰos/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	姁	姁	姁	姁
Reading #	1/4	2/4	3/4	4/4
No.	7119	7121	7122	7129
Phonetic component	句	句	句	句
Rime group	侯	侯	侯	侯
Rime subdivision	0	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	衢	訏	詡	昫
Old Chinese	/*ɡo/	/*qʰo/	/*qʰoʔ/	/*qʰos/

Definitions

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References

• “姁”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

姁

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. beauty

Readings

• On (unclassified): く (ku), ぐ (gu)
• Kun: はは (haha), たのしむ (tanoshimu), つま (tsuma), うつくしい (utsukushii)

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Korean

Hanja

姁 • (hu) (hangeul 후, revised hu, McCune–Reischauer hu, Yale hwu)

1. beautiful
2. grandmother