姩

姩 U+59E9, 姩 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59E9 ← 姨 [U+59E8] CJK Unified Ideographs 姪 → [U+59EA]

Translingual

Han character

姩 (radical 38, 女+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女人手 (VOQ), four-corner 4845₀, composition ⿰女年)

References

• KangXi: page 260, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6225
• Dae Jaweon: page 526, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1044, character 12
• Unihan data for U+59E9

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		姩

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nián (nian²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: nián
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˊ
    • Wade–Giles: nien²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nian
    • IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: nin⁴
    • Yale: nìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: nin⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /niːn²¹/

Definitions

姩

1. Used in female personal names.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niàn (nian⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nin⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: niàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˋ
    • Wade–Giles: nien⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niann
    • IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: nin⁶
    • Yale: nihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nin⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: nin⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /niːn²²/

Definitions

姩

1. ^† beautiful woman

Etymology 3

Definitions

姩

1. (Hainanese) woman; lady

Compounds

• 伯姩
• 大姩
• 妗姩
• 婆姩
• 婆姩儂／婆姩侬

• 嬸姩／婶姩
• 官姩
• 廚房姩／厨房姩
• 東家姩／东家姩

• 爹姩
• 細姩／细姩
• 裁縫姩／裁缝姩
• 親家姩／亲家姩

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 姩 – see 𢆡 (“breast; milk; etc.”). (This character, 姩, is a variant form of 𢆡.)

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Japanese

Kanji

姩

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): でん (den), ねん (nen)