姭

姭 U+59ED, 姭 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59ED ← 姬 [U+59EC] CJK Unified Ideographs 姮 → [U+59EE]

Translingual

Han character

姭 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 大尸大尸女 (KSKSV), four-corner 4740₄, composition ⿱劦女)

1. good appearance, fine appearance

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 260, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6231
• Dae Jaweon: page 527, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1049, character 2
• Unihan data for U+59ED

Chinese

trad.		姭
simp. #		姭

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
栛	*reːbs
珕	*reːbs, *rebs
荔	*reːbs, *rebs
脅	*hlams, *hlab
姭	*hlams
搚	*raːb, *raːb
拹	*hlab
愶	*hlab
嗋	*hlab
熁	*hlab
協	*ɦleːb
勰	*ɦleːb
劦	*ɦleːb
叶	*ɦleːb

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàn (xian⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): him³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàn
    • Wade–Giles: hsien⁴
    • Yale: syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiann
    • Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: him³
    • Yale: him
    • Cantonese Pinyin: him³
    • Guangdong Romanization: him³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːm³³/

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• Middle Chinese: xjaemH

Rime
Character	姭
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	嚴 (145)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	許欠切
Baxter	xjaemH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨɐmH/
Pan Wuyun	/hiɐmH/
Shao Rongfen	/xiɐmH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɨamH/
Li Rong	/xiɐmH/
Wang Li	/xĭɐmH/
Bernard Karlgren	/xi̯ɐmH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	him3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*hlams/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	姭
Reading #	1/1
No.	13780
Phonetic component	劦
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	脅
Old Chinese	/*hlams/

Definitions

姭

1. n. Beautiful Appearance (extremely rare, archaic).

References

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 92

Japanese

Kanji

姭

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): けん (ken)
• Kun: みめよいさま (mimeyoisama)