娝

娝 U+5A1D, 娝 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A1D ← 娜 [U+5A1C] CJK Unified Ideographs 娞 → [U+5A1E]

Translingual

Han character

娝 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 女一火口 (VMFR), composition ⿰女否)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 262, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6315
• Dae Jaweon: page 529, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1050, character 11
• Unihan data for U+5A1D

Chinese

simp. and trad.		娝

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
肧	*pʰlɯː, *pʰɯ, *pʰlɯː
俖	*pʰɯːʔ
娝	*prɯʔ
痞	*prɯʔ, *brɯʔ, *pɯʔ
丕	*pʰrɯ
伾	*pʰrɯ
秠	*pʰrɯ, *pʰrɯʔ, *pʰɯ, *pʰɯʔ
駓	*pʰrɯ
怌	*pʰrɯ
豾	*pʰrɯ
髬	*pʰrɯ
魾	*pʰrɯ, *brɯ
鉟	*pʰrɯ, *brɯ
嚭	*pʰrɯʔ
邳	*brɯ
岯	*brɯ
否	*brɯʔ, *pɯʔ
抔	*bɯ, *pʰlɯː
不	*pɯ, *pɯʔ, *pɯ'
紑	*pɯ, *pʰɯ, *pʰɯʔ
鴀	*pɯ, *pɯʔ
衃	*pʰɯ, *pʰlɯː
罘	*bɯ
芣	*bɯ
杯	*plɯː
盃	*plɯː
桮	*pɯː
坯	*pʰɯː
胚	*pʰɯː

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pōu (pou¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pau¹

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pou
    • Wade–Giles: pʻou¹
    • Yale: pōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pou
    • Palladius: поу (pou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰoʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: pau¹
    • Yale: pāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: peo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɐu̯⁵⁵/

---

• Middle Chinese: pijX

Rime
Character	娝
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	方美切
Baxter	pijX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠiɪX/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚiX/
Shao Rongfen	/piɪX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pjiX/
Li Rong	/pjiX/
Wang Li	/piX/
Bernard Karlgren	/piX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bei2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*prɯʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	娝
Reading #	1/1
No.	1005
Phonetic component	不
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	鄙
Old Chinese	/*prɯʔ/

Definitions

娝

1. unworthy; unseemly; unpromising; dishonourable

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐ (bi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐ
    • Wade–Giles: pi³
    • Yale: bǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bii
    • Palladius: би (bi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴/

Definitions

娝

1. a surname.

References

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 93