娪

Translingual

Han character

娪 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 女一一口 (VMMR), composition ⿰女吾)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 263, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6338
• Dae Jaweon: page 530, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1050, character 3
• Unihan data for U+5A2A

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Chinese

trad.		娪
simp. #		娪

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (五) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
吾	*ŋraː, *ŋaː
衙	*ŋraː, *ŋa, *ŋaʔ
鼯	*ŋaː
浯	*ŋaː
珸	*ŋaː
郚	*ŋaː
齬	*ŋaː, *ŋa, *ŋaʔ
鯃	*ŋaː
娪	*ŋaː
梧	*ŋaː
峿	*ŋaː
五	*ŋaːʔ
伍	*ŋaːʔ
寤	*ŋaːs
啎	*ŋaːs
晤	*ŋaːs
悟	*ŋaːs
逜	*ŋaːs
窹	*ŋaːs
捂	*ŋaːs
鋙	*ŋa, *ŋaʔ
語	*ŋaʔ, *ŋas
圄	*ŋaʔ
敔	*ŋaʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wú (wu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): m⁴ / ng⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wú
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wú
    • Wade–Giles: wu²
    • Yale: wú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wu
    • Palladius: у (u)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: m⁴ / ng⁴
    • Yale: m̀h / ǹgh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: m⁴ / ng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: m⁴ / ng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /m̩²¹/, /ŋ̍²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: ngu

Rime
Character	娪
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	五乎切
Baxter	ngu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋuo/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋuo/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋo/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɔ/
Li Rong	/ŋo/
Wang Li	/ŋu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ng4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	娪
Reading #	1/1
No.	13143
Phonetic component	五
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	吾
Old Chinese	/*ŋaː/
Notes	又釋名謂女

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 娪

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References

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

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Japanese

Kanji

娪

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ご (go), ぎょ (gyo)
• Kun: おんな (onna)