娬

Translingual

Han character

娬 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女一心一 (VMPM), composition ⿰女武)

1. lovely
2. attractive

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 263, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6361
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1055, character 4
• Unihan data for U+5A2C

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Chinese

trad.		娬
simp. #		娬

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
賦	*mpas
陚	*mpas
武	*maʔ
鵡	*maʔ
珷	*maʔ
碔	*maʔ
娬	*maʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǔ (wu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ / mou⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǔ
    • Wade–Giles: wu³
    • Yale: wǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuu
    • Palladius: у (u)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ / mou⁵
    • Yale: mòuh / móuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ / mou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ / mou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹/, /mou̯¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: mjuX

Rime
Character	娬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	文甫切
Baxter	mjuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨoX/
Pan Wuyun	/mioX/
Shao Rongfen	/mioX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muə̆X/
Li Rong	/mioX/
Wang Li	/mĭuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mou5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*maʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	娬
Reading #	1/1
No.	13188
Phonetic component	武
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	武
Old Chinese	/*maʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 娬

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References

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

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Japanese

Kanji

娬

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ぶ (bu); む (mu)
• Kun: こびる (kobiru)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 娬 (vũ)

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References

• Nom Foundation