婀

See also: 娿

Translingual

Han character

婀 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女弓中口 (VNLR), four-corner 4142₀, composition ⿰女阿)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 263, character 47
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6382
• Dae Jaweon: page 530, character 32
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1054, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5A40

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Chinese

trad.		婀
simp. #		婀

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ē, ě (e¹, e³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄜ, ㄜˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): o² / o¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): o

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ē
    • Zhuyin: ㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: e
    • Wade–Giles: o¹
    • Yale: ē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: e
    • Palladius: э (e)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ě
    • Zhuyin: ㄜˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ě
    • Wade–Giles: o³
    • Yale: ě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ee
    • Palladius: э (e)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: o² / o¹
    • Yale: ó / ō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: o² / o¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: o² / o¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔː³⁵/, /ɔː⁵⁵/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o
    • Tâi-lô: o
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /o⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /o³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /o⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /o⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɤ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: 'aX

Rime
Character	婀
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	烏可切
Baxter	'aX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɑX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɑX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɑX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔaX/
Li Rong	/ʔɑX/
Wang Li	/ɑX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔɑX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ě
Expected Cantonese Reflex	o2

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 婀

1. be beautiful, be graceful

References

• “婀”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

婀

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. charm
2. flirtation

Readings

• Go-on: あ (a)
• Kan-on: あ (a)
• Kun: あだ (ada, 婀)、あだっぽい (adappoi, 婀っぽい)、たおやか (taoyaka, 婀やか)

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Korean

Hanja

婀 • (a) (hangeul 아, revised a, McCune–Reischauer a)

1. be beautiful
2. be graceful

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 婀 (a)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

References

• Nom Foundation