媐

媐 U+5A90, 媐 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A90 ← 媏 [U+5A8F] CJK Unified Ideographs 媑 → [U+5A91]

Translingual

Han character

媐 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 尸山女 (SUV), four-corner 7740₁, composition ⿱⿰𦣞巳女)

Derived characters

• 𡢰

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 266, character 34
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6495
• Dae Jaweon: page 533, character 36
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1064, character 6
• Unihan data for U+5A90

Chinese

trad.		媐
simp. #		媐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yí, xī (yi², xi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˊ, ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yí
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yí
    • Wade–Giles: i²
    • Yale: yí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yi
    • Palladius: и (i)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: si
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹
    • Yale: syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
    • Palladius: си (si)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei¹
    • Yale: hēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: yi, xi

Rime
Character	媐	媐
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	與之切	許其切
Baxter	yi	xi
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨ/	/hɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/jɨ/	/hɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/ie/	/xie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jɨ/	/hɨ/
Li Rong	/iə/	/xiə/
Wang Li	/jĭə/	/xĭə/
Bernard Karlgren	/i/	/xi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yí	xī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji4	hei1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰlɯ/, /*lɯ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	媐	媐
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	12013	12017
Phonetic component	巳	巳
Rime group	之	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	僖	飴
Old Chinese	/*qʰlɯ/	/*lɯ/

Definitions

媐

1. (formal) happy, joyous
2. good, virtuous, charitable, kind

Japanese

Kanji

媐

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): き (ki); い (i)
• Kun: つま (tsuma); たのしむ (tanoshimu)