媰

Translingual

Han character

媰 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 女心山山 (VPUU), four-corner 4742₇, composition ⿰女芻)

1. pregnant
2. fine, glorious, happy

Synonyms

• 美好 (second reading only)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 267, character 37
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6566
• Dae Jaweon: page 535, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1072, character 18
• Unihan data for U+5AB0

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Chinese

trad.		媰
simp.		㛀

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 媰
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
煼	*sʰroːʔ
謅	*sʰroːʔ, *ʔsru, *sʰru
縐	*sʰroːs, *ʔsrus
鄒	*ʔsru
騶	*ʔsru
搊	*ʔsruʔ, *sʰru, *ʔsro
皺	*ʔsrus
篘	*sʰru
㑳	*zrus, *ʔsro, *rnuːb
趍	*sʰlo, *l'al
趨	*sʰlo
芻	*sʰro
犓	*sʰro
雛	*zro
鶵	*zro
媰	*zro
齺	*zroːɡ

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chú (chu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): co⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chú
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chú
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu²
    • Yale: chú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chwu
    • Palladius: чу (ču)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: co⁴
    • Yale: chòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tso⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: co⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: dzrju

Rime
Character	媰
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	崇 (20)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	仕于切
Baxter	dzrju
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʒɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖ͡ʐio/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʒio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖ͡ʐuə̆/
Li Rong	/d͡ʒio/
Wang Li	/d͡ʒĭu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɖ͡ʐʱi̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	co4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zro/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	媰
Reading #	1/1
No.	1611
Phonetic component	芻
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	䅳
Old Chinese	/*zro/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 媰

1. pregnant

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zòu (zou⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zòu
    • Wade–Giles: tsou⁴
    • Yale: dzòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzow
    • Palladius: цзоу (czou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡soʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zau¹
    • Yale: jāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 媰

1. fine, glorious, happy

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Japanese

Kanji

媰

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): しう (shiu), す (su), しゅ (shu), じゅ (ju)
• Kun: はらむ (haramu), みめよい (mimeyoi), やもめ (yamome)