媸

媸	U+5AB8, 媸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5AB8

Translingual

Han character

媸 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+10, 13 strokes, Cangjie input 女山一戈 (VUMI), four-corner 4743₆, composition ⿰女蚩)

an ugly woman

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 268, character 11
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6579
Dae Jaweon: page 535, character 33
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1074, character 10
Unihan data for U+5AB8

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
之	*tjɯ
芝	*tjɯ
志	*tjɯs
痣	*tjɯs
娡	*tjɯs
誌	*tjɯs
蚩	*tʰjɯ
妛	*tʰjɯ
嗤	*tʰjɯ
媸	*tʰjɯ
旹	*djɯ
滍	*diʔ

Etymology 1

trad.		媸
simp. ^#		媸

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chī (chi¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄔ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ci¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chī
  - Zhuyin: ㄔ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chih
  - Wade–Giles: chʻih¹
  - Yale: chr̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chy
  - Palladius: чи (či)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɻ̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ci¹
  - Yale: chī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsi¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: qi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhi
  - Tâi-lô: tshi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chy
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰi⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰi³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰi⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰi⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰi⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: tsyhi

Rime
Character	媸
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	昌 (24)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	赤之切
Baxter	tsyhi
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕʰɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʰɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕʰie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cʰɨ/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕʰiə/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕʰĭə/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕʰi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ci¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*tʰjɯ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	媸
Reading #	1/1
No.	17197
Phonetic component	之
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	蚩
Old Chinese	/*tʰjɯ/

Definitions

媸

(literary) ugly
Antonym: 妍 (yán)

Compounds

妍媸

Etymology 2

trad.		媸
simp. ^#		媸
alternative forms		疻這／这奀醜／丑

Pronunciation

Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): ché

(Hailu, HRS): zhe^ˊ

Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ché
  - Hakka Romanization System: ze^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ze³
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡se³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: zhe^ˊ
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃe²⁴/

Definitions

媸

(Hakka) ugly

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 醜 (“ugly”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		醜, 媸₁
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		醜陋
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	難看, 寒磣, 磣
	Taiwan	難看, 醜
	Singapore	難看, 醜
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	難看, 醜
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	難看, 醜, 不心疼
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	難看, 醜
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	醜, 不好看
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	難看, 醜
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	難看, 醜, 相壞
Cantonese	Guangzhou	難睇, 醜, 醜怪, 樣衰, 醜樣, 肉酸, 核突
	Hong Kong	難睇, 醜, 醜怪, 樣衰, 醜樣, 肉酸, 核突
	Dongguan	難睇
	Yangjiang	惡看, 醜鬼
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	難睇, 核突, 樣衰
Gan	Nanchang	不客氣, 難看
Hakka	Meixian	難看, 難睞, 醜, 像鬼
	Dabu (Xihe)	醜
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	難睇, 醜, 醜樣, 醜怪
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	醜樣
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	醜
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	醜, 難看
	Wuhua (Changbu)	醜, 矲
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	醜
	Jiexi	媸₂
	Jiexi (Huizhai)	媸₂, 醜
	Luhe	媸₂
	Nanjing (Meilin)	醜
	Nanjing (Tianluokeng, Shuyang)	歪
	Changting	醜
	Longyan (Yongding)	歪
	Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding)	醜, 難看, 歪
	Longyan (Gaobei, Yongding)	歪
	Longyan (Hukeng, Yongding)	歪
	Liancheng (Peitian)	醜
	Liancheng (Juxi)	醜
	Liancheng (Zhongbao)	歪
	Liancheng (Laiyuan)	醜, 怪樣, 難睇
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	媸₂
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	醜, 媸₂
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	醜, 媸₂
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	媸₂, 醜, 猥
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	醜
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	醜
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	媸₂, 䆀, 䆀佬
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	媸₂, 醜
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	媸₂, 醜, 䆀
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	媸₂, 醜
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	䆀佬
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	䆀
	Hong Kong	醜
	Sabah (Longchuan)	醜樣
	Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	醜
	Singkawang	媸₂
	Bangkok (Fengshun)	媸₂
Jin	Taiyuan	難看, 醜
Northern Min	Jian'ou	驚人, 毛格式, 生得呆
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	驚儂, 驚, 伓好看, 生得呆
Southern Min	Xiamen	歹看, 㾀勢
	Quanzhou	兇, 歹看, 㾀勢
	Jinjiang	兇, 歹看, 㾀勢
	Yongchun	兇, 歹看
	Zhangzhou	䆀看, 㾀勢
	Zhao'an	䆀
	Taipei	䆀
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	䆀
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	䆀
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	䆀
	Kaohsiung	䆀, 㾀勢
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	䆀
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	䆀, 㾀勢
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	䆀, 㾀勢
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	䆀, 㾀勢
	Kaohsiung (Cieding)	䆀
	Yilan (Luodong)	䆀, 㾀勢
	Yilan (Toucheng)	䆀
	Changhua (Yongjing)	䆀, 各樣
	Tainan	䆀, 㾀勢, 歹看
	Tainan (Anping)	䆀, 㾀勢
	Chiayi	䆀, 㾀勢
	Chiayi County (Dongshi)	䆀, 㾀勢
	Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng)	䆀
	Kinmen	䆀
	Penghu (Magong)	䆀
	Penghu (Xiyu)	䆀
	Singapore (Hokkien)	歹看, 䆀
	Manila (Hokkien)	兇, 歹看, 㾀勢
	Chaozhou	孬睇, 野樣, 䆀
	Shantou	野樣, 䆀
	Jieyang	野樣, 野形, 䆀, 孬睇
	Singapore (Teochew)	歹睇
	Leizhou	䆀, 惡䁐, 惡𥆑
	Haikou	惡望, 惡䁐
Puxian Min	Putian	呆, 痞大
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	呆
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	呆, 無好看
	Xianyou	呆
	Xianyou (Fengting)	呆
	Xianyou (Youyang)	呆
Wu	Shanghai	難看, 怕
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	怕
	Shanghai (Jiading)	怕
	Suzhou	難看, 怕
	Kunshan	難看
	Jiaxing	難看
	Hangzhou	難看
	Ningbo	難看
	Wenzhou	難覷, 否好覷, 醜, 生毛
Xiang	Changsha	醜, 不好看, 不打彩
Xiang	Shuangfeng	醜, 不好看

Japanese

Kanji

媸

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: し (shi)
Kan-on: し (shi)
Kun: あなどる (anadoru, 媸る)、おろか (oroka, 媸か)、みにくい (minikui, 媸い)、みだる (midaru, 媸る)

Vietnamese

Han character

媸: Hán Nôm readings: sầy, xuy, si

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References

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