嫇

Translingual

Han character

嫇 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 女月日金 (VBAC), four-corner 4748₀, composition ⿰女冥)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 268, character 40
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6609
• Dae Jaweon: page 536, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1074, character 4
• Unihan data for U+5AC7

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Chinese

trad.		嫇
simp. #		嫇

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
瞑	*meːn, *meːns, *meːŋ
嫇	*mreːŋ, *meːŋ, *meːŋʔ
慏	*meŋʔ
冥	*meːŋ
榠	*meːŋ
鄍	*meːŋ
溟	*meːŋ, *meːŋʔ
螟	*meːŋ
猽	*meːŋ
蓂	*meːŋ, *meːɡ
覭	*meːŋ, *meːɡ
暝	*meːŋ, *meːŋs
幎	*meːɡ
幂	*meːɡ
塓	*meːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): míng (ming²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: míng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: míng
    • Wade–Giles: ming²
    • Yale: míng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ming
    • Palladius: мин (min)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ming⁴
    • Yale: mìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: meang, meng, mengX

Rime
Character	嫇	嫇	嫇
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	耕 (117)	青 (125)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	IV	IV
Fanqie	莫耕切	莫經切	莫迥切
Baxter	meang	meng	mengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠɛŋ/	/meŋ/	/meŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚæŋ/	/meŋ/	/meŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/mɐŋ/	/mɛŋ/	/mɛŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/məɨjŋ/	/mɛjŋ/	/mɛjŋX/
Li Rong	/mɛŋ/	/meŋ/	/meŋX/
Wang Li	/mæŋ/	/mieŋ/	/mieŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/mæŋ/	/mieŋ/	/mieŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	méng	míng	mǐng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mang4	ming4	ming5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mreːŋ/, /*meːŋ/, /*meːŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嫇	嫇	嫇
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	9195	9205	9208
Phonetic component	冥	冥	冥
Rime group	耕	耕	耕
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	甍	冥	茗
Old Chinese	/*mreːŋ/	/*meːŋ/	/*meːŋʔ/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

嫇

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): べい (bei); みょう (myō)^{←みゃう (myau, historical)}; ぼう (bō)^{←ばう (bau, historical)}
• Kun: おずおずとする (ozuozutosuru)