嫐

See also: 嬲

嫐 U+5AD0, 嫐 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5AD0 ← 嫏 [U+5ACF] CJK Unified Ideographs 嫑 → [U+5AD1]

Translingual

Han character

嫐 (radical 38 女+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 女田尸女 (VWSV), four-corner 4444₀, composition ⿲女男女)

References

• KangXi: page 269, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6626
• Dae Jaweon: page 537, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1071, character 18
• Unihan data for U+5AD0

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		嫐
alt. forms		娚

Glyph origin

女 (“woman”) + 男 (“man”) + 女 (“woman”). Compare 嬲.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǎo (nao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: nǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄠˇ
    • Wade-Giles: nao³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nao
    • IPA ^(key): /nɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: nat¹
    • Yale: nāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ned¹
    • IPA ^(key): /nɐt̚⁵/

Definitions

嫐

1. to make fun of

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Japanese

Kanji

嫐

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. frolic

Readings

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• Goon: のう (nō)
• Kan’on: どう (dō)
• Kun: なぶる (naburu, 嫐る)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
嫐
うわなり Hyōgaiji
Irregular

From 後妻 (uwanari, “concubine, second wife”).

Proper noun

嫐 (hiragana うわなり, rōmaji Uwanari, historical hiragana うはなり)

1. one of the Eighteen Best Kabuki Plays