嬣

Translingual

Han character

嬣 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 女十心弓 (VJPN), four-corner 4342₁, composition ⿰女寧)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 272, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6808
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1088, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5B23

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Chinese

trad.		嬣
simp.		𪥰

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
濘	*neːs, *neːŋʔ, *neːŋs
獰	*rnaːŋ
檸	*rnaːŋʔ
儜	*rneːŋ
薴	*rneːŋ
鬡	*rneːŋ
鑏	*rneːŋ
嬣	*rneːŋ
寍	*neːŋ
寗	*neːŋs
甯	*neːŋs
寧	*neːŋ
鸋	*neːŋ, *neːŋs
嚀	*neːŋ
聹	*neːŋ, *neːŋʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *rneːŋ) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 寧 (OC *neːŋ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): níng (ning²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ning⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: níng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: níng
    • Wade–Giles: ning²
    • Yale: níng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ning
    • Palladius: нин (nin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ning⁴
    • Yale: nìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ning⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ning⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɪŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: nreang

Rime
Character	嬣
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	耕 (117)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	女耕切
Baxter	nreang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɳˠɛŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɳᵚæŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/nɐŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɳəɨjŋ/
Li Rong	/nɛŋ/
Wang Li	/næŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/næŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	néng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	nang4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*rneːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嬣
Reading #	1/1
No.	9552
Phonetic component	寧
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	儜
Old Chinese	/*rneːŋ/

Definitions

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References

• (Cantonese) Jyutping Database (粵拼資料庫)

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Japanese

Kanji

嬣

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): たう (tau), にゃう (nyau), でい (dei)
• Kun: からだのさま (karadanosama), しずか (shizuka)