妲

妲 U+59B2, 妲 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59B2 ← 妱 [U+59B1] CJK Unified Ideographs 妳 → [U+59B3]

Translingual

Han character

妲 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 女日一 (VAM), four-corner 4641₀, composition ⿰女旦)

1. concubine of King Zhou, the last ruler of the Shang dynasty

Derived characters

• 𧶬

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 257, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6129
• Dae Jaweon: page 522, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1036, character 6
• Unihan data for U+59B2

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Chinese

trad.		妲
simp. #		妲

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
皽	*tjaʀ, *tanʔ, *tjanʔ
担	*taːnʔ
胆	*daːn, *daːn
疸	*taːnʔ, *taːns
觛	*taːnʔ, *taːns, *daːnʔ
亶	*taːnʔ
嬗	*taːnʔ, *tʰaːn, *djans
笪	*taːnʔ, *taːns, *taːd
狚	*taːnʔ, *taːns, *taːd
旦	*taːns
鴠	*taːns
譠	*tʰaːn, *rteːn
坦	*tʰaːnʔ
但	*daːn, *daːnʔ, *daːns
檀	*daːn
壇	*daːn
儃	*daːn, *djan
驙	*daːn, *tan
袒	*daːnʔ, *rdeːns
襢	*daːnʔ, *tanʔ, *tans
繵	*daːnʔ
膻	*daːnʔ
澶	*daːns, *djan
邅	*tan, *danʔ, *dans
鱣	*tan
饘	*tjan, *tjanʔ
旜	*tjan
氈	*tjan
鸇	*tjan
顫	*tjans
蟺	*djanʔ
擅	*djans
羶	*hljan
呾	*taːd, *ʔraːd
怛	*taːd
妲	*taːd
靼	*taːd, *tjad
炟	*taːd

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dá (da²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daat³ / taan²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dá
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dá
    • Wade–Giles: ta²
    • Yale: dá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dar
    • Palladius: да (da)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: daat³ / taan²
    • Yale: daat / táan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daat⁸ / taan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: dad³ / tan²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːt̚³/, /tʰaːn³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tat

Rime
Character	妲
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	曷 (63)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	當割切
Baxter	tat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tɑt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/tɑt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/tɑt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tat̚/
Li Rong	/tɑt̚/
Wang Li	/tɑt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/tɑt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	da
Expected Cantonese Reflex	daat3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*taːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	妲
Reading #	1/1
No.	2100
Phonetic component	旦
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	怛
Old Chinese	/*taːd/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 妲

1. (obsolete) A feminine courtesy name

   妲己  ―  Dá Jǐ  ―  Da Ji (favorite consort of King Zhou of Shang)

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Japanese

Kanji

妲

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: たち (tachi)
• Kan-on: たつ (tatsu)
• Kan’yō-on: だつ (datsu)

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Korean

Hanja

妲 • (dal) (hangeul 달, revised dal, McCune–Reischauer tal)

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Vietnamese

Han character

妲: Hán Nôm readings: dát

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