奺

奺 U+597A, 奺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-597A ← 她 [U+5979] CJK Unified Ideographs 奻 → [U+597B]

Translingual

Han character

奺 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 女弓人 (VNO), composition ⿰女久)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 256, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6048
• Dae Jaweon: page 518, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1027, character 3
• Unihan data for U+597A

Chinese

simp. and trad.		奺

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǔ (jiu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǒu
    • Wade–Giles: chiu³
    • Yale: jyǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeou
    • Palladius: цзю (czju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gau²
    • Yale: gáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³⁵/

Definitions

奺

1. ancient woman's personal name
2. a widow who preserves her chastity after the death of her husband