妺

See also: 妹

妺 U+59BA, 妺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59BA ← 妹 [U+59B9] CJK Unified Ideographs 妻 → [U+59BB]

Translingual

Han character

妺 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 女木十 (VDJ), four-corner 4549₀, composition ⿰女末)

1. wife of the last ruler of the Xia dynasty

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 257, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6139
• Dae Jaweon: page 522, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1034, character 7
• Unihan data for U+59BA

Chinese

trad.		妺
simp. #		妺

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
眛	*maːds, *mɯːds
沬	*maːds, *hmɯːds, *mɯds
佅	*mraːds
韎	*mreːds, *maːd
帓	*mraːd
粖	*meːd, *maːd
末	*maːd
昩	*maːd
秣	*maːd
靺	*maːd
眜	*maːd
抹	*maːd
妺	*maːd
怽	*maːd
沫	*maːd
袜	*maːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *maːd) : semantic 女 (“female, woman”) + phonetic 末 (OC *maːd).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mò (mo⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mut⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mò
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mò
    • Wade–Giles: mo⁴
    • Yale: mwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moh
    • Palladius: мо (mo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mut⁶
    • Yale: muht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mut⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːt̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: mat

Rime
Character	妺
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	桓 (64)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	莫撥切
Baxter	mat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muɑt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/mʷɑt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/muɑt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mwat̚/
Li Rong	/muɑt̚/
Wang Li	/muɑt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/muɑt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mut6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*maːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	妺
Reading #	1/1
No.	9231
Phonetic component	末
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	末
Old Chinese	/*maːd/

Definitions

妺

1. Used in female personal names.

   妺喜  ―  Mò Xǐ  ―  Mo Xi, a concubine of King Jie of Xia

Japanese

Kanji

妺

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ばつ (batsu); まち (machi); まつ (matsu)
• Kun: あざな (azana)