姟

姟 U+59DF, 姟 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59DF ← 姞 [U+59DE] CJK Unified Ideographs 姠 → [U+59E0]

Translingual

Han character

姟 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女卜女人 (VYVO), composition ⿰女亥)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 260, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6209
• Dae Jaweon: page 526, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1047, character 9
• Unihan data for U+59DF

Chinese

simp. and trad.		姟

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
該	*kɯː
垓	*kɯː
賅	*kɯː
陔	*kɯː
豥	*kɯː, *ɡɯː
荄	*kɯː, *krɯː
郂	*kɯː
姟	*kɯː
絯	*kɯː, *ɡrɯːʔ
晐	*kɯː
峐	*kɯː
侅	*kɯː, *kʰɯː, *ɡɯːʔ, *ɡrɯːʔ
胲	*kɯː
頦	*kɯːʔ, *ɡɯː
奒	*kʰɯː
輆	*kʰɯːʔ
欬	*kʰɯːɡs, *qraːds
硋	*ŋɡɯːɡs
閡	*ŋɡɯːɡs
咳	*qʰɯː, *ɡɯː
孩	*ɡɯː
亥	*ɡɯːʔ
劾	*ɡɯːɡs, *kʰrɯːɡs, *ɡɯːɡ
痎	*krɯː
烗	*kʰrɯːɡs
骸	*ɡrɯː
駭	*ɡrɯːʔ
刻	*kʰɯːɡ
餩	*qɯːɡ
核	*ɡuːd, *ɡrɯːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāi (gai¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄞ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): goi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gai
    • Wade–Giles: kai¹
    • Yale: gāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gai
    • Palladius: гай (gaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: goi¹
    • Yale: gōi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: goi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːi̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: koj

Rime
Character	姟
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古哀切
Baxter	koj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/kəi/
Shao Rongfen	/kɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəj/
Li Rong	/kᴀi/
Wang Li	/kɒi/
Bernard Karlgren	/kɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gāi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	goi1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kɯː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	姟
Reading #	1/1
No.	4810
Phonetic component	亥
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	該
Old Chinese	/*kɯː/

Definitions

姟

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References

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 92

Japanese

Kanji

姟

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): かい (kai)