姴

姴 U+59F4, 姴 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59F4 ← 姳 [U+59F3] CJK Unified Ideographs 姵 → [U+59F5]

Translingual

Han character

姴 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 一弓女 (MNV), four-corner 1240₄, composition ⿱列女)

1. beautiful, pretty
2. pleasing

Synonyms

• 美

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 261, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6239
• Dae Jaweon: page 527, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1043, character 9
• Unihan data for U+59F4

Chinese

trad.		姴
simp. #		姴

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
例	*reds
鮤	*reds, *red
栵	*reds, *red
洌	*reds, *red
銐	*r'eds, *r̥ʰjeds
峛	*relʔ
列	*red
裂	*red
烈	*red
冽	*red
迾	*red
蛚	*red
茢	*red
颲	*red
鴷	*red
挒	*red
姴	*red

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liè (lie⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lit⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liè
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liè
    • Wade–Giles: lieh⁴
    • Yale: lyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lieh
    • Palladius: ле (le)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lit⁶
    • Yale: liht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lit⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lid⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːt̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: ljet

Rime
Character	姴
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	薛 (81)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	良辥切
Baxter	ljet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liᴇt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/liɛt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ljæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/liat̚/
Li Rong	/liɛt̚/
Wang Li	/lĭɛt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯ɛt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lit6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*red/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	姴
Reading #	1/1
No.	8141
Phonetic component	列
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*red/

Definitions

姴

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References

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

Japanese

Kanji

姴

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): れつ (retsu); れち (rechi)
• Kun: うつくしい (utsukushī)