姼

姼 U+59FC, 姼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59FC ← 姻 [U+59FB] CJK Unified Ideographs 姽 → [U+59FD]

Translingual

Han character

姼 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女弓戈弓 (VNIN) or 難女弓戈弓 (XVNIN), four-corner 4742₇, composition ⿰女多)

1. beautiful appearance
2. beautiful woman

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 261, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6253
• Dae Jaweon: page 527, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1047, character 3
• Unihan data for U+59FC

Chinese

trad.		姼
simp. #		姼
alternative forms		𡚼

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
多	*ʔl'aːl
哆	*ʔl'aːlʔ, *ʔl'aːls, *ʔr'aːls, *hr'aːl, *l̥ʰjaːlʔ, *l̥ʰjalʔ, *l̥ʰjɯs
跢	*ʔl'aːls, *ʔl'aːds
痑	*ʔl'aːls, *l̥ʰaːl, *l̥ʰaːn
爹	*daːʔ, *tjaː
陊	*l'aːlʔ, *l'alʔ
橠	*naːlʔ
袲	*naːlʔ, *l̥ʰjalʔ, *lal
奓	*ʔr'aːl, *ʔr'aːls
栘	*ɦljeːl, *lal
黟	*ʔleːl, *ʔlil
趍	*sʰlo, *l'al
誃	*l'al, *l̥ʰjalʔ
簃	*l'al, *lal
眵	*ʔljjal, *l̥ʰjal
恀	*ʔljalʔ, *l̥ʰjalʔ, *ɦljalʔ
侈	*l̥ʰjalʔ
姼	*l̥ʰjalʔ, *ɦljal, *ɦljalʔ
鉹	*l̥ʰjalʔ, *lal
垑	*l̥ʰjalʔ
袳	*l̥ʰjalʔ
卶	*l̥ʰjals, *hljals
宜	*ŋral
誼	*ŋrals
竩	*ŋrals
移	*lal
迻	*lal
扅	*lal
拸	*lal, *lalʔ
熪	*lal
謻	*lal
蛥	*ɢljad

Etymology 1

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l̥ʰjalʔ, *ɦljal, *ɦljalʔ) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 多 (OC *ʔl'aːl)

Etymology 2

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 女 (“girl”) + 多 (“many”)

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shí, chǐ (shi², chi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ, ㄔˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci², si⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shí
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíh
    • Wade–Giles: shih²
    • Yale: shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyr
    • Palladius: ши (ši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄔˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chǐh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih³
    • Yale: chř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyy
    • Palladius: чи (či)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci², si⁴
    • Yale: chí, sìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi², si⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi², xi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³⁵/, /siː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: dzye, dzyeX, tsyheX

Rime
Character	姼	姼	姼
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	常 (25)	常 (25)	昌 (24)
Final (韻)	支 (11)	支 (11)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	是支切	承紙切	尺氏切
Baxter	dzye	dzyeX	tsyheX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑiᴇ/	/d͡ʑiᴇX/	/t͡ɕʰiᴇX/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑiɛ/	/d͡ʑiɛX/	/t͡ɕʰiɛX/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑjɛ/	/d͡ʑjɛX/	/t͡ɕʰjɛX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑiə̆/	/d͡ʑiə̆X/	/cʰiə̆X/
Li Rong	/ʑie/	/ʑieX/	/t͡ɕʰieX/
Wang Li	/ʑǐe/	/ʑǐeX/	/t͡ɕʰǐeX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʑie̯/	/ʑie̯X/	/t͡ɕʰie̯X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chí	shì	chǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si4	si6	ci2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰjalʔ/, /*ɦljal/, /*ɦljalʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	姼	姼	姼
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	2664	2673	2675
Phonetic component	多	多	多
Rime group	歌	歌	歌
Rime subdivision	1	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	侈	提	是
Old Chinese	/*l̥ʰjalʔ/	/*ɦljal/	/*ɦljalʔ/

Definitions

姼

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Compounds

• 姼仔
• 姼姼

 

References

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

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): neoi⁵ do¹, do¹ neoi⁵

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: neoi⁵ do¹, do¹ neoi⁵
    • Yale: néuih dō, dō néuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: noey⁵ do¹, do¹ noey⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: nêu⁵ do¹, do¹ nêu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɵy̯¹³ tɔː⁵⁵/, /tɔː⁵⁵ nɵy̯¹³/

Definitions

姼

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang, neologism) being accompanied or surrounded by many girls