娸

娸 U+5A38, 娸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A38 ← 娷 [U+5A37] CJK Unified Ideographs 娹 → [U+5A39]

Translingual

Han character

娸 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女廿一金 (VTMC), four-corner 4448₁, composition ⿰女其)

1. ugly

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 263, character 33
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6368
• Dae Jaweon: page 530, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1055, character 9
• Unihan data for U+5A38

Chinese

trad.		娸
simp. #		娸

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 娸
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
基	*kɯ
箕	*kɯ
朞	*kɯ
稘	*kɯ
萁	*kɯ, *ɡɯ
期	*kɯ, *ɡɯ
諅	*kɯ, *ɡɯs
其	*kɯ, *ɡɯ
錤	*kɯ, *ɡɯ
諆	*kɯ, *kʰɯ
欺	*kʰɯ
娸	*kʰɯ
魌	*kʰɯ
僛	*kʰɯ
唭	*kʰɯs
棋	*ɡɯ
旗	*ɡɯ
淇	*ɡɯ
祺	*ɡɯ, *ɡɯ
琪	*ɡɯ
騏	*ɡɯ
綦	*ɡɯ
麒	*ɡɯ
蜞	*ɡɯ
綨	*ɡɯ
蜝	*ɡɯ
棊	*ɡɯ
碁	*ɡɯ
鯕	*ɡɯ
踑	*ɡɯ
藄	*ɡɯ
櫀	*ɡɯ
璂	*ɡɯ
禥	*ɡɯ
惎	*ɡɯs
帺	*ɡɯs

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qī (qi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qī
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ci
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi¹
    • Yale: chī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chi
    • Palladius: ци (ci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei¹
    • Yale: hēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: khi

Rime
Character	娸
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	去其切
Baxter	khi
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰɨ/
Li Rong	/kʰiə/
Wang Li	/kʰĭə/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hei1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰɯ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	娸
Reading #	1/1
No.	9941
Phonetic component	其
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	欺
Old Chinese	/*kʰɯ/

Definitions

娸

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Japanese

Kanji

娸

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: き (ki)
• Kan-on: き (ki)
• Kun: みにくい (minikui, 娸い)