媟

媟 U+5A9F, 媟 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A9F ← 媞 [U+5A9E] CJK Unified Ideographs 媠 → [U+5AA0]

Translingual

Han character

媟 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 女心廿木 (VPTD), four-corner 4449₁, composition ⿰女枼)

1. lust after, act indecently
2. lewd

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 267, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6524
• Dae Jaweon: page 534, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1063, character 15
• Unihan data for U+5A9F

Chinese

trad.		媟
simp. #		媟

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
貰	*ɦljebs, *hljebs
跇	*l̥ʰebs, *lebs
迣	*ʔljebs
世	*hljebs
泄	*lebs, *sled
枻	*lebs
詍	*lebs
靾	*lebs
袣	*lebs
抴	*lebs, *led
呭	*lebs
勩	*lebs, *libs
屜	*l̥ʰeːbs
鰈	*l̥ʰaːb, *l'eːb
渫	*zreːb, *sled
煠	*zreːb, *l̥ʰeb, *leb
喋	*rlaːb, *ʔl'eːb, *l'eːb
鞢	*rlaːb, *sleːb
殜	*l'eb, *leb, *lab
葉	*hljeb, *leb
弽	*hljeb, *hleːb
韘	*hljeb, *sleːb
枼	*leb
楪	*leb
揲	*leb, *l'eːb, *ɦljed
鍱	*leb
偞	*leb, *hleːb
蝶	*l̥ʰeːb, *l'eːb
牒	*l'eːb
蹀	*l'eːb
諜	*l'eːb
堞	*l'eːb
牃	*l'eːb
褋	*l'eːb
惵	*l'eːb
碟	*l'eːb
屧	*sleːb
屟	*sleːb
紲	*sled
齛	*sled
疶	*sled
緤	*sled
媟	*sled

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiè (xie⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sit³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siè
    • Wade–Giles: hsieh⁴
    • Yale: syè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieh
    • Palladius: се (se)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sit³
    • Yale: sit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: xid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːt̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: sjet

Rime
Character	媟
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	仙 (81)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	私列切
Baxter	sjet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siᴇt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/siɛt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/sjæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/siat̚/
Li Rong	/siɛt̚/
Wang Li	/sĭɛt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯ɛt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xie
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sit3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sled/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	媟
Reading #	1/1
No.	11595
Phonetic component	世
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	薛
Old Chinese	/*sled/

Definitions

媟

1. lust after, act indecently
2. lewd

Compounds

• 媟弄
• 媟慢
• 媟汙／媟污
• 媟黷／媟黩
• 宴媟
• 淫媟

 

Japanese

Kanji

媟

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. lust after
2. act indecently
3. lewd

Readings

• On (unclassified): せつ (setsu); せち (sechi)
• Kun: けがす (kegasu); けがれる (kegareru); なれる (nareru); あなどる (anadoru)

Korean

Hanja

媟 • (seol) (hangeul 설, revised seol, McCune–Reischauer sŏl)

1. lust after
2. act indecently
3. lewd