嬜

嬜 U+5B1C, 嬜 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B1C ← 嬛 [U+5B1B] CJK Unified Ideographs 嬝 → [U+5B1D]

Translingual

Han character

嬜 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 卜人女 (YOV), composition ⿱歆女)

Further reading

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 272, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6785
• Dae Jaweon: page 540, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1085, character 4
• Unihan data for U+5B1C

Chinese

simp. and trad.		嬜

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
諳	*qɯːm
腤	*qɯːm
嬜	*qɯːm, *qʰaːm, *qʰrɯm
喑	*qɯːm, *qrɯm, *qrɯms
揞	*qɯːmʔ, *qrɯːms
隌	*qɯːmʔ, *qrɯm
罯	*qɯːmʔ, *qɯːb
暗	*qɯːms
闇	*qɯːms
黯	*qrɯːm, *qrɯːmʔ
歆	*qʰrɯm
愔	*qɯm
韾	*qɯm
音	*qrɯm
瘖	*qrɯm
窨	*qrɯms
湆	*kʰrɯb

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qɯːm, *qʰaːm, *qʰrɯm) : phonetic 歆 (OC *qʰrɯm) + semantic 女 (“woman”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīn (xin¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sin
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹
    • Yale: syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shin
    • Palladius: синь (sinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jam¹
    • Yale: yām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐm⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: xim, 'om, xam

Rime
Character	嬜	嬜	嬜
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	影 (34)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	侵 (140)	覃 (159)	談 (143)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I	I
Fanqie	許金切	烏含切	呼談切
Baxter	xim	'om	xam
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hˠiɪm/	/ʔʌm/	/hɑm/
Pan Wuyun	/hᵚim/	/ʔəm/	/hɑm/
Shao Rongfen	/xiem/	/ʔɒm/	/xɑm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hjim/	/ʔəm/	/ham/
Li Rong	/xjəm/	/ʔᴀm/	/xɑm/
Wang Li	/xĭĕm/	/ɒm/	/xɑm/
Bernard Karlgren	/xi̯əm/	/ʔăm/	/xɑm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xīn	ān	hān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ham1	am1	ham1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qɯːm/, /*qʰaːm/, /*qʰrɯm/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嬜	嬜	嬜
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	15208	15215	15220
Phonetic component	音	音	音
Rime group	侵	談	侵
Rime subdivision	1	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	諳	蚶	歆
Old Chinese	/*qɯːm/	/*qʰaːm/	/*qʰrɯm/

Definitions

嬜

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References

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 95