妀

妀	U+5980, 妀 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5980

← 奿
[U+597F]

CJK Unified Ideographs

妁 →
[U+5981]

Translingual

Han character

妀 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 尸山女 (SUV) or 難尸山女 (XSUV), four-corner 1474₀, composition ⿰己女)

ancient character used in the name of Daji (妲妀, which is a synonym of 妲己), the favorite concubine of King Zhou of Shang

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 255, character 17
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6062
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1027, character 12
Unihan data for U+5980

Chinese

trad.		妀
simp. ^#		妀

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
改	*klɯːʔ
跽	*ɡrɯʔ
己	*kɯʔ
紀	*kɯʔ
妀	*kɯʔ
記	*kɯs
杞	*kʰɯʔ
屺	*kʰɯʔ
芑	*kʰɯʔ
邔	kʰɯʔ, ɡɯs
玘	*kʰɯʔ
忌	*ɡɯs
鵋	*ɡɯs
誋	*ɡɯs
梞	*ɡɯs

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jǐ (ji³)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gei²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jǐ
  - Wade–Giles: chi³
  - Yale: jǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jii
  - Palladius: цзи (czi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gei²
  - Yale: géi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gei²
  - Guangdong Romanization: géi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯³⁵/

Middle Chinese: kiX

Rime
Character	妀
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居里切
Baxter	kiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/kɨ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/kie^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɨ^X/
Li Rong	/kiə^X/
Wang Li	/kĭə^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gei²

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kɯʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	妀
Reading #	1/1
No.	5767
Phonetic component	己
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*kɯʔ/

Definitions

妀

Used in female personal names.
a surname

References

Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 91