嫢

嫢	U+5AE2, 嫢 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5AE2

← 嫡
[U+5AE1]

CJK Unified Ideographs

嫣 →
[U+5AE3]

Translingual

Han character

嫢 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 手山女 (QUV), four-corner 5640₄, composition ⿱規女)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 270, character 3
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6658
Dae Jaweon: page 537, character 29
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1075, character 3
Unihan data for U+5AE2

Chinese

trad.		嫢
simp.		𫰹

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
嫢	ɡeːnʔ, skʷel, *ɡʷilʔ
規	*kʷel
槻	*kʷel
鬹	*kʷel
摫	*kʷel
瞡	kʷels, kʷils
窺	*kʰʷel
闚	*kʰʷel

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guī (gui¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kwai¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kui / kúi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guī
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guei
  - Wade–Giles: kuei¹
  - Yale: gwēi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guei
  - Palladius: гуй (guj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: kwai¹
  - Yale: kwāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kwai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: kuei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐi̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kui / kúi
  - Tâi-lô: kui / kuí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kuy, kuie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kui⁴⁴/, /kui⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kui³³/, /kui⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kui⁴⁴/, /kui⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kui⁴⁴/, /kui⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kui⁴⁴/, /kui⁴¹/

Middle Chinese: tsje, gjwijX, henX

Rime
Character	嫢	嫢	嫢
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	群 (30)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	支 (11)	脂 (16)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III	IV
Fanqie	姊移切	求癸切	胡典切
Baxter	tsje	gjwijX	henX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siᴇ/	/ɡiuɪ^X/	/ɦen^X/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siɛ/	/ɡʷi^X/	/ɦen^X/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sjɛ/	/ɡjuɪ^X/	/ɣɛn^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡siə̆/	/gwi^X/	/ɦɛn^X/
Li Rong	/t͡sie/	/ɡui^X/	/ɣen^X/
Wang Li	/t͡sǐe/	/ɡwi^X/	/ɣien^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sie̯/	/gwi^X/	/ɣien^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zī	guì	xiàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi¹	gwai⁶	jin⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡeːnʔ/, /*skʷel/, /*ɡʷilʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嫢	嫢	嫢
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	4602	4603	4612
Phonetic component	規	規	規
Rime group	元	歌	脂
Rime subdivision	2	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	峴		揆
Old Chinese	/*ɡeːnʔ/	/*skʷel/	/*ɡʷilʔ/
Notes		見方言。規由宜校改

Definitions

嫢

beautiful waist or lower back

Japanese

Kanji

嫢

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): き (ki)、い (i)、ぎ (gi)、し (shi)、けん (ken)、げん (gen)
Kun: あきらか (akiraka)、しなやか (shinayaka)、たおやか (taoyaka)

Korean

Hanja

嫢 • (gyu) (hangeul 규, revised gyu, McCune–Reischauer kyu)

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