嬈

嬈 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 女土土山 (VGGU), four-corner 4441₂, composition ⿰女堯)

1. graceful, charming, fascinating

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 271, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6734
• Dae Jaweon: page 539, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1078, character 19
• Unihan data for U+5B08

• Unihan data for U+2F869

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *njewʔ, *neːwʔ, *hŋeːws): semantic 女 (“female”) + phonetic 堯 (OC *ŋeːw).

嬈

1. (literary) to disturb; to harass

嬈

1. (literary) beautiful

嬈

1. used in 嬈嬈／娆娆 (“weak”)

嬈

1. (Hokkien, vulgar) alternative form of 姣 (“lecherous; promiscuous; lascivious; lewd (of a woman)”)

• “嬈”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. graceful
2. charming
3. fascinating

• On (unclassified): じょう (jō)^{←でう (deu, historical)}、にょう (nyō)^{←ねう (neu, historical)}、じょう (jō)^{←ぜう (zeu, historical)}、どう (dō)^{←だう (dau, historical)}、よう (yō)^{←えう (eu, historical)}、きょう (kyō)^{←けう (keu, historical)}
• Kun: わずらわしい (wazurawashii, 嬈わしい)、なやむ (nayamu, 嬈む)

嬈 (eum 요 (yo))

1. troublesome, suffer
2. ridiculing
3. agony
4. disarrange
5. dizzy
6. charming
7. weak

嬈: Hán Nôm readings: nhiêu

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