娿

See also: 婀

娿 U+5A3F, 娿 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A3F ← 娾 [U+5A3E] CJK Unified Ideographs 婀 → [U+5A40]

Translingual

Han character

娿 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 弓口女 (NRV), composition ⿱阿女)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 263, character 46
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6381
• Dae Jaweon: page 530, character 31
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1054, character 9
• Unihan data for U+5A3F

Chinese

simp. and trad.		娿

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
砢	*ɡ·raːlʔ
柯	*kaːl
菏	*kaːl, *ɡaːl
牁	*kaːl
滒	*kaːl
哥	*kaːl
歌	*kaːl
謌	*kaːl
鴚	*kaːl
哿	*kaːlʔ
舸	*kaːlʔ
笴	*kaːlʔ, *kaːnʔ
軻	*kʰaːl, *kʰaːlʔ, *kʰaːls
珂	*kʰaːl
可	*kʰaːlʔ
岢	*kʰaːlʔ
坷	*kʰaːlʔ, *kʰaːls
蚵	*kʰaːls, *ɡaːl
呵	*qʰaːl, *qʰaːls
訶	*qʰaːl
抲	*qʰaːl
荷	*qʰaːls, *ɡaːl, *ɡaːlʔ
何	*ɡaːl, *ɡaːlʔ
河	*ɡaːl
苛	*ɡaːl
魺	*ɡaːl
袔	*ɡaːls
阿	*qaːl
妸	*qaːl, *qaːlʔ
疴	*qaːl, *kʰraːls
鈳	*qaːl
娿	*qaːl, *qaːlʔ
痾	*qaːl
跒	*kʰraːlʔ
閜	*qʰraːlʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ē, ě (e¹, e³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄜ, ㄜˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): o² / o¹

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ē
    • Zhuyin: ㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: e
    • Wade–Giles: o¹
    • Yale: ē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: e
    • Palladius: э (e)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ě
    • Zhuyin: ㄜˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ě
    • Wade–Giles: o³
    • Yale: ě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ee
    • Palladius: э (e)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: o² / o¹
    • Yale: ó / ō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: o² / o¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: o² / o¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔː³⁵/, /ɔː⁵⁵/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

---

• Middle Chinese: 'a, 'aX

Rime
Character	娿	娿
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	烏何切	烏可切
Baxter	'a	'aX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɑ/	/ʔɑX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɑ/	/ʔɑX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɑ/	/ʔɑX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔa/	/ʔaX/
Li Rong	/ʔɑ/	/ʔɑX/
Wang Li	/ɑ/	/ɑX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔɑ/	/ʔɑX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ē	ě
Expected Cantonese Reflex	o1	o2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qaːl/, /*qaːlʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	娿	娿
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	7472	7475
Phonetic component	可	可
Rime group	歌	歌
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	阿	𨵌
Old Chinese	/*qaːl/	/*qaːlʔ/
Notes		見莊子

Definitions

娿

1. Alternative form of 婀
2. Used in 媕娿 (ān'ē, “indecisive”).

Compounds

• 媕娿 (ān'ē)

 

Korean

Hanja

娿 • (a) (hangeul 아, revised a, McCune–Reischauer a)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.