嫗
See also: 妪
嫗 - Translingual
Han character
嫗 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 女尸口口 (VSRR), four-corner 41416, composition ⿰女區)
Descendants
嫗 - Chinese
| trad. | 嫗 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 妪 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 嫗 |
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| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Small seal script |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qos) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 區 (OC *qoː, *kʰo).
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: yù
- Zhuyin: ㄩˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yù
- Wade–Giles: yü4
- Yale: yù
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuh
- Palladius: юй (juj)
- Sinological IPA : /y⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jyu2, jyu3
- Yale: yú, yu
- Cantonese Pinyin: jy2, jy3
- Guangdong Romanization: yu2, yu3
- Sinological IPA : /jyː³⁵/, /jyː³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: hé̤ṳ
- Sinological IPA : /høy²¹³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: 2y
- Sinological IPA : /y³⁴/
- (Shanghainese)
- Middle Chinese: /ʔɨoH/
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 嫗 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 虞 (24) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 衣遇切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| ZhengzhangShangfang | /ʔɨoH/ |
| PanWuyun | /ʔioH/ |
| ShaoRongfen | /ʔioH/ |
| EdwinPulleyblank | /ʔuə̆H/ |
| LiRong | /ʔioH/ |
| WangLi | /ĭuH/ |
| BernardKarlgren | /ʔi̯uH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yù |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jyu3 |
Definitions
嫗
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: yǔ
- Zhuyin: ㄩˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yǔ
- Wade–Giles: yü3
- Yale: yǔ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeu
- Palladius: юй (juj)
- Sinological IPA : /y²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: yù
- Zhuyin: ㄩˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yù
- Wade–Giles: yü4
- Yale: yù
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuh
- Palladius: юй (juj)
- Sinological IPA : /y⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Definitions
嫗
Compounds
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嫗 - Japanese
Alternative forms
Kanji
嫗
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
Readings
Noun
嫗 • (omina)
- a grown woman
- an old woman
嫗 - Korean
Hanja
嫗 • (gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune–Reischauer ku)