婤

婤 U+5A64, 婤 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A64 ← 婣 [U+5A63] CJK Unified Ideographs 婥 → [U+5A65]

Translingual

Han character

婤 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女月土口 (VBGR), four-corner 4742₀, composition ⿰女周)

1. lovely

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 265, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6430
• Dae Jaweon: page 532, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1060, character 10
• Unihan data for U+5A64

Chinese

trad.		婤
simp. #		婤

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
裯	*tuːw, *dɯw, *do
啁	*tuːw, *rtɯːw, *tɯw
禂	*tuːwʔ
綢	*tʰuːw, *dɯw
翢	*tʰuːw, *duːw
錭	*duːw
雕	*tɯːw
凋	*tɯːw
琱	*tɯːw
鯛	*tɯːw
鵰	*tɯːw
彫	*tɯːw
奝	*tɯːw
調	*dɯːw, *dɯːws, *tɯw
蜩	*dɯːw
惆	*tʰɯw
婤	*tʰɯw, *tjɯw
稠	*dɯw
椆	*dɯw, *tjɯws
周	*tjɯw
輖	*tjɯw
賙	*tjɯw
郮	*tjɯw
晭	*tjɯwʔ
倜	*tʰɯːwɢ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōu, chōu (zhou¹, chou¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄡ, ㄔㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhou
    • Wade–Giles: chou¹
    • Yale: jōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jou
    • Palladius: чжоу (čžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chou
    • Wade–Giles: chʻou¹
    • Yale: chōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chou
    • Palladius: чоу (čou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zau¹
    • Yale: jāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: trhjuw, tsyuw

Rime
Character	婤	婤
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	徹 (10)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	丑鳩切	職流切
Baxter	trhjuw	tsyuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈʰɨu/	/t͡ɕɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈʰiu/	/t͡ɕiu/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶʰiəu/	/t͡ɕiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈʰuw/	/cuw/
Li Rong	/ȶʰiu/	/t͡ɕiu/
Wang Li	/ȶʰĭəu/	/t͡ɕĭəu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȶʰi̯ə̯u/	/t͡ɕi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chōu	zhōu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cau1	zau1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tʰɯw/, /*tjɯw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	婤	婤
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	17526	17535
Phonetic component	周	周
Rime group	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	抽	周
Old Chinese	/*tʰɯw/	/*tjɯw/

Definitions

婤

1. (zhōu): used in names of women
2. (chōu): beauty, elegance

Japanese

Kanji

婤

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): しゅう (shū)、しゅ (shu)、ちょう (chō)、ちゅう (chū)、じゅう (jū)
• Kun: みめよいさま (mimeyoisama)