媕

媕 U+5A95, 媕 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A95 ← 媔 [U+5A94] CJK Unified Ideographs 媖 → [U+5A96]

Translingual

Han character

媕 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 女人口廿 (VORT), four-corner 4844₆, composition ⿰女弇)

1. undecided

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 266, character 44
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6505
• Dae Jaweon: page 534, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1067, character 7
• Unihan data for U+5A95

Chinese

trad.		媕
simp. #		媕

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
弇	*kɯːm, *qramʔ
媕	*quːm, *qromʔ, *qɯːm, *qramʔ, *qɯːb
黭	*qɯːmʔ
揜	*qaːmʔ, *qramʔ
渰	*qramʔ
鞥	*qɯːŋ, *qɯːb

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

	Old Chinese
龕	*kʰuːm
媕	*quːm, *qromʔ, *qɯːm, *qramʔ, *qɯːb
頜	*ɡuːmʔ, *kuːb
答	*tkuːb
畣	*tkuːb
荅	*tkuːb
嗒	*tuːb, *tʰoːb
褡	*tuːb, *toːb
撘	*tuːb
搭	*tuːb, *tʰoːb
榙	*tkuːb, *ɡuːb
佮	*tkʰuːb, *kuːb, *quːb, *quːb
蛤	*kuːb
鴿	*kuːb
合	*kuːb, *ɡuːb
郃	*kuːb, *ɡuːb
匌	*kuːb, *kʰuːb
鉿	*kuːb
閤	*kuːb
鞈	*kuːb, *kruːb
韐	*kuːb, *kruːb
鮯	*kuːb
哈	*ŋɡuːb
姶	*quːb, *quːb
欱	*qʰuːb, *qʰruːb
盒	*ɡuːb
耠	*ɡuːb
詥	*ɡuːb
塔	*tʰuːb
鞳	*tʰoːb
劄	*rtuːb
跲	*kruːb, *kob, *ɡob
袷	*kruːb, *ŋkob
餄	*kruːb
恰	*kʰruːb
帢	*kʰruːb
洽	*ɡruːb
祫	*ɡruːb
珨	*ɡruːb
烚	*ɡruːb
歙	*qʰjob, *qʰrub
湁	*tkʰub
拾	*ɡjub
給	*krub
翕	*qʰrub
噏	*qʰrub
潝	*qʰrub
熻	*qʰrub
嬆	*qʰrub
翖	*qʰrub
闟	*qʰrub

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ān (an¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): am¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ān
    • Zhuyin: ㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: an
    • Wade–Giles: an¹
    • Yale: ān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: an
    • Palladius: ань (anʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: am¹
    • Yale: ām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: am¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: em¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐm⁵⁵/

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

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• Middle Chinese: 'om

Rime
Character	媕
Reading #	1/3
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	覃 (159)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	烏含切
Baxter	'om
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔʌm/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔəm/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɒm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔəm/
Li Rong	/ʔᴀm/
Wang Li	/ɒm/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔăm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	am1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*quːm/, /*qɯːm/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	媕	媕
Reading #	1/5	3/5
No.	4941	14365
Phonetic component	合	弇
Rime group	侵	侵
Rime subdivision	3	1
Corresponding MC rime	諳	諳
Old Chinese	/*quːm/	/*qɯːm/

Definitions

媕

1. only used in 媕娿 (ān'ē, “indecisive; hesitant”)

Compounds

• 媕娿 (ān'ē)
• 媕婀 (ān'ē)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎn (yan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎn
    • Wade–Giles: yen³
    • Yale: yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yean
    • Palladius: янь (janʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jemX

Rime
Character	媕
Reading #	2/3
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	鹽 (154)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	衣儉切
Baxter	'jemX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠiᴇmX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚiɛmX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiæmX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔjiamX/
Li Rong	/ʔjɛmX/
Wang Li	/ĭɛmX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔi̯ɛmX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jim2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qromʔ/, /*qramʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	媕	媕
Reading #	2/5	4/5
No.	4943	14368
Phonetic component	合	弇
Rime group	談	談
Rime subdivision	3	1
Corresponding MC rime	奄	奄
Old Chinese	/*qromʔ/	/*qramʔ/

Definitions

媕

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) flashing amorous glances

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): è (e⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄜˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: è
    • Zhuyin: ㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: è
    • Wade–Giles: o⁴
    • Yale: è
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eh
    • Palladius: э (e)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: 'op

Rime
Character	媕
Reading #	3/3
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	合 (160)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	烏合切
Baxter	'op
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔʌp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔəp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɒp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔəp̚/
Li Rong	/ʔᴀp̚/
Wang Li	/ɒp̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔăp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	e
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ap3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qɯːb/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	媕
Reading #	5/5
No.	14373
Phonetic component	弇
Rime group	緝
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	姶
Old Chinese	/*qɯːb/

Definitions

媕

1. (historical dictionaries only) Used in female personal names.

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B00678
• “媕”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

媕

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): えん (en)、あん (an)、おん (on)、おう (ō)

Korean

Hanja

媕 (eum 암 (am))

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