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媠 U+5AA0, 媠
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5AA0
← 媟
[U+5A9F] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 媡 →
[U+5AA1]

Translingual

Han character

媠 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 女大一月 (VKMB), composition ⿰女⿱左月)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 267, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6525
  • Dae Jaweon: page 534, character 19
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1064, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+5AA0

Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 媠 – see 嫷 (“good; beautiful”).
(This character is a variant form of 嫷).

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 媠 – see 惰 (“lazy; indolent; irreverent; careless”).
(This character is a variant form of 惰).

Etymology 3

More information trad., simp. # ...

Jerry Norman considers this to be the same word as 水 (shuǐ, “water”) (Schuessler, 2007). But also compare Thai สวย (sǔai, “beautiful”) (ibid.).

Pronunciation

Definitions

媠

  1. (Southern Min) good-looking; pretty; beautiful
    媠啦！ [Hokkien]  ―  Súi--la! [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  Nice! / Very good!
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 漂亮 (“good-looking; beautiful; pretty”) [map]
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Antonyms
Compounds
Descendants
  • → English: swee (Singlish)
  • ⇒ Tagalog: yasuwi (slang)

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Japanese

Kanji

媠

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: だ (da)、な (na)、ら (ra)
  • Kan-on: た (ta)
  • Kun: おこたる (okotaru, 媠る)、みめよい (mimeyoi, 媠い)

Vietnamese

Han character

媠: Hán Nôm readings: thõa/thoã

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References

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