嬈

See also: 娆

嬈 U+5B08, 嬈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B08 ← 嬇 [U+5B07] CJK Unified Ideographs 嬉 → [U+5B09]

嬈 U+2F869, 嬈 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F869 ← 㛼 [U+2F868] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 嬾 → [U+2F86A]

Translingual

Han character

嬈 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 女土土山 (VGGU), four-corner 4441₂, composition ⿰女堯)

1. graceful, charming, fascinating

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 271, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6734
• Dae Jaweon: page 539, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1078, character 19
• Unihan data for U+5B08

• Unihan data for U+2F869

Chinese

trad.		嬈
simp.		娆

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
撓	*hŋaːw, *rŋaːw, *rnaːwʔ
鐃	*rŋaːw
譊	*rŋaːw
橈	*rŋaːws, *ŋjew
磽	*ŋ̊ʰreːw, *ŋreːws, *ŋ̊ʰeːwʔ
墝	*ŋ̊ʰreːw
穘	*hŋreːw
顤	*hŋreːw, *ŋeːws
燒	*hŋjew, *hŋjaws
饒	*ŋjew, *ŋjaws
蟯	*ŋjew, *ʔŋew
蕘	*ŋjew
襓	*ŋjew
繞	*ŋjewʔ, *ŋjaws
遶	*ŋjewʔ
嬈	*njewʔ, *neːwʔ, *hŋeːws
趬	*ŋ̊ʰew, *ŋ̊ʰews
蹺	*ŋ̊ʰew
翹	*ɡew, *ɡews
澆	*ŋkeːw, *ŋeːws
驍	*ŋkeːw
僥	*kŋeːwʔ, *ŋeːw
堯	*ŋeːw
垚	*ŋeːw
嶢	*ŋeːw
獟	*ŋeːws
膮	*hŋeːw, *hŋeːwʔ
嘵	*hŋeːw
憢	*hŋeːw
曉	*hŋeːwʔ
皢	*hŋeːwʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *njewʔ, *neːwʔ, *hŋeːws): semantic 女 (“female”) + phonetic 堯 (OC *ŋeːw).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rǎo (rao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rǎo
    • Wade–Giles: jao³
    • Yale: rǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rao
    • Palladius: жао (žao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jiu⁵
    • Yale: yíuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: newX, nyewX, xewH

Rime
Character	嬈	嬈	嬈
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	泥 (8)	日 (38)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)	宵 (91)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	III	IV
Fanqie	奴鳥切	而沼切	火弔切
Baxter	newX	nyewX	xewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/neuX/	/ȵiᴇuX/	/heuH/
Pan Wuyun	/neuX/	/ȵiɛuX/	/heuH/
Shao Rongfen	/neuX/	/ȵʑjæuX/	/xeuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/nɛwX/	/ȵiawX/	/hɛwH/
Li Rong	/neuX/	/ȵiɛuX/	/xeuH/
Wang Li	/nieuX/	/ȵʑĭɛuX/	/xieuH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/nieuX/	/ȵʑi̯ɛuX/	/xieuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	niǎo	rǎo	xiào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	niu5	jiu5	hiu3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*njewʔ/, /*neːwʔ/, /*hŋeːws/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嬈	嬈	嬈
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	14675	14684	14702
Phonetic component	垚	垚	垚
Rime group	宵	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	2	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	擾	嬲	𢿿
Old Chinese	/*njewʔ/	/*neːwʔ/	/*hŋeːws/

Definitions

嬈

1. (literary) to disturb; to harass

Compounds

• 嬈惱 / 娆恼

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ráo (rao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ráo
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ráo
    • Wade–Giles: jao²
    • Yale: ráu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rau
    • Palladius: жао (žao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jiu⁴
    • Yale: yìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯²¹/

Definitions

嬈

1. (literary) beautiful

Compounds

• 妖嬈 / 妖娆 (yāoráo)
• 嬌嬈 / 娇娆 (jiāoráo)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yáo (yao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yáo
    • Wade–Giles: yao²
    • Yale: yáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yau
    • Palladius: яо (jao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯³⁵/

Definitions

嬈

1. used in 嬈嬈／娆娆 (“weak”)

Compounds

• 嬈嬈 / 娆娆

Etymology 4

trad.		嬈
simp.		娆

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiâu

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiâu
    • Tâi-lô: hiâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiau²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiau¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiau²³/

Definitions

嬈

1. (Hokkien, vulgar) alternative form of 姣 (“lecherous; promiscuous; lascivious; lewd (of a woman)”)

References

• “嬈”, 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

嬈

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. graceful
2. charming
3. fascinating

Readings

• On (unclassified): じょう (jō)^{←でう (deu, historical)}、にょう (nyō)^{←ねう (neu, historical)}、じょう (jō)^{←ぜう (zeu, historical)}、どう (dō)^{←だう (dau, historical)}、よう (yō)^{←えう (eu, historical)}、きょう (kyō)^{←けう (keu, historical)}
• Kun: わずらわしい (wazurawashii, 嬈わしい)、なやむ (nayamu, 嬈む)

Korean

Hanja

嬈 (eum 요 (yo))

1. troublesome, suffer
2. ridiculing
3. agony
4. disarrange
5. dizzy
6. charming
7. weak

Vietnamese

Han character

嬈: Hán Nôm readings: nhiêu

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References

• Nom Foundation