嬥

嬥 U+5B25, 嬥 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B25 ← 嬤 [U+5B24] CJK Unified Ideographs 嬦 → [U+5B26]

Translingual

Han character

嬥 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 女尸一土 (VSMG), four-corner 4741₄, composition ⿰女翟)

Further reading

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 272, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6813
• Dae Jaweon: page 540, character 41
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1088, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5B25

Chinese

trad.		嬥
simp. #		嬥

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 嬥
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
櫂	*r'eːwɢs
濯	*r'eːwɢs, *r'eːwɢ
耀	*lewɢs
曜	*lewɢs
燿	*lewɢs
糶	*l̥ʰeːwɢs
粜	*l̥ʰeːwɢs
嬥	*l'eːw, *l'eːwʔ, *l'eːwɢs, *r'eːwɢ
藋	*l'eːwɢs
躍	*lewɢ
戳	*r'eːwɢ
擢	*r'eːwɢ
蠗	*r'eːwɢ
鸐	*r'eːwɢ
翟	*r'aːwɢ, *l'eːwɢ
趯	*l̥ʰeːwɢ
籊	*l̥ʰeːwɢ, *l'eːwɢ
糴	*l'eːwɢ
䊮	*l'eːwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *l'eːw, *l'eːwʔ, *l'eːwɢs, *r'eːwɢ): semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 翟 (OC *r'aːwɢ, *l'eːwɢ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiǎo, diào (tiao³, diao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄠˇ, ㄉㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tiu⁵ / tiu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiǎo
    • Wade–Giles: tʻiao³
    • Yale: tyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: teau
    • Palladius: тяо (tjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diào
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diào
    • Wade–Giles: tiao⁴
    • Yale: dyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diaw
    • Palladius: дяо (djao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: tiu⁵ / tiu⁴
    • Yale: tíuh / tìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tiu⁵ / tiu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tiu⁵ / tiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːu̯¹³/, /tʰiːu̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: dew, dewX, dewH, draewk

Rime
Character	嬥	嬥	嬥	嬥
Reading #	1/4	2/4	3/4	4/4
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	定 (7)	定 (7)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)	蕭 (93)	蕭 (93)	覺 (10)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV	IV	II
Fanqie	徒聊切	徒了切	徒弔切	直角切
Baxter	dew	dewX	dewH	draewk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/deu/	/deuX/	/deuH/	/ɖˠʌk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/deu/	/deuX/	/deuH/	/ɖᵚɔk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/deu/	/deuX/	/deuH/	/ȡɔk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dɛw/	/dɛwX/	/dɛwH/	/ɖaɨwk̚/
Li Rong	/deu/	/deuX/	/deuH/	/ȡɔk̚/
Wang Li	/dieu/	/dieuX/	/dieuH/	/ȡɔk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱieu/	/dʱieuX/	/dʱieuH/	/ȡʱɔk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tiáo	diào	diào	zhuó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tiu4	diu6	diu6	zok6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*l'eːw/, /*l'eːwʔ/, /*l'eːwɢs/, /*r'eːwɢ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嬥	嬥	嬥	嬥
Reading #	1/4	2/4	3/4	4/4
No.	2216	2217	2219	2224
Phonetic component	翟	翟	翟	翟
Rime group	宵	宵	豹	藥
Rime subdivision	2	2	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	迢	窕	藋	濁
Old Chinese	/*l'eːw/	/*l'eːwʔ/	/*l'eːwɢs/	/*r'eːwɢ/

Definitions

嬥

1. Having a fine and proportional physique.
2. beautiful and delicate
3. An ancient song and dance from modern-day Sichuan and Chongqing.

References

• “嬥”, 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

嬥

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ちょう (chō)、じょう (jō)、たく (taku)、だく (daku)、てき (teki)、ちゃく (chaku)
• Kun: よい (yoi)、あでやか (adeyaka)、とりかえる (torikaeru)

Korean

Hanja

嬥 (eum 조 (jo))

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