姡

姡 U+59E1, 姡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59E1 ← 姠 [U+59E0] CJK Unified Ideographs 姢 → [U+59E2]

Translingual

Han character

姡 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女竹十口 (VHJR), four-corner 4246₄, composition ⿰女舌)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 260, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6212
• Dae Jaweon: page 526, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1045, character 2
• Unihan data for U+59E1

Chinese

trad.		姡
simp. #		姡
alternative forms		𡜶

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
咶	*qʰroːds, *qʰroːds, *ɡroːd
話	*ɡroːds
刮	*kroːd
鴰	*kroːd, *koːd
趏	*kroːd, *kʰroːd
舌	*ɡroːd, *ɦbljed
姡	*ɡroːd, *ɡoːd
頢	*ɡroːd, *koːd
括	*koːd
活	*koːd, *ɡoːd
适	*koːd, *kʰoːd
栝	*koːd, *l̥ʰeːmʔ
佸	*koːd, *ɡoːd
髺	*koːd
聒	*koːd
銛	*koːd, *slem, *l̥ʰeːmʔ
葀	*koːd
懖	*koːd
筈	*koːd, *kʰoːd
萿	*koːd
蛞	*kʰoːd
闊	*kʰoːd
秳	*ɡoːd

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huá (hua²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huá
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huá
    • Wade–Giles: hua²
    • Yale: hwá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwa
    • Palladius: хуа (xua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: waat⁶
    • Yale: waaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wad⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːt̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: hwat, hwaet

Rime
Character	姡	姡
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	末 (64)	黠 (72)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	II
Fanqie	戸括切	下刮切
Baxter	hwat	hwaet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦuɑt̚/	/ɦˠuat̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷɑt̚/	/ɦʷᵚat̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɑt̚/	/ɣuɐt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwat̚/	/ɦwaɨt̚/
Li Rong	/ɣuɑt̚/	/ɣuat̚/
Wang Li	/ɣuɑt̚/	/ɣwat̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣuɑt̚/	/ɣwăt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huó	huá
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wut6	waat6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡroːd/, /*ɡoːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	姡	姡
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	7564	7588
Phonetic component	桰	桰
Rime group	月	月
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	頢	活
Old Chinese	/*ɡroːd/	/*ɡoːd/

Definitions

姡

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References

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 92

Japanese

Kanji

姡

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): かつ (katsu)、かち (kachi)
• Kun: あつかましい (atsukamashī)、わるがしこい (warugashikoi)