媌

媌 U+5A8C, 媌
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A8C
← 媋
[U+5A8B] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 媍 →
[U+5A8D]

Translingual

Han character

媌 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女廿田 (VTW), four-corner 44460, composition ⿰女苗)

  1. fine, glorious, happy
  2. prostitute

References
  • KangXi: page 266, character 27
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6488
  • Dae Jaweon: page 533, character 31
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1056, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+5A8C

Chinese
trad. 媌
simp. # 媌
alternative forms 嫹 ancient

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (苗) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
貓 *mreːw, *mrew
描 *mreːw, *mrew
媌 *mreːw, *mreːwʔ
緢 *mreːwʔ, *mreːws, *mrew
苗 *mrew
猫 *mrew
庿 *mrews

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 媌 媌
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 明 (4) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 肴 (90) 肴 (90)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) II II
Fanqie 莫交切 莫飽切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /mˠau/ /mˠauX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /mᵚau/ /mᵚauX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /mau/ /mauX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /maɨw/ /maɨwX/
Li
Rong		 /mau/ /mauX/
Wang
Li		 /mau/ /mauX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /mau/ /mauX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 máo mǎo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 maau4 maau5
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 媌 媌
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 9103 9105
Phonetic
component		 苗 苗
Rime
group		 宵 宵
Rime
subdivision		 2 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 茅 卯
Old
Chinese		 /*mreːw/ /*mreːwʔ/

Definitions

媌

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Pronunciation

Definitions

媌

  1. (Min Nan) prostitute
Synonyms

References

Japanese

Kanji
媌

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings
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