姛

姛 U+59DB, 姛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59DB ← 姚 [U+59DA] CJK Unified Ideographs 姜 → [U+59DC]

Translingual

Han character

姛 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女月一口 (VBMR), four-corner 4742₀, composition ⿰女同)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 259, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6203
• Dae Jaweon: page 525, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1044, character 6
• Unihan data for U+59DB

Chinese

trad.		姛
simp. #		姛
alternative forms		𡜝

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
鮦	*duʔ, *doːŋ, *doŋʔ
侗	*tʰoːŋ, *tʰoːŋʔ, *doːŋ
恫	*tʰoːŋ, *doːŋs
痌	*tʰoːŋ
同	*doːŋ
仝	*zlon, *doːŋ
銅	*doːŋ
桐	*doːŋ
峒	*doːŋ, *doːŋs
硐	*doːŋ, *doːŋʔ
筒	*doːŋ, *doːŋs
洞	*doːŋ, *doːŋs
烔	*doːŋ
挏	*doːŋ, *doːŋʔ
酮	*doːŋ, *doːŋʔ
鲖
眮	*doːŋ, *doːŋʔ, *doːŋs
衕	*doːŋ, *doːŋs
哃	*doːŋ
絧	*doːŋ, *doːŋs
姛	*doːŋʔ
詷	*doːŋʔ, *doːŋs
胴	*doːŋs
駧	*doːŋs
迵	*doːŋs
戙	*doːŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *doːŋʔ) : semantic 女 + phonetic 同 (OC *doːŋ).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dòng (dong⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dung⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dòng
    • Wade–Giles: tung⁴
    • Yale: dùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: donq
    • Palladius: дун (dun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: dung⁶
    • Yale: duhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: dung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ²²/

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• Middle Chinese: duwngX

Rime
Character	姛
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	徒揔切
Baxter	duwngX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/duŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/duŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/duŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dəwŋX/
Li Rong	/duŋX/
Wang Li	/duŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱuŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dòng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dung6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*doːŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	姛
Reading #	1/1
No.	12464
Phonetic component	同
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	動
Old Chinese	/*doːŋʔ/

Definitions

姛

1. ^‡ a state of stiff and rigid neck

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóng (tong²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻung²
    • Yale: túng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torng
    • Palladius: тун (tun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵/

Definitions

姛

1. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (Internet slang) Alternative form of 女同 (nǚtóng, “lesbian”)

References

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

Japanese

Kanji

姛

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): とう (tō); ず (zu)