㜷

㜷 U+3737, 㜷 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-3737 ← 㜶 [U+3736] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A 㜸 → [U+3738]

Translingual

Han character

㜷 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+17, 20 strokes, cangjie input 弓月女 (NBV), composition ⿱彌女)

1. milk
2. breasts of a woman
3. suckle
4. word of respect for women
5. (for Qi's people) mother
6. used in girl names

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 274, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1090, character 16
• Unihan data for U+3737

Chinese

trad.		㜷
simp.		𡝠

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mí (mi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mí
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mí
    • Wade–Giles: mi²
    • Yale: mí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mi
    • Palladius: ми (mi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: mjie

Rime
Character	㜷
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	武移切
Baxter	mjie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/miᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/miɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/mjɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/miə̆/
Li Rong	/mie/
Wang Li	/mǐe/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mei4

Definitions

㜷

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Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎn (xian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎn
    • Wade–Giles: hsien³
    • Yale: syǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shean
    • Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/

Definitions

㜷

1. Used in female personal names.

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C02417