妜

妜 U+599C, 妜 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-599C ← 妛 [U+599B] CJK Unified Ideographs 妝 → [U+599D]

Translingual

Han character

妜 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 女木大 (VDK), composition ⿰女夬)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 256, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6095
• Dae Jaweon: page 521, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1033, character 12
• Unihan data for U+599C

Chinese

simp. and trad.		妜

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
袂	*mɡʷeds
夬	*kʷraːds
快	*kʰʷraːds
駃	*kʰʷraːds, *kʷeːd
筷	*kʰʷraːds
炔	*kʷeːds
觖	*kʰʷeds, *kʷeːd
缺	*kʰʷed, *kʰʷeːd
蒛	*kʰʷed
吷	*qʰʷed
妜	*qʷed, *qʷeːd
決	*kʷeːd, *qʰʷeːd
訣	*kʷeːd
抉	*kʷeːd, *qʷeːd
玦	*kʷeːd
芵	*kʷeːd
赽	*kʷeːd
鴂	*kʷeːd
鈌	*kʷeːd
决	*kʷeːd
疦	*kʷeːd, *qʰʷeːd
蚗	*kʷeːd
趹	*kʷeːd

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuè (yue⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyut³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuè
    • Wade–Giles: yüeh⁴
    • Yale: ywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yueh
    • Palladius: юэ (jue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jyut³
    • Yale: yut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: yud³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːt̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: 'wet, 'jwiet

Rime
Character	妜	妜
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	屑 (88)	薛 (82)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	於決切	於悅切
Baxter	'wet	'jwiet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔwet̚/	/ʔiuᴇt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷet̚/	/ʔʷiɛt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔuɛt̚/	/ʔjuæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔwɛt̚/	/ʔwiat̚/
Li Rong	/ʔuet̚/	/ʔiuɛt̚/
Wang Li	/iwet̚/	/ĭuɛt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔiwet̚/	/ʔi̯wɛt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yue	yue
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyut3	jyut3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʷed/, /*qʷeːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	妜	妜
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	4415	4434
Phonetic component	夬	夬
Rime group	月	月
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	妜	抉
Old Chinese	/*qʷed/	/*qʷeːd/

Definitions

妜

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References

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 91