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U+5A8C, 媌
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A8C

[U+5A8B]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5A8D]

Translingual

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Han character

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

  1. fine, glorious, happy
  2. prostitute

References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: 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

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Glyph origin

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Etymology 1

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trad.
simp. #
alternative forms ancient

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (4) (4)
Final () (90) (90)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () II II
Fanqie
Baxter maew maewX
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/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/mau/ /mauX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
máo mǎo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
maau4 maau5
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 9103 9105
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*mreːw/ /*mreːwʔ/

Definitions

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Etymology 2

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simp. #

Pronunciation

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Definitions

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  1. (Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) prostitute
  2. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) mother (especially said with children, but used face-to-face in some places)
Synonyms
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Compounds

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References

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

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  • Go-on: みょう (myō)
  • Kan-on: ぼう ()
  • Kun: みめよい (mimeyoi)