嬡

See also: 嫒

嬡 U+5B21, 嬡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B21 ← 嬠 [U+5B20] CJK Unified Ideographs 嬢 → [U+5B22]

Translingual

Han character

嬡 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 女月月水 (VBBE), four-corner 4244₇, composition ⿰女愛)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 272, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6807
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1084, character 15
• Unihan data for U+5B21

Chinese

trad.		嬡
simp.		嫒

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ài (ai⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): oi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ài
    • Zhuyin: ㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ài
    • Wade–Giles: ai⁴
    • Yale: ài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ay
    • Palladius: ай (aj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: oi³
    • Yale: oi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: oi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: oi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːi̯³³/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

Definitions

嬡

1. Only used in 令嬡／令嫒, alternative form of 令愛 / 令爱 (lìng'ài, “your daughter”)

Etymology 2

From 姨 (i5). May be derived from 姨 (i5, “father's concubine (historical)”), or its use in some Chaoshan villages to address one's mother directly (嬡／嫒 (ai5) is not used for direct address). (Li & Lin, 1992, pg. 38)

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): ai⁵

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• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ai⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: âi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ai⁵⁵/

Definitions

嬡

1. (Teochew) mother (not used to address one's mother directly)

Compounds

• 父嬡 / 父嫒 (bê⁶ ai⁵) (Teochew)
• 阿嬡 / 阿嫒 (a¹ ai⁵) (Teochew)

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B00714
• “嬡”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

嬡

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): あい (ai)

Vietnamese

Han character

嬡: Hán Nôm readings: ái

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References

• Nom Foundation