妾

妾 U+59BE, 妾
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59BE
← 妽
[U+59BD] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 妿 →
[U+59BF]

Translingual

Han character

妾 (radical 38, 女+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 卜廿女 (YTV), four-corner 00404, composition ⿱立女)

Derived characters

References
  • KangXi: page 257, character 39
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6147
  • Dae Jaweon: page 523, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1040, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+59BE

Chinese
simp. and trad.
 妾

Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 妾
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (妾) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
霎 *sreːb, *sreb
翣 *sraːb
帹 *sraːb
接 *ʔseb
椄 *ʔseb
菨 *ʔseb
鯜 *ʔseb, *sʰeb
妾 *sʰeb
淁 *sʰeb
踥 *sʰeb

Pictogram (象形) – a woman with a headdress. Cognate to 女 with 辛 on top. However, modern form is graphically 立 + 女 – the headdress has simplified to 立, rather than 辛.

Etymology

Cognate to 捷 (OC *zeb, “victory; booty”) (Schuessler, 2007). See there for more.

Pronunciation
Rime
Character 妾
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 清 (14)
Final (韻) 葉 (155)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 七接切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /t͡sʰiᴇp̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /t͡sʰiɛp̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /t͡sʰjæp̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /t͡sʰiap̚/
Li
Rong		 /t͡sʰiɛp̚/
Wang
Li		 /t͡sʰĭɛp̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /t͡sʰi̯ɛp̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 qie
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 妾
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 qiè
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ tshjep ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[tsʰ]ap/
English concubine

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 妾
Reading # 1/1
No. 10467
Phonetic
component		 妾
Rime
group		 盍
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 妾
Old
Chinese		 /*sʰeb/

Definitions

妾

  1. slave woman
  2. concubine
  3. (archaic, humble) I; me (used by females to show modesty)
  4. A surname​.

Synonyms

Compounds
Derived terms from 妾

Japanese

Kanji
妾

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. concubine

Readings

Compounds
Compounds
  • 妾狂 (めかけぐる)い (mekakegurui)
  • 妾出 (しょうしゅつ) (shōshutsu)
  • 妾宅 (しょうたく) (shōtaku)
  • 妾腹 (しょうふく) (shōfuku), 妾腹 (めかけばら) (mekakebara)
  • 世間妾形気 (せけんてかけかたぎ) (sekentekakekatagi)
  • 愛妾 (あいしょう) (aishō)
  • 妻妾 (さいしょう) (saishō)
  • 侍妾 (じしょう) (jishō)
  • 男妾 (だんしょう) (danshō), 男妾 (おとこめかけ) (otokomekake)
  • 蓄妾 (ちくしょう) (chikushō)
  • 寵妾 (ちょうしょう) (chōshō)
  • 洋妾 (ようしょう) (yōshō)

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
妾
めかけ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 妾 – see the following entry at めかけ.
めかけ【目掛け・目掛・妾】
[noun]目掛け, 目掛, 妾: (by extension) kept woman; mistress; concubine
(This term, 妾, is a kanji spelling of めかけ.)

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
妾
わらわ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 妾 – see the following entry at わらわ.
わらわ【妾・私】
[pronoun](archaic) I; me (used by females to show modesty)
(This term, 妾, is a kanji spelling of わらわ.)

Etymology 3
Kanji in this term
妾
てかけ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 妾 – see てかけ.
(This term, 妾, is a kanji spelling of てかけ.)

Etymology 4
Kanji in this term
妾
おんなめ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 妾 – see おんなめ.
(This term, 妾, is a kanji spelling of おんなめ.)

Korean

Hanja

妾 (eum 첩 (cheop))

  1. 작은마누라 (jagEun-manura) concubine

Vietnamese

Han character

妾: Hán Nôm readings: thiếp, thê

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