姩

姩	U+59E9, 姩 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59E9

← 姨
[U+59E8]

CJK Unified Ideographs

姪 →
[U+59EA]

Translingual

Han character

姩 (radical 38, 女+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女人手 (VOQ), four-corner 4845₀, composition ⿰女年)

References

KangXi: page 260, character 18
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6225
Dae Jaweon: page 526, character 17
Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1044, character 12
Unihan data for U+59E9

Chinese

simp. and trad.		姩

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nián (nian²)

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): nin⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: nián
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˊ
  - Wade–Giles: nien²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nian
  - IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: nin⁴
  - Yale: nìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: nin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: nin⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /niːn²¹/

Definitions

姩

Used in female personal names.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): niàn (nian⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): nin⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: niàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˋ
  - Wade–Giles: nien⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niann
  - IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: nin⁶
  - Yale: nihn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: nin⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: nin⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /niːn²²/

Definitions

姩

^† beautiful woman

Etymology 3

Definitions

姩

(Hainanese) woman; lady

Compounds

伯姩
大姩
妗姩
婆姩
婆姩儂／婆姩侬

嬸姩／婶姩
官姩
廚房姩／厨房姩
東家姩／东家姩

爹姩
細姩／细姩
裁縫姩／裁缝姩
親家姩／亲家姩

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 姩 – see 𢆡 (“breast; milk; etc.”). (This character, 姩, is a variant form of 𢆡.)

Japanese

Kanji

姩

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): でん (den), ねん (nen)

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