U+59F6, 姶
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59F6

[U+59F5]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+59F7]

Translingual

Han character

(radical 38, +6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女人一口 (VOMR), four-corner 48461, composition)

  1. beautiful
  2. good-looking

References

  • KangXi: page 261, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6242
  • Dae Jaweon: page 527, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1046, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+59F6

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*kʰuːm
*quːm, *qromʔ, *qɯːm, *qramʔ, *qɯːb
*ɡuːmʔ, *kuːb
*tkuːb
*tkuːb
*tkuːb
*tuːb, *tʰoːb
*tuːb, *toːb
*tuːb
*tuːb, *tʰoːb
*tkuːb, *ɡuːb
*tkʰuːb, *kuːb, *quːb, *quːb
*kuːb
鴿 *kuːb
*kuːb, *ɡuːb
*kuːb, *ɡuːb
*kuːb, *kʰuːb
*kuːb
*kuːb
*kuːb, *kruːb
*kuːb, *kruːb
*kuːb
*ŋɡuːb
*quːb, *quːb
*qʰuːb, *qʰruːb
*ɡuːb
*ɡuːb
*ɡuːb
*tʰuːb
*tʰoːb
*rtuːb
*kruːb, *kob, *ɡob
*kruːb, *ŋkob
*kruːb
*kʰruːb
*kʰruːb
*ɡruːb
*ɡruːb
*ɡruːb
*ɡruːb
*qʰjob, *qʰrub
*tkʰub
*ɡjub
*krub
*qʰrub
*qʰrub
*qʰrub
*qʰrub
*qʰrub
*qʰrub
*qʰrub

Pronunciation 1


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

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (34)
Final () (160)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔʌp̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔəp̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔɒp̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔəp̚/
Li
Rong
/ʔᴀp̚/
Wang
Li
/ɒp̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔăp̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
e
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 4967 4976
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3 3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*quːb/ /*quːb/

Definitions

  1. exquisite; fine
  2. clever; bright
  3. silent
  4. used in girl names

References

Pronunciation 2


Definitions

  1. nimble
  2. cute
  3. lovable

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. beautiful
  2. good-looking

Readings

  • On (unclassified): おう (ō)
  • Kun: しずか (shizuka), あい (ai)
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