婕

See also: 媫
婕 U+5A55, 婕
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A55
← 婔
[U+5A54] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 婖 →
[U+5A56]

Translingual

Han character

婕 (radical 38, 女+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女十中人 (VJLO), four-corner 45481, composition ⿰女疌)

References
  • KangXi: page 264, character 28
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6412
  • Dae Jaweon: page 531, character 19
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1057, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+5A55

Chinese
simp. and trad.
 婕

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (疌) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
疀 *sʰreːb
萐 *zreːb, *sreːb, *sreb
箑 *sreːb, *sreb
啑 *sraːb, *tiːɡs
睫 *ʔseb
婕 *ʔseb
緁 *sʰeb
捷 *zeb
疌 *zeb
寁 *ʔsuːmʔ, *zeb
倢 *zeb
崨 *zeb
踕 *zeb
誱 *zeb
徢 *seːb
蜨 *seːb

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ʔseb) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 疌 (OC *zeb).

Pronunciation 1
Rime
Character 婕
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 精 (13)
Final (韻) 葉 (155)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 即葉切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /t͡siᴇp̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /t͡siɛp̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /t͡sjæp̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /t͡siap̚/
Li
Rong		 /t͡siɛp̚/
Wang
Li		 /t͡sĭɛp̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /t͡si̯ɛp̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 jie
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 婕
Reading # 1/1
No. 6448
Phonetic
component		 疌
Rime
group		 盍
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 接
Old
Chinese		 /*ʔseb/

Definitions

婕

  1. Used in 婕妤 (jiéyú).
  2. Used in female personal names.

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

婕

  1. † beautiful

Pronunciation 3

Definitions

婕

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Japanese

Kanji
婕

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. handsome

Readings
  • On (unclassified): しょう (shō)
  • Kun: みめよい (mimeyoi)

Korean

Hanja

婕 • (cheop) (hangeul 첩, revised cheop, McCune–Reischauer ch'ŏp)

  1. imperial concubine
  2. beautiful

Vietnamese

Han character

婕 (tiệp)

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References
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