嬹

嬹 U+5B39, 嬹 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B39 ← 嬸 [U+5B38] CJK Unified Ideographs 嬺 → [U+5B3A]

Translingual

Han character

嬹 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+16, 19 strokes, cangjie input 女竹難金 (VHXC), composition ⿰女興)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 273, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6852
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1089, character 15
• Unihan data for U+5B39

Chinese

simp. and trad.		嬹

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (興) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
興	*qʰɯŋ, *qʰɯŋs
臖	*qʰɯŋs
嬹	*qʰɯŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰɯŋs) : semantic 女 + phonetic 興 (OC *qʰɯŋ, *qʰɯŋs).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xìng (xing⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìng
    • Wade–Giles: hsing⁴
    • Yale: syìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinq
    • Palladius: син (sin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hing¹
    • Yale: hīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɪŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: xingH

Rime
Character	嬹
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	蒸 (133)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	許應切
Baxter	xingH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/hɨŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/xieŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hiŋH/
Li Rong	/xiəŋH/
Wang Li	/xĭəŋH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xi̯əŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xìng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hing3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰɯŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嬹
Reading #	1/1
No.	13861
Phonetic component	興
Rime group	蒸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	興
Old Chinese	/*qʰɯŋs/

Definitions

嬹

1. A girls' name.

References

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 95