妚

妚 U+599A, 妚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-599A ← 妙 [U+5999] CJK Unified Ideographs 妛 → [U+599B]

Translingual

Han character

妚 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 女一火 (VMF), composition ⿰女不)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 256, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6092
• Dae Jaweon: page 521, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1030, character 1
• Unihan data for U+599A

Chinese

Etymology 1

trad.		妚
simp. #		妚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǒu (fou³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fǒu
    • Wade–Giles: fou³
    • Yale: fǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: foou
    • Palladius: фоу (fou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /foʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fau²
    • Yale: fáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: feo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐu̯³⁵/

Definitions

妚

1. (obsolete, rare, of a female) elegant; graceful

Etymology 2

trad.		妚
simp. #		妚

Possibly from a contraction of 許／许 (“that”) + 枚 (“(classifier)”) (Qian, 2002).

Definitions

妚

1. (Hainanese) the (definite determiner)

   • 妚月真光 [Hainanese, trad. and simp.]

     From: 1992, 陈鸿迈, 海口方言的“妚”, in 《语言研究》, issue 1, page 32

     The moon is really bright.

2. (Hainanese) Prefix used in front of personal names or qualities to form a term of address.

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 妚 – see 胚 (“embryo; unfinished things”). (This character is a variant form of 胚).

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 妚 – see 邳. (This character is a variant form of 邳).

Etymology 5

For pronunciation and definitions of 妚 – see 嬛. (This character is a variant form of 嬛).

References

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 91

Japanese

Kanji

妚

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ふう (fū); はい (hai)