妺

See also: 妹
妺 U+59BA, 妺
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59BA
← 妹
[U+59B9] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 妻 →
[U+59BB]

Translingual

Han character

妺 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 女木十 (VDJ), four-corner 45490, composition ⿰女末)

  1. wife of the last ruler of the Xia dynasty

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 257, character 29
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6139
  • Dae Jaweon: page 522, character 24
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1034, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+59BA

Chinese
trad. 妺
simp. # 妺

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (末) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
眛 *maːds, *mɯːds
沬 *maːds, *hmɯːds, *mɯds
佅 *mraːds
韎 *mreːds, *maːd
帓 *mraːd
粖 *meːd, *maːd
末 *maːd
昩 *maːd
秣 *maːd
靺 *maːd
眜 *maːd
抹 *maːd
妺 *maːd
怽 *maːd
沫 *maːd
袜 *maːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *maːd) : semantic 女 (“female, woman”) + phonetic 末 (OC *maːd).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 妺
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 末 (64)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 莫撥切
Baxter mat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /muɑt̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /mʷɑt̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /muɑt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /mwat̚/
Li
Rong		 /muɑt̚/
Wang
Li		 /muɑt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /muɑt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 mò
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 mut6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 妺
Reading # 1/1
No. 9231
Phonetic
component		 末
Rime
group		 月
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 末
Old
Chinese		 /*maːd/

Definitions

妺

  1. Used in female personal names.
    妺喜  ―  Mò Xǐ  ―  Mo Xi, a concubine of King Jie of Xia

Japanese

Kanji
妺

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings
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