媠

媠 U+5AA0, 媠
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5AA0
← 媟
[U+5A9F]
CJK Unified Ideographs 媡 →
[U+5AA1]

Translingual

Han character

媠 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 女大一月 (VKMB), composition ⿰女⿱左月)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 267, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6525
  • Dae Jaweon: page 534, character 19
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1064, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+5AA0

Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 媠 – see 嫷 (“good; beautiful”).
(This character is a variant form of 嫷).

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 媠 – see 惰 (“lazy; indolent; irreverent; careless”).
(This character is a variant form of 惰).

Etymology 3

trad. 媠
simp. # 媠
alternative forms 美
水
秀
嫷
娞

Jerry Norman considers this to be the same word as 水 (shuǐ, “water”) (Schuessler, 2007). But also compare Thai สวย (sǔai, “beautiful”) (ibid.).

Pronunciation


Definitions

媠

  1. (Southern Min) good-looking; pretty; beautiful
Synonyms
Antonyms
Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

媠

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Vietnamese

Han character

媠: Hán Nôm readings: thõa/thoã

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References

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