嬯

嬯 U+5B2F, 嬯
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B2F
← 嬮
[U+5B2E] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 嬰 →
[U+5B30]

Translingual

Han character

嬯 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 女土口土 (VGRG), four-corner 44414, composition ⿰女臺)

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 273, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6827
  • Dae Jaweon: page 541, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1085, character 14
  • Unihan data for U+5B2F

Chinese
trad. 嬯
simp. # 嬯

Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 嬯
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (臺) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
懛 *tɯː
儓 *tʰɯːs, *dɯː
臺 *dɯː
擡 *dɯː
薹 *dɯː
嬯 *dɯː
檯 *dɯː
籉 *dɯː

Etymology

Schuessler (2007) proposed an Austroasiatic origin by comparing 嬯 (OC tə̂) to Old Khmer tai (“female person, commoner woman”) (whence Khmer ម្តាយ (mtaay, “mother”)).

This is the same word as 臺 "the lowest kind of servant" (Zuo)

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 嬯
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 咍 (41)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 徒哀切
Baxter doj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /dʌi/
Pan
Wuyun		 /dəi/
Shao
Rongfen		 /dɒi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /dəj/
Li
Rong		 /dᴀi/
Wang
Li		 /dɒi/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /dʱɑ̆i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 tái
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 toi4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 嬯
Reading # 1/1
No. 12309
Phonetic
component		 臺
Rime
group		 之
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 臺
Old
Chinese		 /*dɯː/

Definitions

嬯

  1. † (bronze inscriptions) servant or slave women
  2. slow; dull, stupid

References

Japanese

Kanji
嬯

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings
  • Go-on: だい (dai)
  • Kan-on: たい (tai)
  • Kun: にぶい (nibui, 嬯い)
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