# 娭

| 娭 | U+5A2D, &#23085; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A2D |
| ← 娬 [U+5A2C] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 娮 → [U+5A2E] |

## Translingual
### Han character

娭 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 女戈人大 (VIOK), four-corner 4343$_4$, composition ⿰女矣)
* to play around, frolic
* ancient term of disparagement for women
* (dialect) grandmother (used in the word 娭她)
* (dialect) honorific for older women (used in the word 娭她)
* slave girl, servant girl

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 263, character 20
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6341
* Dae Jaweon: page 530, character 6
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1054, character 14
* Unihan data for U+5A2D

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 唉 | *qʰlɯː, *qɯː, *qrɯː, *qrɯːʔ |
| 埃 | *qlɯː |
| 欸 | *qɯː, *qʰrɯːs |
| 娭 | *qɯː, *qʰlɯ |
| 挨 | *qlɯːʔ, *qrɯː, *qrɯːʔ |
| 騃 | *ŋrɯːʔ, *sɢrɯʔ |
| 俟 | *sɢrɯʔ, *ɡlɯl |
| 竢 | *sɢrɯʔ |
| 涘 | *sɢrɯʔ |
| 誒 | *qʰlɯ |
| 矣 | *ɢlɯʔ |

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xī (xi$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hei$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xī
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: si
*** Wade–Giles: hsi$^1$
*** Yale: syī
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
*** Palladius: си (si)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hei$^1$
*** Yale: hēi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hei$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: héi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /hei̯⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: xi
Rime :
| Character | 娭 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 曉 (32) |
| Final (韻) | 之 (19) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 許其切 |
| Baxter | xi |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /hɨ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /hɨ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /xie/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /hɨ/ |
| Li Rong | /xiə/ |
| Wang Li | /xĭə/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /xi/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xī |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hei$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*qʰlɯ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 娭 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 14949 |
| Phonetic component | 矣 |
| Rime group | 之 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 僖 |
| Old Chinese | /*qʰlɯ/ |
| Notes | 後作嬉 |

#### Definitions

娭
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#### Compounds

* 娭笑

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): āi (ai$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄞ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): oi$^1$ / aai$^1$ / ngaai$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: āi
*** Zhuyin: ㄞ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ai
*** Wade–Giles: ai$^1$
*** Yale: āi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ai
*** Palladius: ай (aj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: oi$^1$ / aai$^1$ / ngaai$^1$
*** Yale: ōi / āai / ngāai
*** Cantonese Pinyin: oi$^1$ / aai$^1$ / ngaai$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: oi$^1$ / ai$^1$ / ngai$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɔːi̯⁵⁵/, /aːi̯⁵⁵/, /ŋaːi̯⁵⁵/
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*qɯː/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 娭 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 14936 |
| Phonetic component | 矣 |
| Rime group | 之 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 哀 |
| Old Chinese | /*qɯː/ |

#### Definitions

娭
* A dialectal term used to address one's paternal grandmother.
* A term of respect for an elderly woman.

#### Compounds

* 娭她 (āijiě)
* 娭毑 (āijiě)

### References

* “娭”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): き (ki)、あい (ai)
* Kun: たわむれる (tawamureru)、はしため (hashitame)

## Korean
### Hanja

娭 • (ae) (hangeul 애, revised ae, McCune–Reischauer ae)
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