# 嫵

| 嫵 | U+5AF5, &#23285; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5AF5 |
| ← 嫴 [U+5AF4] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 嫶 → [U+5AF6] |

## Translingual
### Han character

嫵 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 女人廿火 (VOTF), four-corner 4843$_1$, composition ⿰女無)
* charming, enchanting

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 270, character 34
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6701
* Dae Jaweon: page 538, character 30
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1081, character 4
* Unihan data for U+5AF5

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 嫵
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 墲 | *m̥ʰaː, *maː, *ma |
| 橅 | *maː |
| 膴 | *hmaː, *ma, *maʔ |
| 幠 | *hmaː |
| 鄦 | *hmaʔ |
| 撫 | *m̥ʰaʔ |
| 無 | *ma |
| 瞴 | *ma, *maʔ |
| 蕪 | *ma |
| 璑 | *ma |
| 鷡 | *ma |
| 譕 | *ma |
| 憮 | *ma, *maʔ |
| 舞 | *maʔ |
| 廡 | *maʔ |
| 嫵 | *maʔ |
| 甒 | *maʔ |
| 潕 | *maʔ |
| 儛 | *maʔ |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wǔ (wu$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mou$^5$ / mou$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bú
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wǔ
*** Zhuyin: ㄨˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wǔ
*** Wade–Giles: wu$^3$
*** Yale: wǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuu
*** Palladius: у (u)
*** Sinological IPA : /u²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mou$^5$ / mou$^4$
*** Yale: móuh / mòuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mou$^5$ / mou$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mou$^5$ / mou$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /mou̯¹³/, /mou̯²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bú
*** Tâi-lô: bú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: buo
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /bu⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /bu⁵³/
* Middle Chinese: mjuX
Rime :
| Character | 嫵 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 虞 (24) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 文甫切 |
| Baxter | mjuX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /mɨo$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /mio$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /mio$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /muə̆$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /mio$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /mĭu$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /mi̯u$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | wǔ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | mou$^5$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*maʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 嫵 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 13129 |
| Phonetic component | 無 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 武 |
| Old Chinese | /*maʔ/ |

### Definitions

嫵
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#### Compounds

* 媚嫵／媚妩
* 嫵媚／妩媚 (wǔmèi)

### References

* “嫵”, 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)
* charming
* enchanting

#### Readings

* Go-on: む (mu)
* Kan-on: ぶ (bu)
* Kun: こびる (kobiru, 嫵びる)、みめよい (mimeyoi, 嫵い)

## Korean
### Hanja

嫵 • (mu) (hangeul 무, revised mu, McCune–Reischauer mu, Yale mu)
* charming
* (be) gentle
* (be) pretty

## Vietnamese
### Han character

嫵: Hán Nôm readings: vũ
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#### References

* Nom Foundation