# 妸

| 妸 | U+59B8, &#22968; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59B8 |
| ← 妷 [U+59B7] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 妹 → [U+59B9] |

## Translingual
### Han character

妸 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 女一弓口 (VMNR), composition ⿰女可)

#### Derived characters

* 𠶚

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 257, character 27
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6137
* Dae Jaweon: page 522, character 22
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1035, character 5
* Unihan data for U+59B8

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 砢 | *ɡ·raːlʔ |
| 柯 | *kaːl |
| 菏 | *kaːl, *ɡaːl |
| 牁 | *kaːl |
| 滒 | *kaːl |
| 哥 | *kaːl |
| 歌 | *kaːl |
| 謌 | *kaːl |
| 鴚 | *kaːl |
| 哿 | *kaːlʔ |
| 舸 | *kaːlʔ |
| 笴 | *kaːlʔ, *kaːnʔ |
| 軻 | *kʰaːl, *kʰaːlʔ, *kʰaːls |
| 珂 | *kʰaːl |
| 可 | *kʰaːlʔ |
| 岢 | *kʰaːlʔ |
| 坷 | *kʰaːlʔ, *kʰaːls |
| 蚵 | *kʰaːls, *ɡaːl |
| 呵 | *qʰaːl, *qʰaːls |
| 訶 | *qʰaːl |
| 抲 | *qʰaːl |
| 荷 | *qʰaːls, *ɡaːl, *ɡaːlʔ |
| 何 | *ɡaːl, *ɡaːlʔ |
| 河 | *ɡaːl |
| 苛 | *ɡaːl |
| 魺 | *ɡaːl |
| 袔 | *ɡaːls |
| 阿 | *qaːl |
| 妸 | *qaːl, *qaːlʔ |
| 疴 | *qaːl, *kʰraːls |
| 鈳 | *qaːl |
| 娿 | *qaːl, *qaːlʔ |
| 痾 | *qaːl |
| 跒 | *kʰraːlʔ |
| 閜 | *qʰraːlʔ |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): ē, ě (e$^1$, e$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄜ, ㄜˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): o$^2$ / o$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ē
*** Zhuyin: ㄜ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: e
*** Wade–Giles: o$^1$
*** Yale: ē
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: e
*** Palladius: э (e)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀɤ⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ě
*** Zhuyin: ㄜˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ě
*** Wade–Giles: o$^3$
*** Yale: ě
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ee
*** Palladius: э (e)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀɤ²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: o$^2$ / o$^1$
*** Yale: ó / ō
*** Cantonese Pinyin: o$^2$ / o$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: o$^2$ / o$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɔː³⁵/, /ɔː⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: 'a, 'aX
Rime :
| Character | 妸 | 妸 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 歌 (94) | 歌 (94) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | I |
| Fanqie | 烏何切 | 烏可切 |
| Baxter | 'a | 'aX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔɑ/ | /ʔɑ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔɑ/ | /ʔɑ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔɑ/ | /ʔɑ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔa/ | /ʔa$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔɑ/ | /ʔɑ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɑ/ | /ɑ$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ʔɑ/ | /ʔɑ$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | ē | ě |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | o$^1$ | o$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*qaːl/, /*qaːlʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 妸 | 妸 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 7469 | 7474 |
| Phonetic component | 可 | 可 |
| Rime group | 歌 | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 阿 | 𨵌 |
| Old Chinese | /*qaːl/ | /*qaːlʔ/ |

### Definitions

妸
* Alternative form of 婀
* Used in personal names.
* a surname

#### Compounds

* 妸娜 (ēnuó)
* 媕妸 (ān'ē)

## Tày
### Noun

妸 (a; à; á)
* Nôm form of a (“paternal aunt”).
    買林妸啉𫢞Mải lùm a lùm dụ(please add an English translation of this usage example)
* Nôm form of à (“paternal aunt”).
* Nôm form of á (“younger sister”).

### Pronoun

妸 (a; á)
* Nôm form of a (“Denoting a woman presumably younger than one's parent.”).
    妸分花丙吏A făn hoa bưởng dại(please add an English translation of this usage example)
* Nôm form of á (“Denoting a woman presumably younger than one's parent.”).
    各主亥叭麻對妸Các chúa hợi, khảu mà đuổi áO my lords, come in to greet her for the ceremony

### Verb

妸 (á)
* Nôm form of á (“Denoting the sound of cicadas in the forest.”).

### References

* Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

## Vietnamese
### Han character

妸: Hán Nôm readings: ả
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

## Zhuang
### Particle

妸
* Sawndip form of a (“particle used to express question”)