# 妁

| 妁 | U+5981, &#22913; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5981 |
| ← 妀 [U+5980] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 如 → [U+5982] |

## Translingual
### Han character

妁 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 女心戈 (VPI), four-corner 4742$_0$, composition ⿰女勺)
* act as a go-between

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 255, character 19
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6058
* Dae Jaweon: page 519, character 4
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1026, character 5
* Unihan data for U+5981

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 妁
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 豹 | *preːwɢs |
| 趵 | *preːwɢs, *preːwɢ |
| 尥 | *breːw, *b·reːwɢs |
| 箹 | *ʔreːwɢs, *ʔreːwɢ |
| 杓 | *plew, *pʰlew, *bljewɢ, *pleːwɢ |
| 約 | *ʔlewɢs, *ʔlewɢ |
| 扚 | *pleːwʔ, *pleːwɢ |
| 釣 | *pleːwɢs |
| 瘹 | *teːwɢs |
| 芍 | *ɡleːwʔ, *spʰlewɢ, *pl'ewɢ, *bljewɢ, *pleːwɢ |
| 酌 | *pljewɢ |
| 灼 | *pljewɢ |
| 勺 | *pljewɢ, *bljewɢ |
| 彴 | *pljewɢ |
| 犳 | *pljewɢ |
| 妁 | *pljewɢ, *bljewɢ |
| 汋 | *bljewɢ, *sbreːwɢ |
| 仢 | *bljewɢ |
| 葯 | *qlewɢ, *qreːwɢ |
| 礿 | *lewɢ |
| 肑 | *preːwɢ, *pleːwɢ |
| 瓝 | *breːwɢ |
| 的 | *pleːwɢ |
| 靮 | *pleːwɢ |
| 馰 | *pleːwɢ |
| 玓 | *pleːwɢ |
| 魡 | *pleːwɢ |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shuò (shuo$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄛˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zoek$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shuò
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄛˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shuò
*** Wade–Giles: shuo$^4$
*** Yale: shwò
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuoh
*** Palladius: шо (šo)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂu̯ɔ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zoek$^3$
*** Yale: jeuk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzoek$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zêg$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sœːk̚³/
* Middle Chinese: tsyak, dzyak
Rime :
| Character | 妁 | 妁 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 章 (23) | 常 (25) |
| Final (韻) | 藥 (107) | 藥 (107) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 之若切 | 市若切 |
| Baxter | tsyak | dzyak |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ɕɨɐk̚/ | /d͡ʑɨɐk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡ɕiɐk̚/ | /d͡ʑiɐk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ɕiɑk̚/ | /d͡ʑiɑk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /cɨak̚/ | /d͡ʑɨak̚/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ɕiak̚/ | /ʑiak̚/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ɕĭak̚/ | /ʑĭak̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /t͡ɕi̯ak̚/ | /ʑi̯ak̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhuo | shuó |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zoek$^3$ | soek$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*pljewɢ/, /*bljewɢ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 妁 | 妁 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 11194 | 11198 |
| Phonetic component | 勺 | 勺 |
| Rime group | 藥 | 藥 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 灼 | 妁 |
| Old Chinese | /*pljewɢ/ | /*bljewɢ/ |

### Definitions

妁
* (literary) matchmaker of the bride's side
* a surname

### Compounds

* 媒妁 (méishuò)
* 媒妁之言
* 男媒女妁

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: しゃく (shaku)
* Kan-on: しゃく (shaku)
* Kun: なこうど (nakōdo, 妁)

## Korean
### Hanja

妁 • (jak) (hangeul 작, revised jak, McCune–Reischauer chak)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

妁: Hán Nôm readings: chước
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#### References

* Nom Foundation