# 奼

| 奼 | U+597C, &#22908; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-597C |
| ← 奻 [U+597B] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 好 → [U+597D] |

## Translingual
### Han character

奼 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 女竹心 (VHP), four-corner 4241$_1$, composition ⿰女乇)
* beautiful
* colorful
* girl

#### Derived characters

* 䒲

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 255, character 9
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6051
* Dae Jaweon: page 518, character 10
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1026, character 3
* Unihan data for U+597C

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 咤 | *ʔr'aː, *ʔr'aːɡs |
| 吒 | *ʔr'aːɡs |
| 灹 | *ʔr'aːɡs |
| 矺 | *ʔr'aːɡs, *ʔl'aːb, *ʔl'aːɡ, *l̥ʰaːɡ, *ʔr'eːɡ |
| 奼 | *ʔr'aːɡs, *hr'aːʔ, *ʔl'aːɡs |
| 侘 | *hr'aː, *hr'aːɡs |
| 詫 | *hr'aːɡs |
| 秅 | *r'aː, *ʔl'aːɡs |
| 秺 | *ʔl'aːɡs |
| 亳 | *blaːɡ |
| 托 | *l̥ʰaːɡ |
| 託 | *l̥ʰaːɡ |
| 魠 | *l̥ʰaːɡ |
| 馲 | *l̥ʰaːɡ, *raːɡ, *ʔr'aːɡ |
| 侂 | *l̥ʰaːɡ |
| 飥 | *l̥ʰaːɡ |
| 仛 | *l'aːɡ |
| 虴 | *pr'aːɡ |
| 杔 | *ʔr'aːɡ |
| 乇 | *ʔr'aːɡ |
| 宅 | *r'aːɡ |
| 厇 | *ʔr'eːɡ |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chà (cha$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zaa$^3$ / caa$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chà
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chà
*** Wade–Giles: chʻa$^4$
*** Yale: chà
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chah
*** Palladius: ча (ča)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zaa$^3$ / caa$^3$
*** Yale: ja / cha
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzaa$^3$ / tsaa$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: za$^3$ / ca$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡saː³³/, /t͡sʰaː³³/
* Middle Chinese: trhaeX, tuH, traeH
Rime :
| Character | 奼 | 奼 | 奼 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 徹 (10) | 端 (5) | 知 (9) |
| Final (韻) | 麻 (98) | 模 (23) | 麻 (98) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Departing (H) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | II | I | II |
| Fanqie | 丑下切 | 當故切 | 陟駕切 |
| Baxter | trhaeX | tuH | traeH |
| Reconstructions ||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʈʰˠa$^X$/ | /tuo$^H$/ | /ʈˠa$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʈʰᵚa$^X$/ | /tuo$^H$/ | /ʈᵚa$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȶʰa$^X$/ | /to$^H$/ | /ȶa$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʈʰaɨ$^X$/ | /tɔ$^H$/ | /ʈaɨ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ȶʰa$^X$/ | /to$^H$/ | /ȶa$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ȶʰa$^X$/ | /tu$^H$/ | /ȶa$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ȶʰa$^X$/ | /tuo$^H$/ | /ȶa$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | chǎ | dù | zhà |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | caa$^2$ | dou$^3$ | zaa$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ʔr'aːɡs/, /*hr'aːʔ/, /*ʔl'aːɡs/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 奼 | 奼 | 奼 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| No. | 16904 | 16905 | 16911 |
| Phonetic component | 乇 | 乇 | 乇 |
| Rime group | 暮 | 魚 | 暮 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 吒 | 奼 | 妒 |
| Old Chinese | /*ʔr'aːɡs/ | /*hr'aːʔ/ | /*ʔl'aːɡs/ |

### Definitions

奼
* (literary) beautiful; gorgeous; enchanting
* (archaic) young girl

### Compounds

* 奼女／姹女
* 奼紫嫣紅／姹紫嫣红 (chàzǐyānhóng)
* 婭奼／娅姹
* 嬌奼／娇姹

### References

* “奼”, 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

* Go-on: た (ta)、つ (tsu)
* Kan-on: た (ta)、と (to)
* Kun: おとめ (otome, 奼)、ほこる (hokoru, 奼る)