# 嬬

| 嬬 | U+5B2C, &#23340; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B2C |
| ← 嬫 [U+5B2B] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 嬭 → [U+5B2D] |

## Translingual
### Han character

嬬 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 女一月月 (VMBB), four-corner 4142$_7$, composition ⿰女需)
* mistress, concubine
* weak

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 272, character 44
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6821
* Dae Jaweon: page 541, character 3
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1086, character 7
* Unihan data for U+5B2C

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 羺 | *noː |
| 獳 | *noː |
| 擩 | *noːs, *njoʔ, *njos, *njul, *njod |
| 譳 | *noːs |
| 懦 | *noːls, *njo |
| 糯 | *noːls |
| 需 | *sno |
| 繻 | *sno, *njo |
| 鑐 | *sno |
| 儒 | *njo |
| 濡 | *njo, *noːn |
| 襦 | *njo |
| 嚅 | *njo |
| 顬 | *njo |
| 鱬 | *njo |
| 嬬 | *njo |
| 臑 | *njo |
| 醹 | *njo, *njoʔ |
| 蠕 | *njo |
| 孺 | *njos |

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xū (xu$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xū
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄩ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: syu
*** Wade–Giles: hsü$^1$
*** Yale: syū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiu
*** Palladius: сюй (sjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕy⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: seoi$^1$
*** Yale: sēui
*** Cantonese Pinyin: soey$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sêu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɵy̯⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: nyu
Rime :
| Character | 嬬 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 日 (38) |
| Final (韻) | 虞 (24) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 人朱切 |
| Baxter | nyu |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ȵɨo/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ȵio/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȵʑio/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ȵuə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /ȵio/ |
| Wang Li | /ȵʑĭu/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ȵʑi̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | rú |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jyu$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*njo/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 嬬 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 13976 |
| Phonetic component | 需 |
| Rime group | 侯 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 儒 |
| Old Chinese | /*njo/ |

#### Definitions

嬬
* weak
* mistress

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): rú (ru$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: rú
*** Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: rú
*** Wade–Giles: ju$^2$
*** Yale: rú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ru
*** Palladius: жу (žu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʐu³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jyu$^4$
*** Yale: yùh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jy$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /jyː²¹/
* Middle Chinese: nyu
Rime :
| Character | 嬬 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 日 (38) |
| Final (韻) | 虞 (24) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 人朱切 |
| Baxter | nyu |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ȵɨo/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ȵio/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȵʑio/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ȵuə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /ȵio/ |
| Wang Li | /ȵʑĭu/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ȵʑi̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | rú |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jyu$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*njo/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 嬬 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 13976 |
| Phonetic component | 需 |
| Rime group | 侯 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 儒 |
| Old Chinese | /*njo/ |

#### Definitions

嬬
* wife
* concubine

### Pronunciation 3

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): nòu (nou$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄋㄡˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): nau$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: nòu
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄡˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: nòu
*** Wade–Giles: nou$^4$
*** Yale: nòu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: now
*** Palladius: ноу (nou)
*** Sinological IPA : /noʊ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: nau$^6$
*** Yale: nauh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: nau$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: neo$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /nɐu̯²²/
* Middle Chinese: nyu
Rime :
| Character | 嬬 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 日 (38) |
| Final (韻) | 虞 (24) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 人朱切 |
| Baxter | nyu |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ȵɨo/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ȵio/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȵʑio/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ȵuə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /ȵio/ |
| Wang Li | /ȵʑĭu/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ȵʑi̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | rú |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jyu$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*njo/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 嬬 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 13976 |
| Phonetic component | 需 |
| Rime group | 侯 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 儒 |
| Old Chinese | /*njo/ |

#### Definitions

嬬
* Used in female personal names.

### References

* “嬬”, 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: にゅう (nyū)
* Kan-on: じゅ (ju)
* Kun: よわい (yowai, 嬬い)、つま (tsuma, 嬬)