# 姺

| 姺 | U+59FA, &#23034; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59FA |
| ← 姹 [U+59F9] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 姻 → [U+59FB] |

## Translingual
### Han character

姺 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女竹土山 (VHGU), four-corner 4441$_1$, composition ⿰女先)
* name of an ancient state that existed during the Shang dynasty
* a surname

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 261, character 15
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6249
* Dae Jaweon: page 527, character 18
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1044, character 14
* Unihan data for U+59FA
* dict.youdao.com (有道词典)

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 洗 | *sɯːlʔ, *sɯːnʔ |
| 先 | *sɯːn, *sɯːns |
| 銑 | *sɯːnʔ |
| 跣 | *sɯːnʔ |
| 毨 | *sɯːnʔ |
| 姺 | *sɯːnʔ, *srin |
| 筅 | *sɯːnʔ |
| 冼 | *sɯːnʔ |
| 箲 | *sɯːnʔ |
| 駪 | *srin |
| 兟 | *srin |
| 詵 | *srin |
| 侁 | *srin |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shēn, xiān (shen$^1$, xian$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣ, ㄒㄧㄢ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sin$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shēn
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄣ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shen
*** Wade–Giles: shên$^1$
*** Yale: shēn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shen
*** Palladius: шэнь (šɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂən⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiān
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sian
*** Wade–Giles: hsien$^1$
*** Yale: syān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shian
*** Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sin$^2$
*** Yale: sín
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sin$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xin$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /siːn³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: srin, senX
Rime :
| Character | 姺 | 姺 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 生 (21) | 心 (16) |
| Final (韻) | 臻 (46) | 先 (85) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | IV |
| Fanqie | 所臻切 | 蘇典切 |
| Baxter | srin | senX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʃɪn/ | /sen$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʃɪn/ | /sen$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʃien/ | /sɛn$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʂin/ | /sɛn$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ʃiĕn/ | /sen$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ʃĭen/ | /sien$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ʂi̯æn/ | /sien$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shēn | xiǎn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | san$^1$ | sin$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[s]ˤərʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*sɯːnʔ/, /*srin/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 姺 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | xiǎn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ sej$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[s]ˁərʔ/ |
| English | (place name) |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 姺 | 姺 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 13463 | 13472 |
| Phonetic component | 先 | 先 |
| Rime group | 文 | 眞 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 銑 | 莘 |
| Old Chinese | /*sɯːnʔ/ | /*srin/ |

### Definitions

姺
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#### Compounds

* 媥姺 (piānxiān)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): しん (shin)、せい (sei)、さい (sai)、そん (son)、せん (sen)

## Korean
### Hanja

姺 • (sin) (hangeul 신)
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