# 嫢

| 嫢 | U+5AE2, &#23266; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5AE2 |
| ← 嫡 [U+5AE1] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 嫣 → [U+5AE3] |

## Translingual
### Han character

嫢 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 手山女 (QUV), four-corner 5640$_4$, composition ⿱規女)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 270, character 3
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6658
* Dae Jaweon: page 537, character 29
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1075, character 3
* Unihan data for U+5AE2

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 嫢 | *ɡeːnʔ, *skʷel, *ɡʷilʔ |
| 規 | *kʷel |
| 槻 | *kʷel |
| 鬹 | *kʷel |
| 摫 | *kʷel |
| 瞡 | *kʷels, *kʷils |
| 窺 | *kʰʷel |
| 闚 | *kʰʷel |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): guī (gui$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): kwai$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kui / kúi
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: guī
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: guei
*** Wade–Giles: kuei$^1$
*** Yale: gwēi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guei
*** Palladius: гуй (guj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kwai$^1$
*** Yale: kwāi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kwai$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kuei$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʷʰɐi̯⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kui / kúi
*** Tâi-lô: kui / kuí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kuy, kuie
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kui⁴⁴/, /kui⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kui³³/, /kui⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kui⁴⁴/, /kui⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kui⁴⁴/, /kui⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kui⁴⁴/, /kui⁴¹/
* Middle Chinese: tsje, gjwijX, henX
Rime :
| Character | 嫢 | 嫢 | 嫢 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 精 (13) | 群 (30) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 支 (11) | 脂 (16) | 先 (85) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Closed | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III | IV |
| Fanqie | 姊移切 | 求癸切 | 胡典切 |
| Baxter | tsje | gjwijX | henX |
| Reconstructions ||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡siᴇ/ | /ɡiuɪ$^X$/ | /ɦen$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡siɛ/ | /ɡʷi$^X$/ | /ɦen$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡sjɛ/ | /ɡjuɪ$^X$/ | /ɣɛn$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /t͡siə̆/ | /gwi$^X$/ | /ɦɛn$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡sie/ | /ɡui$^X$/ | /ɣen$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡sǐe/ | /ɡwi$^X$/ | /ɣien$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /t͡sie̯/ | /gwi$^X$/ | /ɣien$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zī | guì | xiàn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zi$^1$ | gwai$^6$ | jin$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡeːnʔ/, /*skʷel/, /*ɡʷilʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 嫢 | 嫢 | 嫢 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| No. | 4602 | 4603 | 4612 |
| Phonetic component | 規 | 規 | 規 |
| Rime group | 元 | 歌 | 脂 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 峴 | | 揆 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡeːnʔ/ | /*skʷel/ | /*ɡʷilʔ/ |
| Notes | | 見方言。規由宜校改 | |

### Definitions

嫢
* beautiful waist or lower back

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): き (ki)、い (i)、ぎ (gi)、し (shi)、けん (ken)、げん (gen)
* Kun: あきらか (akiraka)、しなやか (shinayaka)、たおやか (taoyaka)

## Korean
### Hanja

嫢 • (gyu) (hangeul 규, revised gyu, McCune–Reischauer kyu)
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