# 嬈

| 嬈 | U+5B08, &#23304; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B08 |
| ← 嬇 [U+5B07] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 嬉 → [U+5B09] |
| 嬈 | U+2F869, &#194665; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F869 |
| ← 㛼 [U+2F868] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement | 嬾 → [U+2F86A] |

## Translingual
### Han character

嬈 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 女土土山 (VGGU), four-corner 4441$_2$, composition ⿰女堯)
* graceful, charming, fascinating

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 271, character 26
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6734
* Dae Jaweon: page 539, character 18
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1078, character 19
* Unihan data for U+5B08
* Unihan data for U+2F869

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 撓 | *hŋaːw, *rŋaːw, *rnaːwʔ |
| 鐃 | *rŋaːw |
| 譊 | *rŋaːw |
| 橈 | *rŋaːws, *ŋjew |
| 磽 | *ŋ̊ʰreːw, *ŋreːws, *ŋ̊ʰeːwʔ |
| 墝 | *ŋ̊ʰreːw |
| 穘 | *hŋreːw |
| 顤 | *hŋreːw, *ŋeːws |
| 燒 | *hŋjew, *hŋjaws |
| 饒 | *ŋjew, *ŋjaws |
| 蟯 | *ŋjew, *ʔŋew |
| 蕘 | *ŋjew |
| 襓 | *ŋjew |
| 繞 | *ŋjewʔ, *ŋjaws |
| 遶 | *ŋjewʔ |
| 嬈 | *njewʔ, *neːwʔ, *hŋeːws |
| 趬 | *ŋ̊ʰew, *ŋ̊ʰews |
| 蹺 | *ŋ̊ʰew |
| 翹 | *ɡew, *ɡews |
| 澆 | *ŋkeːw, *ŋeːws |
| 驍 | *ŋkeːw |
| 僥 | *kŋeːwʔ, *ŋeːw |
| 堯 | *ŋeːw |
| 垚 | *ŋeːw |
| 嶢 | *ŋeːw |
| 獟 | *ŋeːws |
| 膮 | *hŋeːw, *hŋeːwʔ |
| 嘵 | *hŋeːw |
| 憢 | *hŋeːw |
| 曉 | *hŋeːwʔ |
| 皢 | *hŋeːwʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *njewʔ, *neːwʔ, *hŋeːws) : semantic 女 (“female”) + phonetic 堯 (OC *ŋeːw).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): rǎo (rao$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄖㄠˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: rǎo
*** Zhuyin: ㄖㄠˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: rǎo
*** Wade–Giles: jao$^3$
*** Yale: rǎu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rao
*** Palladius: жао (žao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʐɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jiu$^5$
*** Yale: yíuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jiu$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yiu$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiːu̯¹³/
* Middle Chinese: newX, nyewX, xewH
Rime :
| Character | 嬈 | 嬈 | 嬈 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 泥 (8) | 日 (38) | 曉 (32) |
| Final (韻) | 蕭 (93) | 宵 (91) | 蕭 (93) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Rising (X) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | IV | III | IV |
| Fanqie | 奴鳥切 | 而沼切 | 火弔切 |
| Baxter | newX | nyewX | xewH |
| Reconstructions ||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /neu$^X$/ | /ȵiᴇu$^X$/ | /heu$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /neu$^X$/ | /ȵiɛu$^X$/ | /heu$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /neu$^X$/ | /ȵʑjæu$^X$/ | /xeu$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /nɛw$^X$/ | /ȵiaw$^X$/ | /hɛw$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /neu$^X$/ | /ȵiɛu$^X$/ | /xeu$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /nieu$^X$/ | /ȵʑĭɛu$^X$/ | /xieu$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /nieu$^X$/ | /ȵʑi̯ɛu$^X$/ | /xieu$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | niǎo | rǎo | xiào |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | niu$^5$ | jiu$^5$ | hiu$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*njewʔ/, /*neːwʔ/, /*hŋeːws/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 嬈 | 嬈 | 嬈 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| No. | 14675 | 14684 | 14702 |
| Phonetic component | 垚 | 垚 | 垚 |
| Rime group | 宵 | 宵 | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 擾 | 嬲 | 𢿿 |
| Old Chinese | /*njewʔ/ | /*neːwʔ/ | /*hŋeːws/ |

### Definitions

嬈
* (literary) to disturb; to harass

#### Compounds

* 嬈惱／娆恼

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): ráo (rao$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄖㄠˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ráo
*** Zhuyin: ㄖㄠˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ráo
*** Wade–Giles: jao$^2$
*** Yale: ráu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rau
*** Palladius: жао (žao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʐɑʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jiu$^4$
*** Yale: yìuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jiu$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yiu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiːu̯²¹/

#### Definitions

嬈
* (literary) beautiful

#### Compounds

* 妖嬈／妖娆 (yāoráo)
* 嬌嬈／娇娆 (jiāoráo)

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yáo (yao$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yáo
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yáo
*** Wade–Giles: yao$^2$
*** Yale: yáu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yau
*** Palladius: яо (jao)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɑʊ̯³⁵/

#### Definitions

嬈
* Used in 嬈嬈／娆娆 (“weak”).

#### Compounds

* 嬈嬈／娆娆

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiâu
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiâu
*** Tâi-lô: hiâu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hiaau
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hiau²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hiau²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiau¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /hiau²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiau²³/

#### Definitions

嬈
* (Hokkien, vulgar) Alternative form of 姣 (“lecherous; promiscuous; lascivious; lewd (of a woman)”)

### References

* “嬈”, 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)
* graceful
* charming
* fascinating

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): じょう (jō)、にょう (nyō)、じょう (jō)、どう (dō)、よう (yō)、きょう (kyō)
* Kun: わずらわしい (wazurawashii, 嬈わしい)、なやむ (nayamu, 嬈む)

## Korean
### Hanja

嬈 (eum 요 (yo))
* troublesome, suffer
* ridiculing
* agony
* disarrange
* dizzy
* charming
* weak

## Vietnamese
### Han character

嬈: Hán Nôm readings: nhiêu
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#### References

* Nom Foundation