# 媸

| 媸 | U+5AB8, &#23224; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5AB8 |
| ← 媷 [U+5AB7] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 媹 → [U+5AB9] |

## Translingual
### Han character

媸 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 女山一戈 (VUMI), four-corner 4743$_6$, composition ⿰女蚩)
* an ugly woman

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 268, character 11
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6579
* Dae Jaweon: page 535, character 33
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1074, character 10
* Unihan data for U+5AB8

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 之 | *tjɯ |
| 芝 | *tjɯ |
| 志 | *tjɯs |
| 痣 | *tjɯs |
| 娡 | *tjɯs |
| 誌 | *tjɯs |
| 蚩 | *tʰjɯ |
| 妛 | *tʰjɯ |
| 嗤 | *tʰjɯ |
| 媸 | *tʰjɯ |
| 旹 | *djɯ |
| 滍 | *diʔ |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chī (chi$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄔ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ci$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhi
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chī
*** Zhuyin: ㄔ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chih
*** Wade–Giles: chʻih$^1$
*** Yale: chr̄
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chy
*** Palladius: чи (či)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ci$^1$
*** Yale: chī
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsi$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: qi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiː⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhi
*** Tâi-lô: tshi
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chy
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰi⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰi³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰi⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰi⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰi⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: tsyhi
Rime :
| Character | 媸 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 昌 (24) |
| Final (韻) | 之 (19) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 赤之切 |
| Baxter | tsyhi |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ɕʰɨ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡ɕʰɨ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ɕʰie/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /cʰɨ/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ɕʰiə/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ɕʰĭə/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /t͡ɕʰi/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | chī |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ci$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*tʰjɯ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 媸 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 17197 |
| Phonetic component | 之 |
| Rime group | 之 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 蚩 |
| Old Chinese | /*tʰjɯ/ |

### Definitions

媸
* (Classical) an ugly woman
* (Classical or Hakka) ugly

#### Compounds

* 妍媸

#### Synonyms

(ugly):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 醜, 媸 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 醜陋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 難看, 寒磣, 磣 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 難看, 醜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 難看, 醜 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 難看, 醜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 難看, 醜, 不心疼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 難看, 醜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 醜, 不好看 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 難看, 醜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 難看, 醜, 相壞 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 難睇, 醜, 醜怪, 樣衰, 醜樣, 肉酸, 核突 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 難睇, 醜, 醜怪, 樣衰, 醜樣, 肉酸, 核突 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 難睞 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 惡看, 醜鬼 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 不客氣, 難看 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 難看, 難睞, 醜, 像鬼 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 媸, 醜 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 媸, 醜 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 媸, 醜 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 媸, 醜 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 媸, 醜 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 䆀 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 難看, 醜 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 驚人, 毛格式, 生得呆 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 驚儂, 驚, 伓好看, 生得呆 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 歹看, 㾀勢 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 兇, 歹看, 㾀勢 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 兇, 歹看, 㾀勢 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 䆀看, 㾀勢 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 歹看, 䆀, 䆀材, 㾀, 䆀猴, 㾀勢 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 歹看 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 歹看, 䆀 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 兇, 歹看, 㾀勢 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 孬睇, 野樣, 䆀 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 野樣 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 野樣 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 歹睇 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 難看, 怕 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 怕 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jiading) | 怕 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 難看, 怕 |
| Wu | Kunshan | 難看 |
| Wu | Jiaxing | 難看 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 難看 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 難看 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 難覷, 否好覷, 醜 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 醜, 不好看, 不打彩 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 醜, 不好看 |

#### Antonyms

* (classical Chinese) 妍 (yán)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: し (shi)
* Kan-on: し (shi)
* Kun: あなどる (anadoru, 媸る)、おろか (oroka, 媸か)、みにくい (minikui, 媸い)、みだる (midaru, 媸る)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

媸: Hán Nôm readings: sầy, xuy, si
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#### References

* Nom Foundation