# 媌

| 媌 | U+5A8C, &#23180; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A8C |
| ← 媋 [U+5A8B] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 媍 → [U+5A8D] |

## Translingual
### Han character

媌 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女廿田 (VTW), four-corner 4446$_0$, composition ⿰女苗)
* fine, glorious, happy
* prostitute

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 266, character 27
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6488
* Dae Jaweon: page 533, character 31
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1056, character 6
* Unihan data for U+5A8C

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 貓 | *mreːw, *mrew |
| 描 | *mreːw, *mrew |
| 媌 | *mreːw, *mreːwʔ |
| 緢 | *mreːwʔ, *mreːws, *mrew |
| 苗 | *mrew |
| 猫 | *mrew |
| 庿 | *mrews |

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): miáo (miao$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄠˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): maau$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: miáo
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄠˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: miáo
*** Wade–Giles: miao$^2$
*** Yale: myáu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miau
*** Palladius: мяо (mjao)
*** Sinological IPA : /mi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: maau$^4$
*** Yale: màauh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: maau$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mao$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /maːu̯²¹/
* Middle Chinese: maew, maewX
Rime :
| Character | 媌 | 媌 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 肴 (90) | 肴 (90) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | II | II |
| Fanqie | 莫交切 | 莫飽切 |
| Baxter | maew | maewX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /mˠau/ | /mˠau$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /mᵚau/ | /mᵚau$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /mau/ | /mau$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /maɨw/ | /maɨw$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /mau/ | /mau$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /mau/ | /mau$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /mau/ | /mau$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | máo | mǎo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | maau$^4$ | maau$^5$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*mreːw/, /*mreːwʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 媌 | 媌 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 9103 | 9105 |
| Phonetic component | 苗 | 苗 |
| Rime group | 宵 | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 茅 | 卯 |
| Old Chinese | /*mreːw/ | /*mreːwʔ/ |

#### Definitions

媌
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### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bâ
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bâ
*** Tâi-lô: bâ
*** Phofsit Daibuun: baa
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ba¹³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ba²³/
*** IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /ba²⁴/

#### Definitions

媌
* (Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) prostitute
* (Zhangzhou Hokkien) mother (especially said with children, but used face-to-face in some places)

##### Synonyms

* 先生 (xiānshēng) (archaic)
* 大先生 (Wu, dated)
* 妓女 (jìnǚ)
* 娼妓 (chāngjì)
* 小先生 ($^5$shiau-shi-san) (Wu, dated)
* 幺二 ($^1$iau-gni) (Wu, dated, inferior)
* 煙花女／烟花女 (yānhuānǚ)
* 神女 (shénnǚ) (euphemistic)
* 站街女 (zhànjiēnǚ) (euphemistic)

#### Compounds

* 媌仔
* 媌母
* 媌頭／媌头
* 後母媌／后母媌
* 漚媌／沤媌
* 破媌

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C02222

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: みょう (myō)
* Kan-on: ぼう (bō)
* Kun: みめよい (mimeyoi)