# 姱

| 姱 | U+59F1, &#23025; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59F1 |
| ← 姰 [U+59F0] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 姲 → [U+59F2] |

## Translingual
### Han character

姱 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女大一尸 (VKMS), four-corner 4442$_7$, composition ⿰女夸)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 260, character 29
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6235
* Dae Jaweon: page 527, character 5
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1043, character 8
* Unihan data for U+59F1

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 侉 | *qaːls |
| 夸 | *kʰʷraː |
| 姱 | *kʰʷraː |
| 胯 | *kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs |
| 跨 | *kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːʔ, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs |
| 誇 | *kʰʷraː |
| 垮 | *kʰʷraːʔ |
| 銙 | *kʰʷraːʔ |
| 骻 | *kʰʷraːʔ |
| 咵 | *kʰʷraːʔ |
| 釫 | *ɢʷraː, *qʷaː |
| 摦 | *ɡʷraːs |
| 鮬 | *pɢʷaː, *kʰʷaː |
| 嶀 | *qʰʷl'aː |
| 扝 | *kʰʷaː, *qʷaː |
| 刳 | *kʰʷaː |
| 郀 | *kʰʷaː |
| 挎 | *kʰʷaː |
| 袴 | *kʰʷaːs |
| 絝 | *kʰʷaːs |
| 褲 | *kʰʷaːs |
| 恗 | *qʰaː |
| 洿 | *ɡʷaːʔ, *qʷaː |
| 瓠 | *ɡʷlaː, *ɡʷlaːs |
| 鄠 | *ɢʷlaːʔ |
| 污 | *qʷaː, *qʷaːs |
| 杇 | *qʷaː |
| 圬 | *qʷaː |
| 鴮 | *qʷaː |
| 盓 | *qʷaː |
| 汙 | *qʷaːs, *ɢʷa |
| 樗 | *qʰʷl'a |
| 摴 | *qʰʷl'a |
| 荂 | *pqʰʷa, *qʰʷa |
| 雩 | *qʰʷla, *ɢʷla |
| 吁 | *qʰʷa, *ɢʷas |
| 盱 | *qʰʷa |
| 訏 | *qʰʷa |
| 扜 | *qʰʷa, *qʷa |
| 旴 | *qʰʷa |
| 冔 | *qʰʷaʔ |
| 紆 | *qʷa |
| 陓 | *qʷa |
| 迂 | *qʷa, *qʷaʔ, *ɢʷa |
| 虶 | *qʷa |
| 于 | *ɢʷa |
| 盂 | *ɢʷa |
| 竽 | *ɢʷa |
| 邘 | *ɢʷa |
| 玗 | *ɢʷa |
| 芋 | *ɢʷa, *ɢʷas |
| 杅 | *ɢʷa |
| 釪 | *ɢʷa |
| 骬 | *ɢʷa |
| 謣 | *ɢʷla |
| 宇 | *ɢʷaʔ |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): kuā (kua$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄚ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): kwaa$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kuā
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: kua
*** Wade–Giles: kʻua$^1$
*** Yale: kwā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kua
*** Palladius: куа (kua)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰu̯ä⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kwaa$^1$
*** Yale: kwā
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kwaa$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kua$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʷʰaː⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: khwae
Rime :
| Character | 姱 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 溪 (29) |
| Final (韻) | 麻 (99) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 苦瓜切 |
| Baxter | khwae |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kʰˠua/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʰʷᵚa/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kʰua/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kʰwaɨ/ |
| Li Rong | /kʰua/ |
| Wang Li | /kʰwa/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /kʰwa/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | kuā |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | faa$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kʰʷraː/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 姱 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 15649 |
| Phonetic component | 于 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 誇 |
| Old Chinese | /*kʰʷraː/ |
| Notes | 見招魂 |

### Definitions

姱
* (literary) beautiful; fine
* (literary) exaggerative; exaggeratedly embellished

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* beautiful
* handsome
* elegant

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): か (ka)、け (ke)、こ (ko)、ご (go)、く (ku)
* Kun: おごるさま (ogorusama)、みめよい (mimeyoi)、うつくしい (utsukushī)

## Korean
### Hanja

姱 • (gwa) (hangeul 과, revised gwa, McCune–Reischauer kwa, Yale kwa)
* 아름다울: beautiful

## Vietnamese
### Han character

姱: Hán Nôm readings: khoa
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### References

* Nom Foundation