# 姶

| 姶 | U+59F6, &#23030; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59F6 |
| ← 姵 [U+59F5] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 姷 → [U+59F7] |

## Translingual
### Han character

姶 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女人一口 (VOMR), four-corner 4846$_1$, composition ⿰女合)
* beautiful
* good-looking

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 261, character 7
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6242
* Dae Jaweon: page 527, character 11
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1046, character 2
* Unihan data for U+59F6

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 姶
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 龕 | *kʰuːm |
| 媕 | *quːm, *qromʔ, *qɯːm, *qramʔ, *qɯːb |
| 頜 | *ɡuːmʔ, *kuːb |
| 答 | *tkuːb |
| 畣 | *tkuːb |
| 荅 | *tkuːb |
| 嗒 | *tuːb, *tʰoːb |
| 褡 | *tuːb, *toːb |
| 撘 | *tuːb |
| 搭 | *tuːb, *tʰoːb |
| 榙 | *tkuːb, *ɡuːb |
| 佮 | *tkʰuːb, *kuːb, *quːb, *quːb |
| 蛤 | *kuːb |
| 鴿 | *kuːb |
| 合 | *kuːb, *ɡuːb |
| 郃 | *kuːb, *ɡuːb |
| 匌 | *kuːb, *kʰuːb |
| 鉿 | *kuːb |
| 閤 | *kuːb |
| 鞈 | *kuːb, *kruːb |
| 韐 | *kuːb, *kruːb |
| 鮯 | *kuːb |
| 哈 | *ŋɡuːb |
| 姶 | *quːb, *quːb |
| 欱 | *qʰuːb, *qʰruːb |
| 盒 | *ɡuːb |
| 耠 | *ɡuːb |
| 詥 | *ɡuːb |
| 塔 | *tʰuːb |
| 鞳 | *tʰoːb |
| 劄 | *rtuːb |
| 跲 | *kruːb, *kob, *ɡob |
| 袷 | *kruːb, *ŋkob |
| 餄 | *kruːb |
| 恰 | *kʰruːb |
| 帢 | *kʰruːb |
| 洽 | *ɡruːb |
| 祫 | *ɡruːb |
| 珨 | *ɡruːb |
| 烚 | *ɡruːb |
| 歙 | *qʰjob, *qʰrub |
| 湁 | *tkʰub |
| 拾 | *ɡjub |
| 給 | *krub |
| 翕 | *qʰrub |
| 噏 | *qʰrub |
| 潝 | *qʰrub |
| 熻 | *qʰrub |
| 嬆 | *qʰrub |
| 翖 | *qʰrub |
| 闟 | *qʰrub |

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): è (e$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄜˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ap$^1$ / ngap$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: è
*** Zhuyin: ㄜˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: è
*** Wade–Giles: o$^4$
*** Yale: è
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eh
*** Palladius: э (e)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀɤ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ap$^1$ / ngap$^1$
*** Yale: āp / ngāp
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ap$^7$ / ngap$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: eb$^1$ / ngeb$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɐp̚⁵/, /ŋɐp̚⁵/
* Middle Chinese: 'op
Rime :
| Character | 姶 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 合 (160) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 烏合切 |
| Baxter | 'op |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔʌp̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔəp̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔɒp̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔəp̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔᴀp̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ɒp̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ʔăp̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | e |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ap$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*quːb/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 姶 | 姶 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 4967 | 4976 |
| Phonetic component | 合 | 合 |
| Rime group | 緝 | 緝 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 姶 | 姶 |
| Old Chinese | /*quːb/ | /*quːb/ |

#### Definitions

姶
* exquisite; fine
* clever; bright
* silent
* used in female names

#### References

* (Cantonese) Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 92
* International Encoded Han Character and Variants Database

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yà (ya$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yà
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yà
*** Wade–Giles: ya$^4$
*** Yale: yà
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yah
*** Palladius: я (ja)
*** Sinological IPA : /jä⁵¹/

#### Definitions

姶
* nimble
* cute
* lovable

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* beautiful
* good-looking

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): おう (ō)
* Kun: しずか (shizuka)、あい (ai)