# 𡚸

| 𡚸 | U+216B8, &#136888; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-216B8 |
| ← 𡚷 [U+216B7] | CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B | 𡚹 → [U+216B9] |

## Translingual
### Han character

𡚸 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 女竹戈 (VHI), composition ⿰女么)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 256, character 4
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1027, character 6
* Unihan data for U+216B8

## Chinese
### Etymology

Cognate with Min Nan 某 (bó͘, “wife”); ultimately derived from 母 (OC *mɯʔ, “mother”).

### Pronunciation

* Eastern Min (BUC): muō
* Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): bhou$^2$
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: muō
*** Sinological IPA : /muo³³/
* Southern Min
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: bhou$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bóu
*** Sinological IPA : /bou⁵²/

### Definitions

𡚸
* (Eastern Min, Teochew) wife
    From:
    ain$^3$ bhou$^2$ dioh$^8$ kag$^4$ kou$^2$ [Peng'im]
    a man who wants a wife must persevere
** 1566, chapter 5, in 《重刊五色潮泉插科增入詩詞北曲勾欄荔鏡記戲曲全集》, page [14]:
       zua$^3$ ni$^5$ bho$^5$ bhou$^2$ siu$^2$ gu$^1$ duan$^1$ cêng$^1$ cêng$^1$ nê$^2$ nê$^2$ bho$^5$ nang$^5$ siên$^1$ pua$^6$ [Peng'im]
       These past years I have had no wife, and kept my watch alone, pale and cold without someone by my side

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 妻, 妻兒, 內人, 內子, 夫人, 娘子 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 妻子, 夫人, 太太, 妻室, 妻房, 拙荊 humble |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 女人, 媳婦兒, 老婆子, 屋兒裡的, 屋兒裡人, 家項兒 dated |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 太太, 老婆, 牽手 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 媳婦兒, 老娘們兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 媳婦兒, 老娘們兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 老娘們兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 媳婦兒, 老娘們兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 老婆, 媳婦兒, 屋裡的, 屋裡人兒, 老娘們兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 老婆, 家裡的 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 老婆 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 老婆, 太太 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 老婆, 屋裡的, 家裡的, 娘們兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Weifang (Weicheng) | 老婆, 家裡 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Weifang (Fangzi) | 老婆, 媳婦, 家裡 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Changle | 老婆, 媳婦, 家裡 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shouguang | 老婆, 女人 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Wulian | 老婆, 辦飯的 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 老婆, 媳婦, 女的, 家裡, 家裡的 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 老婆, 媳婦, 家裡兒的 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 老婆子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Weifang (Hanting) | 老婆, 媳婦 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Changyi | 老婆, 媳婦, 家裡 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Gaomi | 老婆, 媳婦, 家裡 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 媳子, 老婆 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Anqiu | 老婆, 媳婦, 家裡 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Linqu | 老婆, 媳婦 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingzhou | 老婆, 媳婦 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 女人, 媳婦兒, 屋裡的, 家裡 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 老婆, 媳婦 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 媳婦 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 女人, 媳婦兒, 老婆, 婆娘, 屋裡人, 屋裡家 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 媳婦, 婆娘, 家裡的 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 女的, 家下, 家來的, 家裡人, 媳婦兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 老婆, 婆姨, 婆娘, 妻人 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 老婆, 婆姨, 女人, 妻人 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 婆姨, 媳婦, 女人 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 老婆, 屋裡的 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 女人, 媳婦, 屋裡的, 家裡的 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 女人, 媳婦兒, 央格子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 女的, 女人, 老娘兒, 婆娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 女的, 女將, 屋裡 dated, 屋裡的 dated, 屋裡人 dated, 家務 dated, 堂客 dated |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 女的, 女人, 婆娘, 屋頭人 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 婆娘, 老婆, 媳婦, 女人, 家首 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 老婆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 老婆, 婆娘 dated |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Sanjiang (Danzhou) | 老婆 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 女的, 女人, 老婆, 媽媽 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 老婆, 媽媽, 堂客, 女眷 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Xinghua | 女人, 女將 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 堂客, 女將, 奶奶, 老婆 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 老婆, 奶奶們 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 屋裡人, 屋裡, 堂客 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 老婆, 女人, 煮飯婆, 堂客 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 老婆, 煮飯婆, 太太 non-face-to-face |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 老婆 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 老婆 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 老婆, 太太 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 老婆 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 老婆 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 老婆 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 老婆 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 老婆 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 老婆 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 老婆 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 老婆 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 老婆 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 老婆 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 老婆 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 老婆 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 老婆 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 老婆 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 老婆 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 老婆 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 老婆 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 老婆 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 老婆 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 老婆 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 老婆 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 老婆 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 老婆 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 老婆, 家下, 夫娘 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 老婆 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 老婆 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 老婆 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 老婆, 燒火婆 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 老婆, 婦娘 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 老婆 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 老婆 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 老婆 |
| Cantonese | Dongxing | 老婆 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 老婆 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 老婆 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 老婆 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 老婆, 太太 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 老婆 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 老婆, 女客 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 老婆, 女客 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 婆娘, 老婆 |
| Gan | Jianning | 老婆 |
| Gan | Taining | 阿娘 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 老婆, 婦人家 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 老婆 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 老婆 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 老婆 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 老婆 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 老婆 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 老婆 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 老婆 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 老婆 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 老婆 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 老婆 |
| Hakka | Nanxiong (Zhuji) | 婦娘, 堂客 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 老婆 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 婆乸 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 老婆 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 老婆 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 老婆 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 婦娘 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 婦娘 |
| Hakka | Pinghe (Jiufeng) | 媽娘 |
| Hakka | Changting | 老婆 |
| Hakka | Shanghang | 老婆 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Yongding) | 老婆 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 老婆 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 老婆 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 老婆, 婦娘 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 婦娘 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 老婆 |
| Hakka | Qingliu | 婦娘 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 老婆, 婦娘 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 老婆 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 老婆, 婦娘 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 老婆 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 老婆 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 老婆 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 老婆 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 老婆 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 婦娘, 老姐 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 姐仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 婦娘, 老姐 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 婦娘, 老姐 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 婦娘, 老姐 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 婦娘 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 老婆 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 老婆 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 老婆 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 老婆 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 老婆 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 老婆 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 老婆, 番婆 |
| Hakka | Singapore (Dabu) | 老婆 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 老嫗 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 老婆, 堂客 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 老婆 |
| Huizhou | Xiuning | 老婆 |
| Huizhou | Yixian | 老婆 |
| Huizhou | Qimen | 婦兒家 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 老婆 |
| Huizhou | Fuliang | 老婆, 婦人個 |
| Huizhou | Dexing | 老婆 |
| Huizhou | Jingde | 屋裡 |
| Huizhou | Shitai (Xianyu) | 老婆 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 老婆, 家裡的, 女人, 婆姨 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 老婆, 媳婦, 婆姨 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 女人, 老婆, 婆姨 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 老婆 |
| Jin | Linhe | 老婆, 女人 |
| Jin | Jining | 老婆, 媳婦 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 女人 |
| Jin | Baotou | 老婆, 媳婦 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 老婆 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 老婆 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 老媽 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 老媽 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 老媽 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 老媽 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 老媽 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 老媽 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 老媽 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 老媽 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 老媽, 諸娘儂, 厝裡, 𡚸, 老小 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 老媽, 厝裡 |
| Eastern Min | Lianjiang | 老媽, 厝裡 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 老媽, 𡚸, 厝裡 |
| Eastern Min | Pingtan | 老媽 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 老媽 |
| Eastern Min | Minqing | 老媽 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 老媽 |
| Eastern Min | Pingnan | 老媽 |
| Eastern Min | Luoyuan | 老媽 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 老媽 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 老媽 |
| Eastern Min | Xiapu | 老媽 |
| Eastern Min | Zherong | 老媽 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 老媽 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 老媽 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 老媽 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 老媽 |
| Eastern Min | Sitiawan (Gutian) | 老媽 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 某, 牽手, 牽手的, 查某儂, 厝內, 厝內儂, 家內, 家內儂, 家後, 內人, 內助, 婦人儂, 柴耙, 老柴杮, 老柴㷮 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 某 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 某, 牽手, 牽手的, 查某儂, 厝內, 家內, 家內儂, 家後, 內人, 內助, 婦人儂 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 某, 厝內儂 |
| Southern Min | Nan'an | 某 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 某 |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 某 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 某 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 某 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 某 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 某, 牽手, 牽手的, 查某儂, 厝內, 厝內儂, 家內, 家內儂, 家後, 內人, 內助, 婦人儂, 內頭, 㾀菜籃, 煮飯婆, 煮飯的 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 某 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 某 |
| Southern Min | Hua'an | 某 |
| Southern Min | Nanjing | 某 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 某 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 某 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 某 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 某 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 某 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 太太, 某, 牽手 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 太太, 阮厝的查某儂, 阿貼的, 後柴耙, 某 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 太太, 某, 查某儂, 柴耙, 牽手, 牽的, 煮飯的 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 太太, 某, 查某儂, 家後, 柴耙, 牽手, 牽的, 煮飯的 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 某, 查某人, 柴耙, 牽手, 煮飯的 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 某, 家後, 牽手 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 某 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 太太, 某, 查某儂, 柴耙, 牽手, 牽的, 煮飯的 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 某 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 某, 家後, 查某儂, 煮飯的, 柴耙 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 某, 家內, 太的 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 某, 牽手, 查某儂, 姿娘, 夫人, 家內, 柴耙 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 某, 查某儂, 家後 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 某, 厝內, 厝內儂 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 某, 牽手, 牽手的 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 老婆 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 查某儂, 某 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 查某, 老媽 non-face-to-face |
| Southern Min | Datian | 老媽 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 𡚸 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 𡚸, 老婆 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 𡚸 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 𡚸 |
| Southern Min | Puning | 老, 老婆, 𡚸 |
| Southern Min | Lufeng | 𡚸 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 𡚸, 㜁𡚸 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 𡚸 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 𡚸, 老婆 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 老婆, 婆 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 老婆 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 老婆, 妰娝 dated |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 老婆 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 老媽, 姆, 嬸娘 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 老媽, 姆 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 老媽 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 老媽, 嬸娘, 姆 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 老媽, 老婆 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 老媽, 老婆 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 老媽 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 俺娘 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 俺娘 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 阿娘 |
| Shaojiang Min | Shaowu | 媽娘 |
| Shaojiang Min | Guangze | 媽娘 |
| Shaojiang Min | Jiangle | 老婆 |
| Shaojiang Min | Mingxi | 阿娘 |
| Shaojiang Min | Shunchang | 老婆 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 老婆 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 老婆, 女人 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 老婆 |
| Northern Pinghua | Lingchuan (Sanjie) | 女人 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 老婆, 太太, 妻子, 夫人, 內人, 女人, 家主婆, 屋裡個, 屋裡 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 女個, 屋裡, 女客, 女人 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 女人, 家小, 家主婆, 家婆, 屋裡, 老婆 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 老婆, 女人, 家主婆, 屋裡人 |
| Wu | Danyang | 女個, 老媽, 家裡 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 老婆, 老娘, 女人, 女的, 屋裡, 屋裡廂 |
| Wu | Shaoxing | 老媽 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 老婆, 老𡢿, 女人, 屋裡人 dated |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 老安, 老安人, 老人兒, 老人客, 老人, 屋裡 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 老婆, 窩裡 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 老媽 |
| Wu | Pucheng | 老婆 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 堂客, 內當家, 婆婆子 |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 堂客 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 堂客, 婆娘, 老婆, 屋裡個, 他㑲娘 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 堂客, 老婆 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 堂客, 老婆 non-face-to-face |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 老婆 |

### Compounds

* 𡚸姐
* 𡥘𡚸