# 嫗

| 嫗 | U+5AD7, &#23255; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5AD7 |
| ← 嫖 [U+5AD6] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 嫘 → [U+5AD8] |

## Translingual
### Han character

嫗 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 女尸口口 (VSRR), four-corner 4141$_6$, composition ⿰女區)
* old woman, hag

#### Descendants

* 妪

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 269, character 23
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6640
* Dae Jaweon: page 537, character 13
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1076, character 4
* Unihan data for U+5AD7

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 嫗
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 摳 | *kʰoː, *kʰo |
| 彄 | *kʰoː |
| 剾 | *kʰoː, *qoː |
| 謳 | *qoː |
| 歐 | *qoː, *qoːʔ |
| 區 | *qoː, *kʰo |
| 鷗 | *qoː |
| 甌 | *qoː |
| 漚 | *qoː, *qoːs |
| 瞘 | *qoː |
| 嘔 | *qoː, *qoːʔ |
| 櫙 | *qoː |
| 膒 | *qoː |
| 蓲 | *qoː, *kʰu, *qo, *qos |
| 醧 | *qoː, *qas |
| 鏂 | *qoː |
| 毆 | *qoːʔ |
| 塸 | *qoːʔ |
| 貙 | *kʰl'o |
| 樞 | *kʰjo |
| 驅 | *kʰo, *kʰos |
| 軀 | *kʰo |
| 嶇 | *kʰo |
| 鰸 | *kʰo |
| 敺 | *kʰo |
| 傴 | *qoʔ |
| 嫗 | *qos |
| 饇 | *qos |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qos): semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 區 (OC *qoː, *kʰo).

### Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ʔu (“egg; bird”). Cognate with Burmese ဥ (u., “egg; tuber”).
Pronunciation 1 is a departing tone derivation from pronunciation 2, literally "the one who is breeding" (Schuessler, 2007). Schuessler additionally adduces the following words as part of the same word family:
* 蓲 (OC *qoː, *kʰu, *qo, *qos, “to brood, hatch eggs”)
* 燠 (OC *quːʔ, *quːɡs, *quɡ, “warm, sweltering”)

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yù (yu$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu$^2$ / jyu$^3$
* Eastern Min (BUC): hé̤ṳ
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): ù / ì
    (Teochew, Peng'im): u$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$iu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yù
*** Zhuyin: ㄩˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yù
*** Wade–Giles: yü$^4$
*** Yale: yù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuh
*** Palladius: юй (juj)
*** Sinological IPA : /y⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jyu$^2$ / jyu$^3$
*** Yale: yú / yu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jy$^2$ / jy$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yu$^2$ / yu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /jyː³⁵/, /jyː³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: hé̤ṳ
*** Sinological IPA : /høy²¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ù
*** Tâi-lô: ù
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ux
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /u⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /u²¹/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ì
*** Tâi-lô: ì
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ix
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /i²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: u$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ú
*** Sinological IPA : /u⁵²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$iu
*** MiniDict: iu$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$y
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /y³⁴/
* Middle Chinese: 'juH
Rime :
| Character | 嫗 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 虞 (24) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 衣遇切 |
| Baxter | 'juH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔɨo$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔio$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔio$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔuə̆$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔio$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ĭu$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʔi̯u$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yù |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jyu$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*qos/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 嫗 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 10615 |
| Phonetic component | 區 |
| Rime group | 侯 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 嫗 |
| Old Chinese | /*qos/ |

#### Definitions

嫗
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) mother
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) (old) woman

#### Compounds

* 乳嫗 / 乳妪
* 假嫗 / 假妪
* 大巫嫗 / 大巫妪
* 媒嫗 / 媒妪
* 媼嫗 / 媪妪
* 富嫗 / 富妪
* 少嫗 / 少妪
* 山嫗 / 山妪
* 巫嫗 / 巫妪
* 收生嫗 / 收生妪
* 村嫗 / 村妪
* 瞽嫗 / 瞽妪
* 翁嫗 / 翁妪
* 老嫗 / 老妪 (lǎoyù)
* 老嫗能解 / 老妪能解
* 道嫗 / 道妪
* 酒嫗 / 酒妪
* 青牛嫗 / 青牛妪
* 黃牛嫗 / 黄牛妪

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yǔ, yù (yu$^3$, yu$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄩˇ, ㄩˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yǔ
*** Zhuyin: ㄩˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yǔ
*** Wade–Giles: yü$^3$
*** Yale: yǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeu
*** Palladius: юй (juj)
*** Sinological IPA : /y²¹⁴/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yù
*** Zhuyin: ㄩˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yù
*** Wade–Giles: yü$^4$
*** Yale: yù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuh
*** Palladius: юй (juj)
*** Sinological IPA : /y⁵¹/

#### Definitions

嫗
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, of birds) to incubate; to sit on eggs
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to warm with one's body
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to raise; to nurture
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) friendly; affable

#### Compounds

* 姁嫗 / 姁妪
* 嫗伏 / 妪伏
* 嫗姁 / 妪姁
* 嫗𡟥 / 妪𡟥
* 嫗嫗 / 妪妪
* 嫗拊 / 妪拊
* 嫗掩 / 妪掩
* 嫗然 / 妪然
* 嫗煦 / 妪煦
* 嫗育 / 妪育
* 嫗詡 / 妪诩
* 昫嫗 / 昫妪
* 煦嫗 / 煦妪
* 覆嫗 / 覆妪

### References

* “嫗”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: う (u)
* Kan-on: う (u)
* Kan’yō-on: おう (ō)
* Kun: おうな (ōna, 嫗)、あたためる (atatameru, 嫗める)、おみな (omina, 嫗)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 嫗
* おみな Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 𪥽
Originally /omi1na/. Likely realized as [omina] (see Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai). The initial /o/ expressed "grown, large" and contrasted with /wo/ "young, youth" found in womina "woman". Contrasts with 翁 (okina).

### Noun

嫗(おみな) • (omina)
* a grown woman
* an old woman

## Korean
### Hanja

嫗 • (gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune–Reischauer ku)
* old woman, hag

## Vietnamese
### Han character

嫗: Hán Nôm readings: ẩu
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