# 媕

| 媕 | U+5A95, &#23189; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A95 |
| ← 媔 [U+5A94] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 媖 → [U+5A96] |

## Translingual
### Han character

媕 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 女人口廿 (VORT), four-corner 4844$_6$, composition ⿰女弇)
* undecided

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 266, character 44
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6505
* Dae Jaweon: page 534, character 6
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1067, character 7
* Unihan data for U+5A95

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 弇 | *kɯːm, *qramʔ |
| 媕 | *quːm, *qromʔ, *qɯːm, *qramʔ, *qɯːb |
| 黭 | *qɯːmʔ |
| 揜 | *qaːmʔ, *qramʔ |
| 渰 | *qramʔ |
| 鞥 | *qɯːŋ, *qɯːb |
| | 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): ān (an$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄢ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): am$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ān
*** Zhuyin: ㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: an
*** Wade–Giles: an$^1$
*** Yale: ān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: an
*** Palladius: ань (anʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀän⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: am$^1$
*** Yale: ām
*** Cantonese Pinyin: am$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: em$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɐm⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: 'om
Rime :
| Character | 媕 |
| Reading # | 1/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 覃 (159) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 烏含切 |
| Baxter | 'om |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔʌm/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔəm/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔɒm/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔəm/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔᴀm/ |
| Wang Li | /ɒm/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʔăm/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | ān |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | am$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*quːm/, /*qɯːm/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 媕 | 媕 |
| Reading # | 1/5 | 3/5 |
| No. | 4941 | 14365 |
| Phonetic component | 合 | 弇 |
| Rime group | 侵 | 侵 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 諳 | 諳 |
| Old Chinese | /*quːm/ | /*qɯːm/ |

#### Definitions

媕
* Only used in 媕娿 (ān'ē, “indecisive; hesitant”).

#### Compounds

* 媕娿 (ān'ē)
* 媕婀 (ān'ē)

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yǎn (yan$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yǎn
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yǎn
*** Wade–Giles: yen$^3$
*** Yale: yǎn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yean
*** Palladius: янь (janʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɛn²¹⁴/
* Middle Chinese: 'jemX
Rime :
| Character | 媕 |
| Reading # | 2/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 鹽 (154) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 衣儉切 |
| Baxter | 'jemX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔˠiᴇm$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔᵚiɛm$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔiæm$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔjiam$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔjɛm$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ĭɛm$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʔi̯ɛm$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yǎn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jim$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*qromʔ/, /*qramʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 媕 | 媕 |
| Reading # | 2/5 | 4/5 |
| No. | 4943 | 14368 |
| Phonetic component | 合 | 弇 |
| Rime group | 談 | 談 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 奄 | 奄 |
| Old Chinese | /*qromʔ/ | /*qramʔ/ |

#### Definitions

媕
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) flashing amorous glances

### Pronunciation 3

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): è (e$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄜˋ
* 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/
* Middle Chinese: 'op
Rime :
| Character | 媕 |
| Reading # | 3/3 |
| 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/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʔăp̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | e |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ap$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*qɯːb/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 媕 |
| Reading # | 5/5 |
| No. | 14373 |
| Phonetic component | 弇 |
| Rime group | 緝 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 姶 |
| Old Chinese | /*qɯːb/ |

#### Definitions

媕
* (historical dictionaries only) Used in female personal names.

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B00678
* “媕”, 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)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): えん (en)、あん (an)、おん (on)、おう (ō)

## Korean
### Hanja

媕 (eum 암 (am))
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