# 姛

| 姛 | U+59DB, &#23003; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59DB |
| ← 姚 [U+59DA] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 姜 → [U+59DC] |

## Translingual
### Han character

姛 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女月一口 (VBMR), four-corner 4742$_0$, composition ⿰女同)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 259, character 19
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6203
* Dae Jaweon: page 525, character 19
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1044, character 6
* Unihan data for U+59DB

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 鮦 | *duʔ, *doːŋ, *doŋʔ |
| 侗 | *tʰoːŋ, *tʰoːŋʔ, *doːŋ |
| 恫 | *tʰoːŋ, *doːŋs |
| 痌 | *tʰoːŋ |
| 同 | *doːŋ |
| 仝 | *zlon, *doːŋ |
| 銅 | *doːŋ |
| 桐 | *doːŋ |
| 峒 | *doːŋ, *doːŋs |
| 硐 | *doːŋ, *doːŋʔ |
| 筒 | *doːŋ, *doːŋs |
| 洞 | *doːŋ, *doːŋs |
| 烔 | *doːŋ |
| 挏 | *doːŋ, *doːŋʔ |
| 酮 | *doːŋ, *doːŋʔ |
| 鲖 |
| 眮 | *doːŋ, *doːŋʔ, *doːŋs |
| 衕 | *doːŋ, *doːŋs |
| 哃 | *doːŋ |
| 絧 | *doːŋ, *doːŋs |
| 姛 | *doːŋʔ |
| 詷 | *doːŋʔ, *doːŋs |
| 胴 | *doːŋs |
| 駧 | *doːŋs |
| 迵 | *doːŋs |
| 戙 | *doːŋs |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *doːŋʔ): semantic 女 + phonetic 同 (OC *doːŋ).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dòng (dong$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): dung$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dòng
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dòng
*** Wade–Giles: tung$^4$
*** Yale: dùng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: donq
*** Palladius: дун (dun)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʊŋ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: dung$^6$
*** Yale: duhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dung$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dung$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʊŋ²²/
* Middle Chinese: duwngX
Rime :
| Character | 姛 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 定 (7) |
| Final (韻) | 東 (1) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 徒揔切 |
| Baxter | duwngX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /duŋ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /duŋ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /duŋ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /dəwŋ$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /duŋ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /duŋ$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /dʱuŋ$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | dòng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | dung$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*doːŋʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 姛 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 12464 |
| Phonetic component | 同 |
| Rime group | 東 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 動 |
| Old Chinese | /*doːŋʔ/ |

#### Definitions

姛
* (historical dictionaries only) a state of stiff and rigid neck

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): tóng (tong$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tóng
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tóng
*** Wade–Giles: tʻung$^2$
*** Yale: túng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torng
*** Palladius: тун (tun)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰʊŋ³⁵/

#### Definitions

姛
* (Internet slang) Alternative form of 女同 (nǚtóng, “lesbian”)

### References

* Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 92

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): とう (tō)、ず (zu)