# 媵

| 媵 | U+5AB5, &#23221; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5AB5 |
| ← 媴 [U+5AB4] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 媶 → [U+5AB6] |
| 媵 | U+2F986, &#194950; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F986 |
| ← 脾 [U+2F985] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement | 𦞧 → [U+2F987] |

## Translingual
### Han character

媵 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 月火手女 (BFQV), four-corner 7924$_4$, composition ⿰月⿱龹女(GHT) or ⿸𰮤女(JK))

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 268, character 7
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6575
* Dae Jaweon: page 535, character 29
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2099, character 2
* Unihan data for U+5AB5
* Unihan data for U+2F986

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 黱 | *l'ɯːs |
| 朕 | *l'ɯmʔ |
| 鰧 | *l'ɯmʔ, *l'ɯːŋ |
| 螣 | *l'ɯmʔ, *l'ɯːŋ, *l'ɯːɡ |
| 栚 | *l'ɯmʔ |
| 眹 | *l'ɯnʔ |
| 騰 | *l'ɯːŋ |
| 滕 | *l'ɯːŋ |
| 縢 | *l'ɯːŋ |
| 儯 | *l'ɯːŋ |
| 幐 | *l'ɯːŋ, *l'ɯːŋs |
| 藤 | *l'ɯːŋ |
| 謄 | *l'ɯːŋ |
| 膡 | *l'ɯːŋ, *hljɯŋs, *lɯŋs |
| 籐 | *l'ɯːŋ |
| 勝 | *hljɯŋ, *hljɯŋs |
| 蕂 | *hljɯŋs |
| 榺 | *hljɯŋs |
| 塍 | *ɦljɯŋ |
| 媵 | *ljɯŋs, *lɯŋs |
| 賸 | *ɦljɯŋs, *lɯŋs |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ljɯŋs, *lɯŋs): phonetic 朕 (OC *l'ɯmʔ) + semantic 女 (“woman”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yìng (ying$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jing$^6$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): īn
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yìng
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yìng
*** Wade–Giles: ying$^4$
*** Yale: yìng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yinq
*** Palladius: ин (in)
*** Sinological IPA : /iŋ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jing$^6$
*** Yale: yihng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jing$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ying$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɪŋ²²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: īn
*** Tâi-lô: īn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: in
*** IPA (Xiamen): /in²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /in⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /in²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /in³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /in³³/
* Middle Chinese: yingH, zyingH
Rime :
| Character | 媵 | 媵 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 以 (36) | 船 (27) |
| Final (韻) | 蒸 (133) | 蒸 (133) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 以證切 | 實證切 |
| Baxter | yingH | zyingH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /jɨŋ$^H$/ | /ʑɨŋ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /jɨŋ$^H$/ | /ʑɨŋ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ieŋ$^H$/ | /ʑieŋ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /jiŋ$^H$/ | /ʑiŋ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /iəŋ$^H$/ | /d͡ʑiəŋ$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /jĭəŋ$^H$/ | /d͡ʑĭəŋ$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /i̯əŋ$^H$/ | /d͡ʑʰi̯əŋ$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yìng | shèng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jing$^6$ | sing$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ljɯŋs/, /*lɯŋs/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 媵 | 媵 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 17133 | 17135 |
| Phonetic component | 朕 | 朕 |
| Rime group | 蒸 | 蒸 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 乗 | 孕 |
| Old Chinese | /*ljɯŋs/ | /*lɯŋs/ |

### Definitions

媵
* (historical) maid who accompanies a bride to her new home
* to accompany; to escort
* bridesmaid
* concubine

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 妾, 姬, 媵, 妾媵, 媵妾, 侍妾, 姬妾, 側室, 偏室, 姑娘 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 妾, 偏房 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 小太太兒, 小婆婆兒, 小奶奶兒, 小的兒, 屋兒裡人 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 小老婆, 姨太太 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 小老婆 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 小老婆 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 小老婆 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 小老婆兒, 小婆子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 小老婆兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 小婆子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 小婆子, 小 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 小的兒, 小的, 小兒, 小點子, 小婆兒, 小婆子, 庶夫人 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 小老婆, 小 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 小老婆 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 小老婆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 小老婆, 小婆子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 小堂客, 小, 姨太太 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 小婆娘, 姨太太 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 小的, 小, 小老婆, 小婆 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 小老婆 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 細婆, 妾侍 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 細婆, 妾侍 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 細婆 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 小老婆, 小 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 小婆 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 小老婆, 小婆子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 小婆 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 小老婆 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 細姐, 細婆, 偏房 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) | 細姐 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) | 細姐 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 細姆, 細姐仔, 細婆, 偏房 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 細姆 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 細姐仔 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 細姐仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 細姐, 細婆, 偏房 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 細姐, 細姨, 偏房 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 細姐, 細婆, 偏房 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) | 細姨, 細姐, 細婆, 偏房 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 細姐, 細姨, 偏房 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 細老嫗 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 小老婆, 姨娘, 姨太太 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 小婆子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 小嬤 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 細婆 non-face-to-face, 細姐 face-to-face, 姨太 older, 姑娘 younger, face to face |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 細姨 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 細姨 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 細姨 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 細姨 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 細姨 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 細姨 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 細姨 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 細姨 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 細姨 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 細姨 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 細姨 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 細姨 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 細姨 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 細姨 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 細姨 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 細姨 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 姨囝 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 細娘 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 細姩, 細老婆, 孧老婆, 細 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 阿娌, 阿姐 regional, 細婆, 細某, 德配 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 阿娌, 細某, 德配 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 細婆 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 小老媽, 小老婆, 小娘子, 偏房 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 小老婆, 小老官, 姨太太 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 小老媽 |
| Wu | Danyang | 小老媽 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 小老婆 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 小老𡢿 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 姨娘, 姨娘兒 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 小老婆, 小婆 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 小婆子, 小堂客 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 小 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 妾婆子 |

### Compounds

* 妾媵
* 媵侍 (yìngshì)
* 媵妾
* 媵婢
* 媵御
* 媵臣

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* maid who accompanies bride to her new home
* to escort a concubine

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): よう (yō)
* Kun: おくる (okuru)、つきそい (tsukisoi)、おくりめ (okurime)、おくりびと (okuribito)

## Korean
### Hanja

媵 (eum 잉 (ing))
* give present
* maid who accompanies bride to her new home

## Vietnamese
### Han character

媵: Hán Nôm readings: dựng, ánh
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### References

* Nom Foundation