# 妋

| 妋 | U+598B, &#22923; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-598B |
| ← 妊 [U+598A] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 妌 → [U+598C] |

## Translingual
### Han character

妋 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 女手人 (VQO), composition ⿰女夫)
* greedy
* womanly appearance
* face showing or filled with hate

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 256, character 7
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6073
* Dae Jaweon: page 520, character 6
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1029, character 10
* Unihan data for U+598B

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 笑 | *sqʰows |
| 夭 | *qoːwʔ, *qrow, *qrowʔ |
| 镺 | *qoːwʔ, *qoːws |
| 芺 | *qoːwʔ, *qrowʔ |
| 妖 | *qrow |
| 祅 | *qrow |
| 枖 | *qrow |
| 訞 | *qrow |
| 殀 | *qrowʔ |
| 仸 | *qrowʔ |
| 妋 | *pa, *qu |
| 飫 | *qos |
| 沃 | *qoːwɢ |
| 鋈 | *qoːwɢ |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fū, yōu (fu$^1$, you$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨ, ㄧㄡ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fu$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fū
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄨ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fu
*** Wade–Giles: fu$^1$
*** Yale: fū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fu
*** Palladius: фу (fu)
*** Sinological IPA : /fu⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yōu
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄡ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: you
*** Wade–Giles: yu$^1$
*** Yale: yōu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iou
*** Palladius: ю (ju)
*** Sinological IPA : /joʊ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fu$^1$
*** Yale: fū
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fu$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /fuː⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: pju, 'juw
Rime :
| Character | 妋 | 妋 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 虞 (24) | 尤 (136) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 甫無切 | 於求切 |
| Baxter | pju | 'juw |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pɨo/ | /ʔɨu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pio/ | /ʔiu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pio/ | /ʔiəu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /puə̆/ | /ʔuw/ |
| Li Rong | /pio/ | /ʔiu/ |
| Wang Li | /pĭu/ | /ĭəu/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /pi̯u/ | /ʔi̯ə̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | fū | yōu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fu$^1$ | jau$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*pa/, /*qu/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 妋 | 妋 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 3277 | 14635 |
| Phonetic component | 夫 | 夭 |
| Rime group | 魚 | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 跗 | 憂 |
| Old Chinese | /*pa/ | /*qu/ |
| Notes | | 疑爲㤇訛變 |

### Definitions

妋
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#### Usage notes

The fū (fu1) reading is only used in the "greedy" and "womanly appearance" definitions. The yōu (you3) reading is only used in the "face showing or filled with hate" definition.

#### References

* Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 91

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

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* Go-on: ふ (fu)、う (u)
* Kan-on: ふ (fu)、ゆう (yū)
* Kan’yō-on: よう (yō)
* Kun: しょうと (shōto, しょうと)、せ (se, 妋)、なせ (nase, 妋)、みょうと (myōto, 妋)