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U+59DD, 姝
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59DD

[U+59DC]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+59DE]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 38, +6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女竹十木 (VHJD), four-corner 45490, composition )

References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 259, character 21
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6206
  • Dae Jaweon: page 525, character 22
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1044, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+59DD

Chinese

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trad.
simp. #

Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *tʰjo) : semantic (woman) + phonetic (OC *tjo).

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (24)
Final () (24)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter tsyhu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ɕʰɨo/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡ɕʰio/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ɕʰio/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/cʰuə̆/
Li
Rong
/t͡ɕʰio/
Wang
Li
/t͡ɕʰĭu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡ɕʰi̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
chū
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
cyu1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 17578
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*tʰjo/

Definitions

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  1. (literary, usually of a woman) beautiful; pretty
  2. (literary) beauty; beautiful woman

Compounds

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. beautiful girl

Readings

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  • On (unclassified): (su)しゅ (shu)
  • Kun: うつくしい (utsukushī)

Korean

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Hanja

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(ju) (hangeul , revised ju, McCune–Reischauer chu)

  1. a beautiful girl