妤

妤 U+59A4, 妤
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59A4
← 妣
[U+59A3] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 妥 →
[U+59A5]

Translingual

Han character

妤 (radical 38, 女+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 女弓戈弓 (VNIN), four-corner 47422, composition ⿰女予)

References
  • KangXi: page 257, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6105
  • Dae Jaweon: page 521, character 17
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1034, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+59A4

Chinese
simp. and trad.
 妤

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (予) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
野 *laːʔ, *ɦljaʔ
壄 *laːʔ
序 *ljaʔ
抒 *ljaʔ, *hlja, *ɦljaʔ
芧 *l'aʔ
杼 *l'aʔ, *ɦljaʔ
墅 *ɦljaːʔ
舒 *hlja
紓 *hlja, *ɦljaʔ
妤 *la
伃 *la
予 *la, *laʔ
預 *las
忬 *las
豫 *las
蕷 *las
澦 *las

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *la) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 予 (OC *la, *laʔ).

Pronunciation
Rime
Character 妤
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 魚 (22)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 以諸切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /jɨʌ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /jiɔ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /iɔ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /jɨə̆/
Li
Rong		 /iɔ/
Wang
Li		 /jĭo/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /i̯wo/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 yú
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 妤
Reading # 1/1
No. 15736
Phonetic
component		 予
Rime
group		 魚
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 余
Old
Chinese		 /*la/

Definitions

妤

  1. Only used in 婕妤 (jiéyú).

Japanese

Kanji
妤

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings
  • On (unclassified): よ (yo)

Korean

Hanja

妤 • (yeo) (hangeul 여, revised yeo, McCune–Reischauer yŏ)

  1. 아름답다(=伃): beautiful, pretty, fair; handsome, good-looking

Vietnamese

Han character

妤 (dư)

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References
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