See also:
U+5AA7, 媧
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5AA7

[U+5AA6]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5AA8]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 38, +9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 女月月口 (VBBR), four-corner 47427, composition )

References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 267, character 28
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6533
  • Dae Jaweon: page 535, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1059, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+5AA7

Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *kroːl, *kʷroːl) : semantic (female) + phonetic (OC *kʰʷroːl).

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • o/o͘ — vernacular;
  • oa — literary;
  • koa — reconstructed from Middle Chinese.

    Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/2 2/2
    Initial () (28) (28)
    Final () (32) (99)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Closed Closed
    Division () II II
    Fanqie
    Baxter kwea kwae
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /kˠuɛ/ /kˠua/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /kʷᵚæ/ /kʷᵚa/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /kuæi/ /kua/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /kwaɨj/ /kwaɨ/
    Li
    Rong
    /kuɛ/ /kua/
    Wang
    Li
    /kwai/ /kwa/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren
    /kwai/ /kwa/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    guā guā
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    gwaai1 gwaa1
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character
    Reading # 1/2 2/2
    No. 4385 4391
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    3 3
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*kroːl/ /*kʷroːl/

    Definitions

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    1. the goddess of creation; the mythological sister and successor to Fu Xi
    2. Used in 女媧女娲 (Nǚwā).

    Compounds

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    Japanese

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    Kanji

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    (Hyōgai kanji)

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    Readings

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    • On (unclassified): かい (kai) (ke) (ka)

    Korean

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    Hanja

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    (wae, gwa) (hangeul , , revised wae, gwa, McCune–Reischauer wae, kwa)

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    Vietnamese

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    Han character

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    : Hán Nôm readings: oa

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