妀

妀 U+5980, 妀 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5980 ← 奿 [U+597F] CJK Unified Ideographs 妁 → [U+5981]

Translingual

Han character

妀 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 尸山女 (SUV) or 難尸山女 (XSUV), four-corner 1474₀, composition ⿰己女)

1. ancient character used in the name of Daji (妲妀, which is a synonym of 妲己), the favorite concubine of King Zhou of Shang

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 255, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6062
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1027, character 12
• Unihan data for U+5980

Chinese

trad.		妀
simp. #		妀

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (己) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
改	*klɯːʔ
跽	*ɡrɯʔ
己	*kɯʔ
紀	*kɯʔ
妀	*kɯʔ
記	*kɯs
杞	*kʰɯʔ
屺	*kʰɯʔ
芑	*kʰɯʔ
邔	*kʰɯʔ, *ɡɯs
玘	*kʰɯʔ
忌	*ɡɯs
鵋	*ɡɯs
誋	*ɡɯs
梞	*ɡɯs

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jǐ (ji³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gei²

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jǐ
    • Wade–Giles: chi³
    • Yale: jǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jii
    • Palladius: цзи (czi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gei²
    • Yale: géi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: géi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯³⁵/

---

• Middle Chinese: kiX

Rime
Character	妀
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居里切
Baxter	kiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨX/
Pan Wuyun	/kɨX/
Shao Rongfen	/kieX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɨX/
Li Rong	/kiəX/
Wang Li	/kĭəX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gei2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kɯʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	妀
Reading #	1/1
No.	5767
Phonetic component	己
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*kɯʔ/

Definitions

妀

1. Used in female personal names.
2. a surname

References

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