媵

媵 U+5AB5, 媵 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5AB5 ← 媴 [U+5AB4] CJK Unified Ideographs 媶 → [U+5AB6]

媵 U+2F986, 媵 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F986 ← 脾 [U+2F985] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 𦞧 → [U+2F987]

Translingual

Han character

媵 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 月火手女 (BFQV), four-corner 7924₄, composition ⿰月⿱龹女(GHT) or ⿰月⿱𠔉女(JK))

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 268, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6575
• Dae Jaweon: page 535, character 29
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2099, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5AB5

• Unihan data for U+2F986

Chinese

trad.		媵
simp. #		媵
alternative forms		㑞 𠈪 𠈖 𠊶 𡟒 㑞 𠈪 𠈖 𠊶 𡟒 𦩩

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
黱	*l'ɯːs
朕	*l'ɯmʔ
鰧	*l'ɯmʔ, *l'ɯːŋ
螣	*l'ɯmʔ, *l'ɯːŋ, *l'ɯːɡ
栚	*l'ɯmʔ
眹	*l'ɯnʔ
騰	*l'ɯːŋ
滕	*l'ɯːŋ
縢	*l'ɯːŋ
儯	*l'ɯːŋ
幐	*l'ɯːŋ, *l'ɯːŋs
藤	*l'ɯːŋ
謄	*l'ɯːŋ
膡	*l'ɯːŋ, *hljɯŋs, *lɯŋs
籐	*l'ɯːŋ
勝	*hljɯŋ, *hljɯŋs
蕂	*hljɯŋs
榺	*hljɯŋs
塍	*ɦljɯŋ
媵	*ljɯŋs, *lɯŋs
賸	*ɦljɯŋs, *lɯŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ljɯŋs, *lɯŋs) : phonetic 朕 (OC *l'ɯmʔ) + semantic 女 (“woman”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìng (ying⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jing⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): īn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìng
    • Wade–Giles: ying⁴
    • Yale: yìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yinq
    • Palladius: ин (in)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jing⁶
    • Yale: yihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jing⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ying⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: īn
    • Tâi-lô: īn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: in
    • IPA (Xiamen): /in²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /in⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /in²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /in³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /in³³/

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• Middle Chinese: yingH, zyingH

Rime
Character	媵	媵
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	船 (27)
Final (韻)	蒸 (133)	蒸 (133)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	以證切	實證切
Baxter	yingH	zyingH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨŋH/	/ʑɨŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/jɨŋH/	/ʑɨŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/ieŋH/	/ʑieŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiŋH/	/ʑiŋH/
Li Rong	/iəŋH/	/d͡ʑiəŋH/
Wang Li	/jĭəŋH/	/d͡ʑĭəŋH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯əŋH/	/d͡ʑʰi̯əŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yìng	shèng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jing6	sing6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ljɯŋs/, /*lɯŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	媵	媵
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	17133	17135
Phonetic component	朕	朕
Rime group	蒸	蒸
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	乗	孕
Old Chinese	/*ljɯŋs/	/*lɯŋs/

Definitions

媵

1. (historical) maid who accompanies a bride to her new home
2. to accompany; to escort
3. bridesmaid
4. concubine

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 妾 (“concubine”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		妾, 姬, 媵, 妾媵, 媵妾, 侍妾, 姬妾, 側室, 偏室, 姑娘
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		妾, 偏房
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	小太太兒, 小婆婆兒, 小奶奶兒, 小的兒, 屋兒裡人
	Taiwan	小老婆, 姨太太
	Harbin	小老婆
	Singapore	小老婆
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	小老婆
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	小老婆兒, 小婆子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	小老婆兒
	Wanrong	小婆子
	Xi'an	小婆子, 小
	Xuzhou	小的兒, 小的, 小兒, 小點子, 小婆兒, 小婆子, 庶夫人
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	小老婆, 小
	Lanzhou	小老婆
	Ürümqi	小老婆
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	小老婆, 小婆子
	Wuhan	小堂客, 小, 姨太太
	Guiyang	小婆娘, 姨太太
	Liuzhou	小的, 小, 小老婆, 小婆
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	小老婆
Cantonese	Guangzhou	細婆, 妾侍
	Hong Kong	細婆, 妾侍
	Dongguan	細婆
Gan	Nanchang	小老婆, 小
	Lichuan	小婆
	Pingxiang	小老婆, 小婆子
Hakka	Meixian	小婆
	Yudu	小老婆
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	細姐, 細婆, 偏房
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	細姆, 細姐仔, 細婆, 偏房
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	細姆
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	細姐仔
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	細姐仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	細姐, 細婆, 偏房
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	細姐, 細姨, 偏房
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	細姐, 細婆, 偏房
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	細姐, 細婆, 偏房
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	細姐, 細姨, 偏房
Huizhou	Jixi	細老嫗
Jin	Taiyuan	小老婆, 姨娘, 姨太太
	Xinzhou	小婆子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	小嬤
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	細婆 non-face-to-face, 細姐 face-to-face, 姨太 older, 姑娘 younger, face to face
Southern Min	Xiamen	細姨
	Quanzhou	細姨
	Jinjiang	細姨
	Zhangzhou	細姨
	Taipei	細姨
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	細姨
	Kaohsiung	細姨
	Yilan	細姨
	Changhua (Lukang)	細姨
	Taichung	細姨
	Tainan	細姨
	Hsinchu	細姨
	Kinmen	細姨
	Penghu (Magong)	細姨
	Manila (Hokkien)	細姨
	Leizhou	細娘
	Haikou	細姩, 細老婆, 孧老婆, 細
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	細婆
Wu	Shanghai	小老媽, 小老婆, 小娘子, 偏房
	Shanghai (Chongming)	小老婆, 小老官, 姨太太
	Suzhou	小老媽
	Danyang	小老媽
	Hangzhou	小老婆
	Ningbo	小老𡢿
	Wenzhou	姨娘, 姨娘兒
	Jinhua	小老婆, 小婆
Xiang	Changsha	小婆子, 小堂客
	Loudi	小

Compounds

• 妾媵
• 媵侍 (yìngshì)
• 媵妾
• 媵婢
• 媵御
• 媵臣

 

Japanese

Kanji

媵

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. maid who accompanies bride to her new home
2. to escort a concubine

Readings

• On (unclassified): よう (yō)
• Kun: おくる (okuru)、つきそい (tsukisoi)、おくりめ (okurime)、おくりびと (okuribito)

Korean

Hanja

媵 (eum 잉 (ing))

1. give present
2. maid who accompanies bride to her new home

Vietnamese

Han character

媵: Hán Nôm readings: dựng, ánh

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References

• Nom Foundation