妉

妉 U+5989, 妉 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5989 ← 妈 [U+5988] CJK Unified Ideographs 妊 → [U+598A]

Translingual

Han character

妉 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 女中月山 (VLBU), composition ⿰女冘)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 256, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6071
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1033, character 9
• Unihan data for U+5989

Chinese

trad.		妉
simp. #		妉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dān (dan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dān
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dan
    • Wade–Giles: tan¹
    • Yale: dān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dan
    • Palladius: дань (danʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: daam¹
    • Yale: dāam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dam¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːm⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tom

Rime
Character	妉
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	覃 (159)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	丁含切
Baxter	tom
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʌm/
Pan Wuyun	/təm/
Shao Rongfen	/tɒm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/təm/
Li Rong	/tᴀm/
Wang Li	/tɒm/
Bernard Karlgren	/tăm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	daam1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔl'uːm/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	妉
Reading #	1/1
No.	15244
Phonetic component	冘
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	耽
Old Chinese	/*ʔl'uːm/
Notes	見爾雅說文作媅

Definitions

妉

1. happy
2. pleased
3. to laugh

References

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