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, 女おんな+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 月つき火手かしゅ女おんな (BFQV), four-corner 7924₄, composition ⿰月つき⿱龹女おんな(GHT) or ⿰月つき⿱𠔉女おんな(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 (朕ちん) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
黱	*l'ɯːs
朕ちん	*l'ɯmʔ
鰧	*l'ɯmʔ, *l'ɯːŋ
螣	*l'ɯmʔ, *l'ɯːŋ, *l'ɯːɡ
栚	*l'ɯmʔ
眹	*l'ɯnʔ
騰あが	*l'ɯːŋ
滕	*l'ɯːŋ
縢かが	*l'ɯːŋ
儯	*l'ɯːŋ
幐	*l'ɯːŋ, *l'ɯːŋs
藤ふじ	*l'ɯːŋ
謄	*l'ɯːŋ
膡	*l'ɯːŋ, *hljɯŋs, *lɯŋs
籐とう	*l'ɯːŋ
勝かち	*hljɯŋ, *hljɯŋs
蕂	*hljɯŋs
榺	*hljɯŋs
塍	*ɦljɯŋ
媵	*ljɯŋs, *lɯŋs
賸	*ɦljɯŋs, *lɯŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲けいせい／形声けいせい, OC *ljɯŋs, *lɯŋs) : phonetic 朕ちん (OC *l'ɯmʔ) + semantic 女おんな (“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 (聲こえ)	以 (36)	船ふね (27)
Final (韻いん)	蒸ふけ (133)	蒸ふけ (133)
Tone (調しらべ)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開ひらき合あい)	Open	Open
Division (等ひとし)	III	III
Fanqie	以證あかし切きり	實み證あかし切きり
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/
Bernard 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	朕ちん	朕ちん
Rime group	蒸ふけ	蒸ふけ
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	乗の	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 妾わらわ (“concubine”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		妾わらわ, 姬ひめ, 媵, 妾わらわ媵, 媵妾, 侍さむらい妾わらわ, 姬ひめ妾わらわ, 側室そくしつ, 偏へん室しつ, 姑娘くーにゃん
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		妾わらわ, 偏へん房ぼう
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	小しょう太ふとし太たい兒じ, 小しょう婆ばば婆ばば兒じ, 小しょう奶奶兒じ, 小しょう的てき兒じ
	Taiwan	小しょう老婆ろうば, 姨太太ふとし
	Harbin	小しょう老婆ろうば
	Singapore	小しょう老婆ろうば
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	小しょう老婆ろうば
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	小しょう老婆ろうば兒じ, 小しょう婆ばば子こ
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	小しょう老婆ろうば兒じ
	Wanrong	小しょう婆ばば子こ
	Xi'an	小しょう婆ばば子こ, 小しょう
	Xuzhou	小しょう的てき兒じ, 小しょう的てき, 小兒しょうに, 小しょう點てん子こ, 小しょう婆ばば兒じ, 小しょう婆ばば子こ, 庶夫人じん
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	小しょう老婆ろうば, 小しょう
	Lanzhou	小しょう老婆ろうば
	Ürümqi	小しょう老婆ろうば
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	小しょう老婆ろうば, 小しょう婆ばば子こ
	Wuhan	小しょう堂どう客きゃく, 小しょう, 姨太太ふとし
	Guiyang	小しょう婆ばば娘むすめ, 姨太太ふとし
	Liuzhou	小しょう的てき, 小しょう, 小しょう老婆ろうば, 小しょう婆ばば
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	小しょう老婆ろうば
Cantonese	Guangzhou	細ほそ婆ばば, 妾わらわ侍さむらい
	Hong Kong	細ほそ婆ばば, 妾わらわ侍さむらい
	Dongguan	細ほそ婆ばば
Gan	Nanchang	小しょう老婆ろうば, 小しょう
	Lichuan	小しょう婆ばば
	Pingxiang	小しょう老婆ろうば, 小しょう婆ばば子こ
Hakka	Meixian	小しょう婆ばば
	Yudu	小しょう老婆ろうば
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	細ほそ姐あね, 細ほそ婆ばば, 偏へん房ぼう
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	細ほそ姆, 細ほそ姐あね仔こ, 細ほそ婆ばば, 偏へん房ぼう
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	細ほそ姆
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	細ほそ姐あね仔こ
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	細ほそ姐あね仔こ
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	細ほそ姐あね, 細ほそ婆ばば, 偏へん房ぼう
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	細ほそ姐あね, 細ほそ姨, 偏へん房ぼう
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	細ほそ姐あね, 細ほそ婆ばば, 偏へん房ぼう
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	細ほそ姐あね, 細ほそ婆ばば, 偏へん房ぼう
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	細ほそ姐あね, 細ほそ姨, 偏へん房ぼう
Huizhou	Jixi	細ほそ老ろう嫗おうな
Jin	Taiyuan	小しょう老婆ろうば, 姨娘, 姨太太ふとし
	Xinzhou	小しょう婆ばば子こ
Northern Min	Jian'ou	小しょう嬤
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	細ほそ婆ばば non-face-to-face, 細ほそ姐あね face-to-face, 姨太 older, 姑娘くーにゃん younger, face to face
Southern Min	Xiamen	細ほそ姨
	Quanzhou	細ほそ姨
	Jinjiang	細ほそ姨
	Zhangzhou	細ほそ姨
	Taipei	細ほそ姨
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	細ほそ姨
	Kaohsiung	細ほそ姨
	Yilan	細ほそ姨
	Changhua (Lukang)	細ほそ姨
	Taichung	細ほそ姨
	Tainan	細ほそ姨
	Hsinchu	細ほそ姨
	Kinmen	細ほそ姨
	Penghu (Magong)	細ほそ姨
	Manila (Hokkien)	細ほそ姨
	Leizhou	細ほそ娘むすめ
	Haikou	細ほそ姩, 細ほそ老婆ろうば, 孧老婆ろうば, 細ほそ
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	細ほそ婆ばば
Wu	Shanghai	小しょう老ろう媽, 小しょう老婆ろうば, 小娘こむすめ子こ, 偏へん房ぼう
	Shanghai (Chongming)	小しょう老婆ろうば, 小しょう老ろう官かん, 姨太太ふとし
	Suzhou	小しょう老ろう媽
	Danyang	小しょう老ろう媽
	Hangzhou	小しょう老婆ろうば
	Ningbo	小しょう老ろう𡢿
	Wenzhou	姨娘, 姨娘兒じ
	Jinhua	小しょう老婆ろうば, 小しょう婆ばば
Xiang	Changsha	小しょう婆ばば子こ, 小しょう堂どう客きゃく
	Loudi	小しょう

Compounds

• 妾わらわ媵
• 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