娉

娉 U+5A09, 娉 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A09 ← 娈 [U+5A08] CJK Unified Ideographs 娊 → [U+5A0A]

Translingual

Han character

娉 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 女中田尸 (VLWS), four-corner 4542₇, composition ⿰女甹)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 261, character 36
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6282
• Dae Jaweon: page 528, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1051, character 10
• Unihan data for U+5A09

Chinese

trad.		娉
simp. #		娉
alternative forms		𪦁

Glyph origin

	Old Chinese
俜	*pʰleːŋ, *pʰleŋs
甹	*pʰleːŋ
聘	*pʰleŋs
娉	*pʰleŋs
騁	*l̥ʰeŋʔ
梬	*leŋʔ

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

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pīng (ping¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ping¹
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ping¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ping
    • Wade–Giles: pʻing¹
    • Yale: pīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ping
    • Palladius: пин (pin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ping¹
    • Yale: pīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ping¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ping¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ping¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiŋ⁵³³/

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Definitions

娉

1. beautiful; attractive; charming; graceful

Compounds

• 娉娉褭褭／娉娉袅袅
• 娉婷 (pīngtíng)
• 娉婷嫋娜／娉婷袅娜
• 嫋嫋娉娉／袅袅娉娉

 

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character	娉
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	匹正切
Baxter	phjiengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰiᴇŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰiɛŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰiæŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰiajŋH/
Li Rong	/pʰiɛŋH/
Wang Li	/pʰĭɛŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰi̯ɛŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pìng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ping3

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	娉
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	pìn
Middle Chinese	‹ phjiengH ›
Old Chinese	/*p.[r̥]eŋ-s/
English	inquire about (marriage)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	娉
Reading #	1/1
No.	9808
Phonetic component	甹
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	聘
Old Chinese	/*pʰleŋs/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pìn (pin⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ping³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pìn
    • Wade–Giles: pʻin⁴
    • Yale: pìn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pinn
    • Palladius: пинь (pinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰin⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ping³
    • Yale: ping
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ping³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ping³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɪŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: phjiengH

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*p.[r̥]eŋ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰleŋs/

Definitions

娉

1. (alt. form 聘) to inquire about marriage by sending an intermediary with gifts to the woman

Compounds

• 娉會／娉会
• 許娉／许娉

 

References

• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “娉”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 177.

Japanese

Kanji

娉

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ひょう (hyō)
• Kan-on: へい (hei)
• Kun: とう (tō)

Korean

Hanja

娉 • (bing) (hangeul 빙, revised bing, McCune–Reischauer ping)

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Vietnamese

Han character

娉: Hán Nôm readings: sính

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References

• Nom Foundation