U+5AA0, 媠
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5AA0

[U+5A9F]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5AA1]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 38, +9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 女大一月 (VKMB), composition )

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 267, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6525
  • Dae Jaweon: page 534, character 19
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1064, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+5AA0

Chinese

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Etymology 1

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For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“good; beautiful”).
(This character is a variant form of ).

Etymology 2

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For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“lazy; indolent; irreverent; careless”).
(This character is a variant form of ).

Etymology 3

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Jerry Norman considers this to be the same word as (shuǐ, “water”) (Schuessler, 2007). But also compare Thai สวย (sǔai, beautiful) (ibid.).

Pronunciation

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Definitions

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  1. (Southern Min) good-looking; pretty; beautiful
    [Hokkien]  ―  Súi--la! [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  Nice! / Very good!
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Compounds
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Descendants
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  • English: swee (Singlish)

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

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  • Go-on: (da) (na) (ra)
  • Kan-on: (ta)
  • Kun: おこたる (okotaru, 媠る)みめよい (mimeyoi, 媠い)

Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: thõa/thoã

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