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

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

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/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /i̯əŋH/ /d͡ʑʰi̯əŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 yìng shèng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 jing6 sing6
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
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
Mandarin Beijing 小太太兒, 小婆婆兒, 小奶奶兒, 小的兒
Taiwan 小老婆, 姨太太
Harbin 小老婆
Yantai (Muping) 小老婆兒, 小婆子
Jinan 小老婆
Luoyang 小老婆兒
Wanrong 小婆子
Xi'an 小婆子, 小
Yinchuan 小老婆, 小
Lanzhou 小老婆
Ürümqi 小老婆
Wuhan 小堂客, 小, 姨太太
Chengdu 小老婆, 小婆子
Guiyang 小婆娘, 姨太太
Liuzhou 小的, 小, 小老婆, 小婆
Xuzhou 小的兒, 小的, 小兒, 小點子, 小婆兒, 小婆子, 庶夫人
Nanjing 小老婆
Singapore 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) 細姐仔, 細婆, 偏房
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
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 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

(uncommon “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
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