嫂

嫂 U+5AC2, 嫂
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5AC2
← 嫁
[U+5AC1] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 嫃 →
[U+5AC3]

Translingual

Han character

嫂 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 女竹難水 (VHXE), four-corner 47447, composition ⿰女叟)

Derived characters

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 268, character 34
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6603
  • Dae Jaweon: page 536, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1066, character 18
  • Unihan data for U+5AC2

Chinese
trad. 嫂
simp. # 嫂

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (叟) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
㮴 *suːw
艘 *suːw, *sɯːw
嫂 *suːwʔ
瞍 *sɯːw, *suːʔ
謏 *slɯːwʔ, *suːʔ, *suːs, *srɯwɢ
叜 *sluːʔ
叟 *suːʔ
傁 *suːʔ
廋 *suːʔ, *sru
醙 *suʔ, *sru
遚 *sʰrus
餿 *sru
搜 *sru
颼 *sru
溲 *sru, *sruʔ
鎪 *sru
獀 *sru
鄋 *sru
螋 *sru, *sro
騪 *sru
瘦 *srus

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *suːwʔ) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 叟 (OC *suːʔ)

Etymology 1

Note:
  • so2 - vernacular;
  • sao2 - literary.
    • Wu
      • (Shanghai):
        • Wugniu: 5sau
        • MiniDict: sau去
        • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 2sau
        • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sɔ³⁴/
Rime
Character 嫂
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 心 (16)
Final (韻) 豪 (89)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 蘇老切
Baxter sawX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /sɑuX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /sɑuX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /sɑuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /sawX/
Li
Rong		 /sɑuX/
Wang
Li		 /sɑuX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /sɑuX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 sǎo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 sou2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 嫂
Reading # 1/1
No. 12065
Phonetic
component		 叟
Rime
group		 幽
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 㛮
Old
Chinese		 /*suːwʔ/

Definitions

嫂

  1. sister-in-law (older brother's wife)
  2. friend's wife

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 嫂子 (“sister-in-law (elder brother's wife)”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 嫂子
Mandarin Beijing 嫂子
Taiwan 嫂子
Harbin 嫂子
Yantai (Muping) 嫂
Jinan 嫂子
Luoyang 嫂子
Wanrong 嫂子
Xi'an 嫂子
Yinchuan 嫂嫂
Xining 嫂子
Ürümqi 嫂子
Wuhan 嫂子
Chengdu 嫂子, 嫂嫂
Guiyang 嫂嫂
Xuzhou 嫂子
Yangzhou 嫂子
Nanjing 嫂子
Hefei 嫂子
Malaysia 嫂子
Singapore 嫂子
Cantonese Guangzhou 阿嫂
Hong Kong 阿嫂
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 嫂
Macau 大嫂
Guangzhou (Panyu) 阿嫂
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 嫂
Guangzhou (Conghua) 阿嫂
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 阿嫂
Foshan 阿嫂
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 阿嫂
Foshan (Shunde) 大嫂
Foshan (Sanshui) 阿嫂
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 阿嫂
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 大嫂
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 大嫂
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 阿嫂
Zhuhai (Doumen) 阿嫂
Jiangmen (Baisha) 阿嫂
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 阿嫂
Taishan 阿嫂
Kaiping (Chikan) 阿嫂
Enping (Niujiang) 阿嫂
Heshan (Yayao) 嫂
Dongguan 阿嫂
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 阿嫂
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 阿嫂
Singapore (Guangfu) 阿嫂
Gan Nanchang 嫂嫂, 嫂子, 嫂
Lichuan 兄嫂
Pingxiang 嫂老子 non-face-to-face, 嫂嫂 face-to-face
Hakka Meixian 阿嫂
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 阿嫂
Dongguan (Qingxi) 阿嫂
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 阿嫂
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 大嫂
Conghua (Lütian) 阿嫂
Yudu 嫂嫂
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 阿嫂
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 阿嫂
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 阿嫂
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 阿嫂
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 阿嫂
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 阿嫂
Senai (Huiyang) 阿嫂
Huizhou Jixi 嫂 non-face-to-face, 嫂嫂 face-to-face
Jin Taiyuan 嫂嫂, 嫂子
Xinzhou 嫂嫂, 嫂嫂啊, 嫂啊
Northern Min Jian'ou 嫂仔, 嫂嫂 face-to-face
Eastern Min Fuzhou 嫂, 兄嫂, 依嫂
Singapore (Fuqing) 阿嫂
Southern Min Xiamen 阿嫂, 兄嫂
Quanzhou 阿嫂, 兄嫂
Jinjiang 阿嫂
Zhangzhou 阿嫂, 兄嫂
Singapore (Hokkien) 阿嫂
Manila (Hokkien) 阿嫂
Chaozhou 阿嫂
Jieyang 阿嫂, 嫂
Bangkok (Teochew) 阿嫂
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 阿嫂
Singapore (Teochew) 阿嫂
Leizhou 嫂
Haikou 兄嫂 non-face-to-face, 阿嫂 face-to-face
Singapore (Hainanese) 阿嫂
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 家嫂
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 嫂
Wu Shanghai 嫂嫂, 阿嫂
Shanghai (Chongming) 阿嫂 non-face-to-face, 嫂嫂
Suzhou 阿嫂 non-face-to-face, 嫂嫂 face-to-face
Danyang 嫂嫂
Hangzhou 嫂嫂, 阿嫂
Ningbo 阿嫂
Wenzhou 兄嫂 non-face-to-face, 阿嫂 face-to-face
Jinhua 嫂 non-face-to-face, 嫂兒嫂兒 face-to-face
Xiang Changsha 嫂子
Loudi 嫂嫂
Shuangfeng 嫂嫂

Compounds

Descendants
  • → Thai: ซ้อ (sɔ́ɔ)
  • → Tagalog: inso

Definitions

嫂

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, university slang) Alternative form of soc

References

Japanese

Kanji
嫂

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. elder brother's wife

Readings

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 嫂 (MC sawX). Recorded as Middle Korean 수〯 (swǔ) (Yale: swu) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Wikisource 嫂 (eumhun 형수 수 (hyeongsu su))

  1. Hanja form? of 수 (“sister-in-law; elder brother's wife”).

Compounds

References
  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

嫂: Hán Nôm readings: tẩu, dâu

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