孀 (Kangxi radical 38,女+17, 20 strokes,cangjie input女一月山 (VMBU),four-corner41463,composition⿰女霜)
- Kangxi Dictionary:page 273, character 43
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6885
- Dae Jaweon: page 542, character 18
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1090, character 7
- Unihan data for U+5B40
| Old Chinese |
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| 相 | *slaŋ, *slaŋs |
| 廂 | *slaŋ |
| 湘 | *slaŋ |
| 緗 | *slaŋ |
| 箱 | *slaŋ |
| 葙 | *slaŋ |
| 想 | *slaŋʔ |
| 霜 | *sraŋ |
| 孀 | *sraŋ |
| 鸘 | *sraŋ |
| 驦 | *sraŋ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声,OC*sraŋ): semantic 女(“woman”) + phonetic 霜(OC*sraŋ).
Zhang (2000) relates it to喪 (OC*smaːŋ, “mourning; funeral”),喪 (OC*smaːŋs, “to lose”) and霜 (OC*sraŋ, “frost (which causes loss)”). However,Schuessler (2007) considers these three words etymologically unrelated.
| Zhengzhang system (2003) |
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| Character | 孀 |
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| Reading # | 1/1 |
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| No. | 13588 |
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Phonetic
component | 相 |
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Rime
group | 陽 |
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Rime
subdivision | 0 |
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Corresponding
MC rime | 霜 |
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Old
Chinese | /*sraŋ/ |
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孀
- widow
Dialectal synonyms of
寡婦 (“widow”)
[map]| Variety | Location | Words |
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| Classical Chinese | 寡,寡婦,寡妻,嫠,嫠婦,孀,孀妻,孀婦,遺孀,孤孀,孤嫠,寡嫠 |
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| Formal(Written Standard Chinese) | 寡婦,孤孀 |
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| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 寡婦,半邊人兒,半邊人 |
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| Taiwan | 寡婦 |
| Ulanhot | 寡婦 |
| Tongliao | 寡婦 |
| Chifeng | 寡婦 |
| Hulunbuir(Hailar) | 寡婦 |
| Harbin | 寡婦 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 寡婦 |
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| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai(Muping) | 寡婦兒 |
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| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 寡婦 |
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| Wanrong | 寡婦 |
| Xi'an | 寡婦 |
| Xining | 寡婦 |
| Sokuluk(Gansu Dungan) | 女寡婦 |
| Masanchin(Shaanxi Dungan) | 女寡婦 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 寡婦 |
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| Bayanhot | 寡婦 |
| Lanzhou | 寡婦 |
| Ürümqi | 寡婦 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 寡母子,寡母兒,寡婦 |
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| Wuhan | 寡婦 |
| Guiyang | 寡婆,寡婦 |
| Guilin | 寡婦 |
| Guanyang | 寡婆子 |
| Liuzhou | 寡母婆,寡婦婆,寡婦 |
| Dagudi(Maliba) | 寡婦 |
| Reshuitang(Longling) | 寡婦婆 |
| Mae Salong(Lancang) | 老寡婦 |
| Mae Sai(Tengchong) | 寡婦 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 寡婦 |
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| Yangzhou | 半邊人,寡婦 |
| Xinghua | 半邊人 |
| Hefei | 寡婦 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 寡母婆,寡婆 |
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| Hong Kong | 寡母婆 |
| Hong Kong(San Tin; Weitou) | 寡婦婆 |
| Hong Kong(Ting Kok) | 守寡婆 |
| Hong Kong(Tung Ping Chau) | 守寡婆 |
| Taishan | 寡婆 |
| Dongguan | 守寡婆 |
| Yangjiang | 寡婦婆 |
| Xinyi | 寡母婆 |
| Hepu(Lianzhou) | 寡母婆 |
| Kuala Lumpur(Guangfu) | 寡母婆 |
| Ho Chi Minh City(Guangfu) | 寡婦 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 寡婦,半邊人 |
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| Lichuan | 寡婦 |
| Pingxiang | 寡婦,寡婦婆 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 寡婦 |
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| Yudu | 寡婦婆 |
| Hong Kong | 守寡婆 |
| Sabah(Longchuan) | 寡婦婆 |
| Senai(Huiyang) | 守寡婆 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 寡婦,寡婦老嫗 |
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| Jin | Taiyuan | 寡婦 |
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| Xinzhou | 寡婦,守寡哩 |
| Taibus(Baochang) | 寡婦 |
| Linhe | 寡婦 |
| Jining | 寡婦 |
| Hohhot | 寡婦 |
| Baotou | 寡婦 |
| Dongsheng | 寡婦 |
| Haibowan | 寡婦 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 守寡嫲 |
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| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 守寡諸娘儂,孀居儂,孀居 |
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| Southern Min | Xiamen | 守寡儂,守寡的,守寡查某 |
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| Quanzhou | 守寡儂 |
| Zhangzhou | 守寡儂 |
| Chaozhou | 守寡個 |
| Shantou | 寡婦 |
| Bangkok(Teochew) | 寡婦 |
| Chiang Mai(Teochew) | 寡婦 |
| Hat Yai(Teochew) | 寡婦 |
| Johor Bahru(Teochew) | 寡婦 |
| Wenchang | 守節 |
| Haikou | 死老公個 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan(Sanxiang) | 寡婆 |
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| Southern Pinghua | Nanning(Tingzi) | 寡母婆 |
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| Wu | Shanghai | 孤孀,寡婦 |
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| Shanghai(Chongming) | 寡婦,單邊人 |
| Suzhou | 孤孀 |
| Wuxi | 寡婦 |
| Danyang | 寡婦 |
| Hangzhou | 寡婦 |
| Ningbo | 孤孀老𡢿,孤孀 |
| Wenzhou | 守寡老人兒,守寡老安人,單邊人 |
| Jinhua | 寡婦 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 寡婦 |
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| Loudi | 寡婦 |
| Shuangfeng | 單身寡婦,寡婦 |
孀
(Hyōgai kanji)
- widow
| For pronunciation and definitions of孀 – see the following entry. |
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| (This term,孀, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
孀 (eum상(sang))
- widow
孀:Hán Nôm readings:sương
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