媳

媳	U+5AB3, 媳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5AB3

← 媲
[U+5AB2]

CJK Unified Ideographs

媴 →
[U+5AB4]

Translingual

Han character

媳 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 女竹山心 (VHUP), four-corner 4643₀, composition ⿰女息)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 268, character 5
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6573
Dae Jaweon: page 535, character 28
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1072, character 3
Unihan data for U+5AB3

Chinese

trad.		媳
simp. ^#		媳
alternative forms		𡡁

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
息	*slɯɡ
熄	*slɯɡ
媳	*slɯɡ
鄎	*slɯɡ
瘜	*slɯɡ
蒠	*slɯɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *slɯɡ): semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 息 (OC *slɯɡ).

Etymology

From the reinterpretation of the first syllable of 媳婦／媳妇 (xífù, “son's wife”) as "son's wife". Note 媳婦／媳妇 (xífù) was originally also written as 息婦／息妇 (son's wife), composed of 息 (xī, “son”) + 婦／妇 (fù, “wife”) (Shi, 2008).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): xí (xi²)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˊ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xi²

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): щи (xi, I)
Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): sit

(Meixian, Guangdong): xid⁵
Jin (Wiktionary): xieh⁴
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sih⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): siak / sek / sit

(Teochew, Peng'im): sêg⁴
Xiang
(Loudi, Wiktionary): xi²

(Hengyang, Wiktionary): xi⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xí
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sí
  - Wade–Giles: hsi²
  - Yale: syí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyi
  - Palladius: си (si)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: xi²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi²¹/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: щи (xi, I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: sik¹
  - Yale: sīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: xig¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sit
  - Hakka Romanization System: xid^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xid⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /sit̚²/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: xid⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /ɕit̚¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: xieh⁴
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɕiəʔ²/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: sih⁶
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sih
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬiʔ²¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: sih⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬiʔ²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siak
  - Tâi-lô: siak
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siag
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /siak̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek
  - Tâi-lô: sik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: seg
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /siɪk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sit
  - Tâi-lô: sit
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sid
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /sit̚³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sêg⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sek
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sek̚²/
Xiang
- (Loudi)
  - Wiktionary: xi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi¹³/
- (Hengyang)
  - Wiktionary: xi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi²²/

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*slɯɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	媳
Reading #	1/1
No.	13334
Phonetic component	息
Rime group	職
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	息
Old Chinese	/*slɯɡ/
Notes	息晚起分化字

Definitions

媳

daughter-in-law

Compounds

兒媳 / 儿媳 (érxí)
兒媳婦兒 / 儿媳妇儿
大媳婦 / 大媳妇
姑媳
婆媳 (póxí)
娶媳婦 / 娶媳妇
媳婦 / 媳妇 (xífù)
媳婦兒 / 媳妇儿
小媳婦 / 小媳妇
弟媳 (dìxí)
弟媳婦 / 弟媳妇 (dìxífù)
新媳婦兒 / 新媳妇儿
毛腳媳婦 / 毛脚媳妇
童養媳 / 童养媳 (tóngyǎngxí)
老媳婦 / 老媳妇
重孫媳 / 重孙媳
長孫媳 / 长孙媳
養媳婦 / 养媳妇

References

“媳”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “媳”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 253.

Japanese

Kanji

媳

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): せき (seki)、しゃく (shaku)
Kun: よめ (yome)

Korean

Hanja

媳 (eum 식 (sik))

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Vietnamese

Han character

媳: Hán Nôm readings: tức

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References

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