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兀

兀

兀 U+5140, 兀
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5140
← 儿
[U+513F] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 允 →
[U+5141]

Translingual

Han character

兀 (radical 10 儿+1, 3 strokes, cangjie input 一山 (MU), four-corner 10210, composition ⿱一儿)

  1. to cut off the feet

References

  • KangXi: page 123, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1337
  • Dae Jaweon: page 257, character 22
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 264, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+5140

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 兀

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 兀
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script
Bronze inscriptions

b13456

b13457
Large seal script

L26313

L26314
Small seal script

s06200
References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (large seal) and
  • Xu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (兀) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
虺 *hŋuːl, *hŋruːl, *hŋlulʔ
豗 *hŋuːl
鼿 *hŋuːl, *ŋuːd
虫 *hŋlulʔ
髡 *ŋ̥ʰuːn
軏 *ŋod, *ŋuːd
扤 *ŋod, *ŋuːd
兀 *ŋuːd
杌 *ŋuːd
屼 *ŋuːd
矹 *ŋluːd

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 兀
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 沒 (56)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 五忽切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ŋuət̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ŋuot̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ŋuət̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ŋwət̚/
Li
Rong		 /ŋuət̚/
Wang
Li		 /ŋuət̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ŋuət̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 wù
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 兀
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 wù
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ ngwot ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[ŋ]ˤut/
English amputate the feet

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 兀
Reading # 1/1
No. 13198
Phonetic
component		 兀
Rime
group		 物
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 兀
Old
Chinese		 /*ŋuːd/

Definitions

兀

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Compounds

  • 保兀赤
  • 兀傲
  • 兀兀
  • 兀兀禿禿／兀兀秃秃
  • 兀剌
  • 兀剌赤
  • 兀坐
  • 兀子
  • 兀是
  • 兀朮／兀术
  • 兀的
  • 兀的不
  • 兀立
  • 兀者
  • 兀自 (wùzì)
  • 兀臬
  • 兀良
  • 兀誰／兀谁
  • 兀那
  • 兀鷲／兀鹫
  • 兀鷹／兀鹰
  • 可兀的
  • 崒兀
  • 捽兀
  • 搖兀／摇兀
  • 旭烈兀
  • 畏兀字
  • 硉兀
  • 突兀 (tūwù)
  • 軟兀剌／软兀剌
  • 醉兀兀
  • 陶兀
  • 陶陶兀兀

References

Japanese

Kanji

兀

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. bald
  2. become bald

Readings

Korean

Hanja

兀 • ‎(ol) (hangeul 올, revised ol, McCune-Reischauer ol)

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Vietnamese

Han character

兀 (ngột, ngát, ngút)

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