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妖
妖
Translingual
Han character
妖 (radical 38 女+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 女竹大 (VHK), four-corner 42434, composition ⿰女夭)
References
- KangXi: page 256, character 20
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6086
- Dae Jaweon: page 520, character 18
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1031, character 7
- Unihan data for U+5996
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
妖 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (夭) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 笑 | *sqʰows |
| 夭 | *qoːwʔ, *qrow, *qrowʔ |
| 镺 | *qoːwʔ, *qoːws |
| 芺 | *qoːwʔ, *qrowʔ |
| 妖 | *qrow |
| 祅 | *qrow |
| 枖 | *qrow |
| 訞 | *qrow |
| 殀 | *qrowʔ |
| 仸 | *qrowʔ |
| 妋 | *pa, *qu |
| 飫 | *qos |
| 沃 | *qoːwɢ |
| 鋈 | *qoːwɢ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qrow) : semantic 女 + phonetic 夭 (OC *qoːwʔ, *qrow, *qrowʔ).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄠ
- Wade-Giles: yao1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iau
- IPA (key): /i̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: jiu1, jiu2
- Yale: yīu, yíu
- Cantonese Pinyin: jiu1, jiu2
- IPA (key): /jiːu̯⁵⁵/, /jiːu̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yêu
- Hakka Romanization System: ieu´
- Hagfa Pinyim: yeu1
- IPA: /i̯eu̯²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yêu
- Hakka Romanization System: (r)ieu´
- Hagfa Pinyim: yeu1
- IPA: /(j)i̯eu̯²⁴/
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iau
- Tâi-lô: iau
- Phofsit Daibuun: iaw
- IPA (Xiamen): /iaʊ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /iaʊ³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /iaʊ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /iaʊ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /iaʊ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 妖 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /iɑu⁵⁵/ |
| Harbin | /iau⁴⁴/ | |
| Tianjin | /iɑu²¹/ | |
| Jinan | /iɔ²¹³/ | |
| Qingdao | /iɔ²¹³/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /iau²⁴/ | |
| Xi'an | /iau²¹/ | |
| Xining | /iɔ⁴⁴/ | |
| Yinchuan | /iɔ⁴⁴/ | |
| Lanzhou | /iɔ³¹/ | |
| Ürümqi | /iɔ⁴⁴/ | |
| Wuhan | /iau⁵⁵/ | |
| Chengdu | /iau⁵⁵/ | |
| Guiyang | /iao⁵⁵/ | |
| Kunming | /iɔ⁴⁴/ | |
| Nanjing | /iɔo³¹/ | |
| Hefei | /iɔ²¹/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /iau¹¹/ |
| Pingyao | /iɔ¹³/ | |
| Hohhot | /iɔ³¹/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /iɔ⁵³/ |
| Suzhou | /iæ⁵⁵/ | |
| Hangzhou | /ʔiɔ³³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /j̠iɛ³³/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /iɔ³¹/ |
| Tunxi | /io¹¹/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /iau³³/ |
| Xiangtan | /iaɯ³³/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /iɛu⁴²/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /iau⁴⁴/ |
| Taoyuan | /ieu²⁴/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /jiu³⁵/ |
| Nanning | /jiu⁵⁵/ | |
| Hong Kong | /jiu³⁵/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) | /iau⁵⁵/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /ieu⁴⁴/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /iau⁵⁴/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /iau³³/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) | /iau²³/ |
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 妖 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 宵 (92) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | Chongniu III |
| Fanqie | 於喬切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ʔˠiᴇu/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ʔᵚiɛu/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ʔiæu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ʔiaw/ |
| Li Rong |
/ʔjɛu/ |
| Wang Li |
/ĭɛu/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ʔi̯ɛu/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
yāo |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 妖 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 14627 |
| Phonetic component |
夭 |
| Rime group |
宵 |
| Rime subdivision |
3 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
妖 |
| Old Chinese |
/*qrow/ |
Definitions
妖
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Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
妖
Readings
- Goon: よう (yō)
- Kan’on: よう (yō)
- Kun: 妖しい (あや-しい, aya-shii), およずれ, oyozure, 妖めく (なま-めく, nama-meku), 妖い (わざわ-い, wazawa-i)
Compounds
Compounds
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Noun
妖 (hiragana およずれ, romaji oyozure)
Synonyms
- 妖言 (oyozuregoto)
Korean
Hanja
妖 • (yo) (hangeul 요, revised yo, McCune-Reischauer yo)
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Vietnamese
Han character
妖 (yêu, èo)
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