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Translingual

Han character

(radical 46 +12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 山土土山 (UGGU), four-corner 24711, composition)

  1. high or tall

References

  • KangXi: page 320, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8491
  • Dae Jaweon: page 620, character 16
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 796, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+5DA2

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*hŋaːw, *rŋaːw, *rnaːwʔ
*rŋaːw
*rŋaːw
*rŋaːws, *ŋjew
*ŋ̥ʰreːw, *ŋreːws, *ŋ̥ʰeːwʔ
*ŋ̥ʰreːw
*hŋreːw
*hŋreːw, *ŋeːws
*hŋjew, *hŋjaws
*ŋjew, *ŋjaws
*ŋjew, *ʔŋew
*ŋjew
*ŋjew
*ŋjewʔ, *ŋjaws
*ŋjewʔ
*njewʔ, *neːwʔ, *hŋeːws
*ŋ̥ʰew, *ŋ̥ʰews
*ŋ̥ʰew
*ɡew, *ɡews
*ŋkeːw, *ŋeːws
*ŋkeːw
*kŋeːwʔ, *ŋeːw
*ŋeːw
*ŋeːw
*ŋeːw
*ŋeːws
*hŋeːw, *hŋeːwʔ
*hŋeːw
*hŋeːw
*hŋeːwʔ
*hŋeːwʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ŋeːw) : semantic  (mountain) + phonetic  (OC *ŋeːw).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (31)
Final () (93)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋeu/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋeu/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋeu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋɛw/
Li
Rong
/ŋeu/
Wang
Li
/ŋieu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ŋieu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yáo
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 14692
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ŋeːw/

Definitions

  1. Only used in 嶢嶢峣峣.

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Korean

Hanja

(yo) (hangeul , revised yo, McCune-Reischauer yo)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(nghèo)

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