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Translingual

Han character

(radical 75 +4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 木竹弓水 (DHNE), four-corner 47947, composition)

References

  • KangXi: page 514, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14507
  • Dae Jaweon: page 901, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1174, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+6778

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Bamboo and silk script Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*toː
*toːd, *toːds
*doː
*doː, *srɯɡ
*doːs
*doː, *leɡ
*djo
*djo

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (25)
Final () (24)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡ʑɨo/
Pan
Wuyun
/d͡ʑio/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡ʑio/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/d͡ʑuə̆/
Li
Rong
/ʑio/
Wang
Li
/ʑĭu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʑi̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
chú
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 11722
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*djo/
Notes

Definitions

  1. to kill
  2. a spear