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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 76 +10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 卜月弓人 (YBNO), four-corner 07282, composition)

  1. vapor, steam
  2. sigh

References

  • KangXi: page 571, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16161
  • Dae Jaweon: page 958, character 32
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2148, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+6B4A

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*kaːw
*kaːw, *kaːws
*kaːw
稿 *kaːwʔ
*kaːwʔ, *kʰaːws
*kaːwʔ, *kʰaːwʔ
*kaːwʔ, *kaːws
*kaːwʔ
*kaːwʔ
*kaːwʔ
*kʰaːwʔ
*kʰaːwʔ, *kʰaːws, *qʰaːw
*kʰaːws
*qʰaːw
*qʰaːws, *qʰraːw, *qʰraw
*ɡaːw
*ɡaːw
*ɡaːw
*ɡaːw
*ɡaːwʔ
*ɡaːwʔ, *qʰraːwɢ
*ɡaːwʔ, *kʰraːw, *qʰaːwɢ
*ɡaːwʔ, *qʰaːwɢ
*ɡaːwʔ
*kruːʔ
*kʰraːw, *kʰraːws
*qʰraːw
*qʰraːw, *qʰraːws, *qʰaːwɢ
*kʰl'awʔ
*qʰraw, *qʰoːwɢ
*qʰaːwɢ, *qʰraːwɢ
*qʰaːwɢ, *qʰoːwɢ, *qʰoːɡ
*kʰraːwɢ
*kʰraːwɢ
*kʰraːwɢ
*qʰraːwɢ, *ɡraːwɢ, *ɡoːwɢ
*qʰraːwɢ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (32) (32)
Final () (92) (6)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () Chongniu III I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/hˠiᴇu/ /huok̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/hᵚiɛu/ /huok̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/xiæu/ /xok̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/hiaw/ /hawk̚/
Li
Rong
/xjɛu/ /xok̚/
Wang
Li
/xĭɛu/ /xuok̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/xi̯ɛu/ /xuok̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xiāo hu
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 3765 3781
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qʰraw/ /*qʰoːwɢ/

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Japanese

Kanji

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