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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 96 +5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 一土尸竹口 (MGSHR), four-corner 17162)

References

  • KangXi: page 729, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20903
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1141, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1109, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+73BF

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*taːw
*taːw
*taːw
*taːw
*taːw, *moːɡ
*tuːw, *l̥ʰaːw
*taːwʔ, *taːws
*taːws
*taːws, *rtaːwɢ
*deːw
*rteːw, *teːw
*hreːw
*sdew, *tjewʔ
*tʰew
*tʰew, *tʰjew
*tʰew
*dews, *djews
*tjew
*tjew
*tjew
*tjewʔ
*tjews
*tjews
*tjews
*tʰjew, *tʰjewʔ
*tʰjewʔ
*djew
*djew, *djewʔ
*djew, *lew
*djew
*djew
*djewʔ
*djewʔ
*djewʔ
*djews
*djews
*djews
*teːw
*teːw, *deːw
*teːw
*teːw
*deːw
*deːw
*deːw
*deːw

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (25)
Final () (91)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡ʑiᴇu/
Pan
Wuyun
/d͡ʑiɛu/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡ʑjæu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/d͡ʑiaw/
Li
Rong
/ʑiɛu/
Wang
Li
/ʑĭɛu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʑi̯ɛu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
cháo
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 2142
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*djew/

Definitions

  1. beautiful jade

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. beautiful jade

Readings