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Translingual

Han character

(radical 170 +13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 弓中竹月大 (NLHBK), four-corner 77234)

References

  • KangXi: page 1361, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41872
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1865, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4160, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+96A9

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*quːʔ, *quːʔ
*quːʔ, *quːɡs, *quɡ
*quːʔ, *quːɡs, *quɡ
*quːɡs
*quːɡs, *quɡ
*quːɡs, *quɡ
*quːɡs, *quɡ
*quʔ, *quɡ
*quɡ
*quɡ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (34) (34)
Final () (89) (4)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔɑuH/ /ʔɨuk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔɑuH/ /ʔiuk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔɑuH/ /ʔiuk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔawH/ /ʔuwk̚/
Li
Rong
/ʔɑuH/ /ʔiuk̚/
Wang
Li
/ɑuH/ /ĭuk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔɑuH/ /ʔi̯uk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
ào yu
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 74 86
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*quːɡs/ /*quɡ/
Notes

Definitions

  1. (archaic) abstruse; profound; deep = (ào)
  2. (archaic) warm; sunny = ()
  3. (archaic) a river bank near a bend in the river
  4. (archaic) a habitable location;
  5. (archaic) the south west corner of a room

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. profound
  2. subtle
  3. warm
  4. inhabited

Readings


Korean

Hanja

(o) (hangeul , McCune-Reischauer o, Yale o)

  1. bend in river
  2. hide
  3. conceal
  4. inhabited