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Translingual

Han character

(radical 187 +12, 22 strokes, cangjie input 尸火土土山 (SFGGU), four-corner 74311, composition)

References

  • KangXi: page 1445, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44986
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1969, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4576, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+9A4D

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 *ŋkeːw) : semantic  (horse) + phonetic  (OC *ŋeːw).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (93)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/keu/
Pan
Wuyun
/keu/
Shao
Rongfen
/keu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kɛw/
Li
Rong
/keu/
Wang
Li
/kieu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kieu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiāo
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 14686
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ŋkeːw/

Noun

  1. excellent horse

Adjective

  1. brave, valiant

Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(hyo) (hangeul , revised hyo, McCune-Reischauer hyo, Yale hyo)

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Vietnamese

Han character

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References