呺

呺 U+547A, 呺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-547A ← 呹 [U+5479] CJK Unified Ideographs 呻 → [U+547B]

Translingual

Han character

呺 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 口口一尸 (RRMS), four-corner 6602₇, composition ⿰口号)

1. voice of anger
2. vast, spacious

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 183, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3466
• Dae Jaweon: page 402, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 600, character 5
• Unihan data for U+547A

Chinese

simp. and trad.		呺

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (号) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
饕	*l̥ʰaːw
號	*ɦlaːw, *ɦlaːws
号	*ɦlaːws
枵	*hraw
呺	*hraw
鴞	*ɦraw

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāo (xiao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hiu¹, hou⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siao
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao¹
    • Yale: syāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiau
    • Palladius: сяо (sjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hiu¹, hou⁴
    • Yale: hīu, hòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hiu¹, hou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hiu¹, hou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːu̯⁵⁵/, /hou̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: xjew

Rime
Character	呺
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	宵 (92)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	許嬌切
Baxter	xjew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hˠiᴇu/
Pan Wuyun	/hᵚiɛu/
Shao Rongfen	/xiæu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hiaw/
Li Rong	/xjɛu/
Wang Li	/xĭɛu/
Bernard Karlgren	/xi̯ɛu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hiu1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*hraw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	呺
Reading #	1/1
No.	4920
Phonetic component	号
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	嚻
Old Chinese	/*hraw/
Notes	見莊子

Definitions

呺

1. (～然) large and hollow inside

   非不呺然大也，吾為其無用而掊之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
   非不呺然大也，吾为其无用而掊之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

   Fēi bù xiāo rán dà yě, wú wèi qí wúyòng ér póu zhī. [Pinyin]

   It wasn’t that it was not hollow and large, but because of its uselessness, I broke it.

   Note: In another version, this character was written as 枵, which has the same meaning.

References

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 77

Japanese

Kanji

呺

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): きょう (kyō); ごう (gō); こう (kō); く (ku)

Korean

Hanja

呺 • (hyo, ho) (hangeul 효, 호, revised hyo, ho, McCune–Reischauer hyo, ho)

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