坳

Translingual

Han character

坳 (radical 32 土+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 土女戈尸 (GVIS), four-corner 4412₇, composition ⿰土幼)

1. a hollow in the ground, a cavity, depression
2. undulating, depressed

References

• KangXi: page 226, character 33
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4988
• Dae Jaweon: page 462, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 436, character 9
• Unihan data for U+5773

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Cantonese

Hanzi

坳 (Yale aau1, aau3)

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Japanese

Kanji

坳

Readings

• On: あう (au), えう (eu)
• Kun: くぼみ (kubomi)

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Korean

Hanja

坳 (hangeul 요, revised yo, McCune-Reischauer yo)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

坳 (pinyin ào (ao4), Wade-Giles ao⁴)

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Middle Chinese

Han character

坳 (qau)

Last modified on 30 March 2013, at 00:11