U+79BA, 禺
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-79BA

[U+79B9]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+79BB]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 114, +4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 田中月戈 (WLBI), four-corner 60427, composition )

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 848, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24886
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1269, character 24
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2533, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+79BA

Chinese edit

trad.
simp. #

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character
Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
     

Unclear. Shuowen considers it to be an ideogrammic compound (會意会意) : (head of a ghost) + (to trample) – a kind of monkey.

In the bronze script, the top of the character resembles the head of a ghost () and the bottom resembles . Zhang et al. (1996) considers this character differentiated (分化) from and that the character is a pictogram (象形) of a kind of insect with a decorative mark, similar to the one in (“scorpion”).

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋaːw (monkey); compare Proto-Kuki-Chin *ŋaaw (long-tailed / grey monkey), whence Mizo ngao (grey monkey) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2
Initial () (31)
Final () (24)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter ngjuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋɨoH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋioH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋioH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋuə̆H/
Li
Rong
/ŋioH/
Wang
Li
/ŋĭuH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ŋi̯uH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jyu6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 2/2
No. 15933
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ŋos/

Definitions edit

  1. a kind of large monkey with a long tail and red eyes

Etymology 2 edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2
Initial () (31)
Final () (24)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter ngju
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋɨo/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋio/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋio/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋuə̆/
Li
Rong
/ŋio/
Wang
Li
/ŋĭu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ŋi̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jyu4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2
No. 15921
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ŋo/

Definitions edit

  1. area; district
  2. time before noon, around 9–11 a.m.
  3. Alternative form of (, foolish)
  4. () Yu (a mountain in Zhejiang, China)
  5. a surname

Compounds edit

Etymology 3 edit

Pronunciation edit


Definitions edit

  1. Alternative form of (ǒu):
    1. to match; to be a pair
    2. statue; figure

Compounds edit

Etymology 4 edit

Pronunciation edit


Definitions edit

  1. Only used in 禺禺.

References edit

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. long-tailed monkey

Readings edit

Korean edit

Hanja edit

(ong) (hangeul , revised ong, McCune–Reischauer ong, Yale ong)

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Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

: Hán Nôm readings: ngung, ngu

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