仸

仸 U+4EF8, 仸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4EF8 ← 价 [U+4EF7] CJK Unified Ideographs 仹 → [U+4EF9]

Translingual

Han character

仸 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 人竹大 (OHK), composition ⿰亻夭)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 94, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 413
• Dae Jaweon: page 200, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 123, character 2
• Unihan data for U+4EF8

Chinese

simp. and trad.		仸

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
笑	*sqʰows
夭	*qoːwʔ, *qrow, *qrowʔ
镺	*qoːwʔ, *qoːws
芺	*qoːwʔ, *qrowʔ
妖	*qrow
祅	*qrow
枖	*qrow
訞	*qrow
殀	*qrowʔ
仸	*qrowʔ
妋	*pa, *qu
飫	*qos
沃	*qoːwɢ
鋈	*qoːwɢ

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎo (yao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎo
    • Wade–Giles: yao³
    • Yale: yǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeau
    • Palladius: яо (jao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jiu²
    • Yale: yíu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jewX

Rime
Character	仸
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	宵 (92)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於兆切
Baxter	'jewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠiᴇuX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚiɛuX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiæuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔiawX/
Li Rong	/ʔjɛuX/
Wang Li	/ĭɛuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔi̯ɛuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jiu2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qrowʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	仸
Reading #	1/1
No.	14634
Phonetic component	夭
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	夭
Old Chinese	/*qrowʔ/

Definitions

仸

1. thin and weak; feeble
2. bent; distorted; crooked

Compounds

• 仸僑／仸侨

 

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 仸 – see 佛 (“Buddha; The Enlightened One; statue of Buddha; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 佛).