劸

劸 U+52B8, 劸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-52B8 ← 劷 [U+52B7] CJK Unified Ideographs 効 → [U+52B9]

Translingual

Han character

劸 (Kangxi radical 19, 力+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 土土大尸 (GGKS) or 難土土大尸 (XGGKS), composition ⿰圭力)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 147, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2333
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 369, character 10
• Unihan data for U+52B8

Chinese

simp. and trad.		劸
alternative forms		𠡬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wā (wa¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wā
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wa
    • Wade–Giles: wa¹
    • Yale: wā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ua
    • Palladius: ва (va)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aai¹
    • Yale: āai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aːi̯⁵⁵/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

Definitions

劸

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References

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 72

Japanese

Kanji

劸

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): あい (ai); あ (a)
• Kun: せまる (semaru)