埡

See also: 垭

埡 U+57E1, 埡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-57E1 ← 埠 [U+57E0] CJK Unified Ideographs 埢 → [U+57E2]

Translingual

Han character

埡 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 土一中一 (GMLM), four-corner 4111₂, composition ⿰土亞)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 230, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5216
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 449, character 5
• Unihan data for U+57E1

Chinese

trad.		埡
simp.		垭

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
椏	*qaːʔ, *qraː
錏	*qraː
鵶	*qraː
啞	*qraːʔ, *qraːɡs, *qraːɡ, *qraːɡ
瘂	*qraːʔ
亞	*qraːɡs
婭	*qraːɡs
俹	*qraːɡs
稏	*qraːɡs
惡	*qaː, *qaːɡs, *qaːɡ
噁	*qaːɡs
堊	*qaːɡ
蝁	*qaːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 土 (“dirt”) + phonetic 亞 (OC *qraːɡs).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yā, yà (ya¹, ya⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚ, ㄧㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yā
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ya
    • Wade–Giles: ya¹
    • Yale: yā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ia
    • Palladius: я (ja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yà
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yà
    • Wade–Giles: ya⁴
    • Yale: yà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yah
    • Palladius: я (ja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aa³
    • Yale: a
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: a³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³³/

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

Definitions

埡

1. (dialectal) strip of land between hills; narrow mountain pass; character used in place names

Compounds

• 凉風埡／凉风垭
• 化埡／化垭
• 土關埡／土关垭 (Tǔguānyà)
• 埡口／垭口
• 天池埡／天池垭 (Tiānchíyà)
• 席家埡／席家垭 (Xíjiāyà)
• 店埡／店垭
• 朱坡埡／朱坡垭
• 柏樹埡／柏树垭
• 水布埡／水布垭 (Shuǐbùyà)
• 界牌埡／界牌垭 (Jièpáiyà)
• 轎子埡／轿子垭
• 馬頂埡／马顶垭
• 馬頭埡／马头垭
• 黃桷埡／黄桷垭
• 龍王埡／龙王垭 (Lóngwángyà)

 

References

• “埡”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

埡

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: う (u)
• Kan-on: お (o)
• Kun: さと (sato, 埡)

Vietnamese

Han character

埡: Hán Nôm readings: ái

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References

• Nom Foundation