宎

宎 U+5B8E, 宎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B8E ← 宍 [U+5B8D] CJK Unified Ideographs 宏 → [U+5B8F]

Translingual

Han character

宎 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 十竹大 (JHK), four-corner 3043₂, composition ⿱宀夭)

Derived characters

• 𬾔, 𧠽

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 282, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7085
• Dae Jaweon: page 556, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 916, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5B8E

Chinese

simp. and trad.		宎
alternative forms		窔 "corner of a room"

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎo (yao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu² / ngaau⁵

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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 / ngaau⁵
    • Yale: yíu / ngáauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu² / ngaau⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu² / ngao⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯³⁵/, /ŋaːu̯¹³/

Definitions

宎

1. ^† southeastern corner of a room

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B00739
• “宎”, 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

宎

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: よう (yō)^{←えう (eu, historical)}
• Kan-on: よう (yō)^{←えう (eu, historical)}