弨

弨 U+5F28, 弨 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F28 ← 弧 [U+5F27] CJK Unified Ideographs 弩 → [U+5F29]

Translingual

Han character

弨 (Kangxi radical 57, 弓+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 弓尸竹口 (NSHR), four-corner 1726₂, composition ⿰弓召)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 358, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9758
• Dae Jaweon: page 674, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 994, character 6
• Unihan data for U+5F28

Chinese

simp. and trad.		弨

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
刀	*taːw
忉	*taːw
魛	*taːw
舠	*taːw
朷	*taːw, *moːɡ
叨	*tuːw, *l̥ʰaːw
倒	*taːwʔ, *taːws
到	*taːws
菿	*taːws, *rtaːwɢ
鞀	*deːw
鳭	*rteːw, *teːw
灱	*hreːw
菬	*sdew, *tjewʔ
超	*tʰew
怊	*tʰew, *tʰjew
欩	*tʰew
召	*dews, *djews
昭	*tjew
招	*tjew
鉊	*tjew
沼	*tjewʔ
照	*tjews
詔	*tjews
炤	*tjews
弨	*tʰjew, *tʰjewʔ
眧	*tʰjewʔ
韶	*djew
佋	*djew, *djewʔ
軺	*djew, *lew
玿	*djew
柖	*djew
紹	*djewʔ
袑	*djewʔ
綤	*djewʔ
邵	*djews
劭	*djews
卲	*djews
刁	*teːw
芀	*teːw, *deːw
貂	*teːw
蛁	*teːw
迢	*deːw
苕	*deːw
髫	*deːw
岧	*deːw

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chāo (chao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ciu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chao
    • Wade–Giles: chʻao¹
    • Yale: chāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chau
    • Palladius: чао (čao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ciu¹
    • Yale: chīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsiu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qiu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːu̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyhew, tsyhewX

Rime
Character	弨	弨
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	昌 (24)	昌 (24)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	尺招切	尺沼切
Baxter	tsyhew	tsyhewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕʰiᴇu/	/t͡ɕʰiᴇuX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʰiɛu/	/t͡ɕʰiɛuX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕʰjæu/	/t͡ɕʰjæuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cʰiaw/	/cʰiawX/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕʰiɛu/	/t͡ɕʰiɛuX/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕʰĭɛu/	/t͡ɕʰĭɛuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛu/	/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chāo	chǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ciu1	ciu2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tʰjew/, /*tʰjewʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	弨	弨
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	2136	2137
Phonetic component	刀	刀
Rime group	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	怊	𪍑
Old Chinese	/*tʰjew/	/*tʰjewʔ/

Definitions

弨

1. (literary) slack (of bow string)
2. (literary) bow

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B01005

Japanese

Kanji

弨

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): せう (seu)
• Kun: そりかえる (sorikaeru)