憢

憢 U+61A2, 憢 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-61A2 ← 憡 [U+61A1] CJK Unified Ideographs 憣 → [U+61A3]

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Translingual

Han character

憢 (radical 61, 心+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 心土土山 (PGGU), four-corner 9401₁, composition ⿰忄堯)

References

• KangXi: page 403, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11236
• Dae Jaweon: page 743, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2352, character 8
• Unihan data for U+61A2

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Chinese

Etymology 1

trad.		憢
simp.		𢙒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāo (xiao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hiu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiau
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hiu¹
    • Yale: hīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hiu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hiu¹
    • IPA ^(key): /hiːu̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /heu/▼

Rime
Character	憢
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	許幺切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/heu/
Pan Wuyun	/heu/
Shao Rongfen	/xeu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɛw/
Li Rong	/xeu/
Wang Li	/xieu/
Bernard Karlgren	/xieu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiāo

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*hŋeːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	憢
Reading #	1/1
No.	14698
Phonetic component	垚
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	膮
Old Chinese	/*hŋeːw/

Definitions

憢

1. Alternative form of 嘵／哓 (xiāo, “to fear”).
2. ^† bold and powerful

Etymology 2

trad.		憢
simp.		𢙒

Pronunciation

• Min Nan (POJ): giâu

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: giâu
    • Tâi-lô: giâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: giaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /giaʊ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /giaʊ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /giaʊ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /giaʊ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /giaʊ²³/

Definitions

憢

1. Only used in 憢疑／𢙒疑.

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 憢 – see 僥 (“fake”). (This character, 憢, is a variant form of 僥.)

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Vietnamese

Han character

憢: Hán Việt readings: nhau

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

References

• Nom Foundation