澳

澳 U+6FB3, 澳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6FB3 ← 澲 [U+6FB2] CJK Unified Ideographs 澴 → [U+6FB4]

Translingual

Han character

澳 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 水竹月大 (EHBK), four-corner 3713₄, composition ⿰氵奧)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 653, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18412
• Dae Jaweon: page 1063, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1744, character 8
• Unihan data for U+6FB3

Chinese

trad.		澳
simp. #		澳
2nd round simp.		沃

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
襖	*quːʔ, *quːʔ
懊	*quːʔ, *quːɡs, *quɡ
燠	*quːʔ, *quːɡs, *quɡ
奧	*quːɡs
墺	*quːɡs, *quɡ
隩	*quːɡs, *quɡ
澳	*quːɡs, *quɡ
噢	*quʔ, *quɡ
薁	*quɡ
䉛	*quɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *quːɡs, *quɡ): semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 奧 (OC *quːɡs)

Etymology

Schuessler (2007) considers the word as borrowed from Austroasiatic, comparing Vietnamese ao (“pond”) and Mon ဩ (“small bay”), but it is thought that the Vietnamese was borrowed by the Chinese, and that this is an areal word of unclear ultimate origin.

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ào (ao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄠˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ou³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): au¹

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): o

  (Hailu, HRS): o^ˇ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): au⁴

• Eastern Min (BUC): ó̤ / ù
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): or⁴ / o⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): àu / ò

  (Teochew, Peng'im): o³

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵au

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ào
    • Zhuyin: ㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ào
    • Wade–Giles: ao⁴
    • Yale: àu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aw
    • Palladius: ао (ao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ou³
    • Yale: ou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ou̯³³/

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

• • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: au¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /au³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: o
    • Hakka Romanization System: o
    • Hagfa Pinyim: o⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /o⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: o^ˇ
    • Sinological IPA: /o¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: au⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /au⁵³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ó̤ / ù
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔ²¹³/, /u⁵³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Jiangkou, Nanri, Xianyou, Youyang, Fengting)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: or⁴
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: o̤̍
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɒ⁴²/
  • (Putian, Jiangkou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: o⁴
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: eo̍
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /o⁴²/

Note:

• or - literary;
• ò - only in place name (e.g. 澳裡, 大澳).

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: àu
    • Tâi-lô: àu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: aux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /au²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /au⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ò
    • Tâi-lô: ò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oix
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /o²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /o⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɤ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /o¹¹/

Note:

• àu - vernacular;
• ò - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: o³
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ò
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /o²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵au
    • MiniDict: au^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²au
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɔ³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: 'awH

Rime
Character	澳
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	烏到切
Baxter	'awH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɑuH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɑuH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɑuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔawH/
Li Rong	/ʔɑuH/
Wang Li	/ɑuH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔɑuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ou3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ʔˤuk-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*quːɡs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	澳
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	ào
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔawH ›
Old Chinese	/*ʔˁuk-s/
English	bay, cove
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	澳
Reading #	1/2
No.	75
Phonetic component	奧
Rime group	奧
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	奥
Old Chinese	/*quːɡs/

Definitions

澳

1. inlet of the sea where ships can anchor; bay

   三都澳  ―  Sāndu'ào  ―  Sandu Ao (inlet in Ningde, Fujian)

2. short for 澳大利亞／澳大利亚 (Àodàlìyà): Australia (a country consisting of a main island, the island of Tasmania and other smaller islands, located in Oceania; historically, a collection of former colonies of the British Empire)

   澳式英語／澳式英语  ―  Ào shì yīngyǔ  ―  Australian English

   白澳政策  ―  bái Ào zhèngcè  ―  White Australia Policy

3. short for 澳門／澳门 (Àomén, “Macau”)

   港珠澳大橋／港珠澳大桥  ―  Gǎng Zhū Ào dàqiáo  ―  Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge

Compounds

• 南澳 (Nán'ào)
• 文澳 (Wén'ào)
• 曉澳 / 晓澳 (Xiǎo'ào)
• 港澳 (Gǎng-Ào)
• 澳前 (Àoqián)
• 澳大利亞 / 澳大利亚 (Àodàlìyà)
• 澳洲 (Àozhōu)
• 澳洲鱷魚 / 澳洲鳄鱼
• 澳門 / 澳门 (Àomén)
• 白澳政策
• 蘇澳 / 苏澳 (Sū'ào)
• 里澳 (Lǐ'ào)

Descendants

• → Vietnamese: ao
• → Khmer: អាវ (ʼaaw)
• → Mon: ဩ
• → Burmese: အော် (au)
• → Thai: อ่าว (àao)
• → Lao: ອ່າວ (ʼāo)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yù (yu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): juk¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yù
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yù
    • Wade–Giles: yü⁴
    • Yale: yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuh
    • Palladius: юй (juj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: juk¹
    • Yale: yūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: yug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'juwk

Rime
Character	澳
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	屋 (4)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於六切
Baxter	'juwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔiuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔuwk̚/
Li Rong	/ʔiuk̚/
Wang Li	/ĭuk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔi̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	juk1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*quɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	澳
Reading #	2/2
No.	85
Phonetic component	奧
Rime group	覺
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	郁
Old Chinese	/*quɡ/

Definitions

澳

1. (alt. form 隩) riverbank where the river bends

References

• “澳”, 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–
• 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “澳（水深）”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 176.

Japanese

Kanji

澳

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. curving shoreline
2. bend in river

Readings

• Go-on: いく (iku)^{←ゐく (wiku, historical)}、おう (ō)^{←あう (au, historical)}
• Kan-on: いく (iku)^{←ゐく (wiku, historical)}、おう (ō)^{←あう (au, historical)}
• Kun: おき (oki, 澳)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
澳
おき Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 澳 – see the following entry.

【おき】 [noun] open sea [proper noun] a surname Alternative spelling 沖

(This term, 澳, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

澳 • (o, uk) (hangeul 오, 욱, McCune–Reischauer o, uk, Yale o, wuk)

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Vietnamese

Han character

澳: Hán Nôm readings: áo, úc

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