澳

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

Translingual

Han character

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

References

• KangXi: 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

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Chinese

trad.		澳
simp. #		澳

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, OC *quːɡs, *quɡ): semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 奧 (OC *quːɡs)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ào (ao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ou³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): o
• Min Dong (BUC): ó̤ / ù
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): àu / ò

  (Teochew, Peng'im): o³

• Wu (Wiktionary): au (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: ào
    • Zhuyin: ㄠˋ
    • Wade–Giles: ao4
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aw
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ào
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • 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.

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: o
    • Hakka Romanization System: o
    • Hagfa Pinyim: o⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /o⁵⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ó̤ / ù
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔ²¹³/, /u⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: àu
    • Tâi-lô: àu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: aux
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /aʊ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /aʊ²¹/
  • (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

• (Shanghainese)
  • Wiktionary: au (T2)
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔ³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʔɑu^H/, /ʔɨuk̚/

Rime
Character	澳	澳
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)	屋 (4)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	烏到切	於六切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɑuH/	/ʔɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɑuH/	/ʔiuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɑuH/	/ʔiuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔawH/	/ʔuwk̚/
Li Rong	/ʔɑuH/	/ʔiuk̚/
Wang Li	/ɑuH/	/ĭuk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔɑuH/	/ʔi̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ào	yu

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ʔˤuk-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*quːɡs/, /*quɡ/

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	澳
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	75	85
Phonetic component	奧	奧
Rime group	奧	覺
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	奥	郁
Old Chinese	/*quːɡs/	/*quɡ/

Definitions

澳

1. inlet, bay
2. dock, bank
3. Short for 澳大利亞／澳大利亚 (Àodàlìyà, “Australia”).
4. Short for 澳門／澳门 (Àomén, “Macau”).

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)

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Japanese

Kanji

澳

(uncommon “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 Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

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

【沖おき】4 [noun] open sea [proper noun] a surname

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

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

澳 (áo, úc)

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