磝

磝 U+78DD, 磝 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-78DD ← 磜 [U+78DC] CJK Unified Ideographs 磞 → [U+78DE]

Translingual

Han character

磝 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+11, 16 strokes, cangjie input 一口土尸大 (MRGSK), four-corner 1864₀, composition ⿰石敖)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 835, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24425
• Dae Jaweon: page 1252, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2446, character 4
• Unihan data for U+78DD

Chinese

trad.		磝
simp. #		磝

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
熬	*ŋaːw, *qaːw
敖	*ŋaːw
嗷	*ŋaːw
螯	*ŋaːw
聱	*ŋaːw, *ŋraːw, *ŋrɯw
驁	*ŋaːw, *ŋaːws
鰲	*ŋaːw
遨	*ŋaːw
獒	*ŋaːw
滶	*ŋaːw
蔜	*ŋaːw
鷔	*ŋaːw, *ŋaːws
鼇	*ŋaːw
謷	*ŋaːw, *ŋaːws, *ŋraːw
嶅	*ŋaːw
嗸	*ŋaːw
摮	*ŋaːw
嫯	*ŋaːw, *ŋaːws
鏊	*ŋaːw, *ŋaːws
傲	*ŋaːws
磝	*ŋraːw

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): áo (ao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngou⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: áo
    • Zhuyin: ㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: áo
    • Wade–Giles: ao²
    • Yale: áu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aur
    • Palladius: ао (ao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngou⁴
    • Yale: ngòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋou̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: ngaew

Rime
Character	磝
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	五交切
Baxter	ngaew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋˠau/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋᵚau/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋau/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋaɨw/
Li Rong	/ŋau/
Wang Li	/ŋau/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋau/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yáo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngaau4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋraːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	磝
Reading #	1/1
No.	66
Phonetic component	敖
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	聱
Old Chinese	/*ŋraːw/

Definitions

磝

1. (literary, alt. form 嶅) mountain with many small rocks

Compounds

• 碻磝
• 磝磝

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiāo (qiao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄠ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciao
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiao¹
    • Yale: chyāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiau
    • Palladius: цяо (cjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

磝

1. (literary, of soil, alt. form 磽／硗) hard and rocky; barren and infertile

Compounds

• 磝磝