虈

虈 U+8648, 虈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8648 ← 虇 [U+8647] CJK Unified Ideographs 虉 → [U+8649]

Translingual

Han character

虈 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+21, 27 strokes, cangjie input 廿口口口 (TRRR), four-corner 4466₆, composition ⿱艹嚻)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1072, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32633
• Dae Jaweon: page 1538, character 36
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3338, character 21
• Unihan data for U+8648

Chinese

trad.		虈
simp. #		虈
alternative forms		䖀／𰲖

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
囂	*ŋaːw, *hŋraw
虈	*hŋraw

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *hŋraw) : semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 嚻 (OC *ŋaːw, *hŋraw).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāo (xiao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hiu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siao
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao¹
    • Yale: syāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiau
    • Palladius: сяо (sjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hiu¹
    • Yale: hīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hiu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hiu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːu̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: xjew

Rime
Character	虈
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	宵 (92)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	許嬌切
Baxter	xjew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hˠiᴇu/
Pan Wuyun	/hᵚiɛu/
Shao Rongfen	/xiæu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hiaw/
Li Rong	/xjɛu/
Wang Li	/xĭɛu/
Bernard Karlgren	/xi̯ɛu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hiu1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*hŋraw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	虈
Reading #	1/1
No.	13682
Phonetic component	囂
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	嚻
Old Chinese	/*hŋraw/

Definitions

虈

1. (obsolete) Dahurian angelica (Angelica dahurica)

Compounds

• 神虈

 

Japanese

Kanji

虈

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): きょう (kyō)
• Kun: よろいぐさ (yoroigusa)