镺

镺 U+957A, 镺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-957A ← 镹 [U+9579] CJK Unified Ideographs 镻 → [U+957B]

Translingual

Han character

镺 (Kangxi radical 168, 長+4, 12 strokes, cangjie input 尸戈竹大 (SIHK), four-corner 7273₄, composition ⿰镸夭)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1329, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41110
• Dae Jaweon: page 1832, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4052, character 10
• Unihan data for U+957A

Chinese

simp. and trad.		镺

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
笑	*sqʰows
夭	*qoːwʔ, *qrow, *qrowʔ
镺	*qoːwʔ, *qoːws
芺	*qoːwʔ, *qrowʔ
妖	*qrow
祅	*qrow
枖	*qrow
訞	*qrow
殀	*qrowʔ
仸	*qrowʔ
妋	*pa, *qu
飫	*qos
沃	*qoːwɢ
鋈	*qoːwɢ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ǎo (ao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ǎo
    • Wade–Giles: ao³
    • Yale: ǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ao
    • Palladius: ао (ao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ou²
    • Yale: óu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ou̯³⁵/

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

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• Middle Chinese: 'awX, 'awH

Rime
Character	镺	镺
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	烏晧切	烏到切
Baxter	'awX	'awH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɑuX/	/ʔɑuH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɑuX/	/ʔɑuH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɑuX/	/ʔɑuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔawX/	/ʔawH/
Li Rong	/ʔɑuX/	/ʔɑuH/
Wang Li	/ɑuX/	/ɑuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔɑuX/	/ʔɑuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ǎo	ào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ou2	ou3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qoːwʔ/, /*qoːws/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	镺	镺
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	14623	14625
Phonetic component	夭	夭
Rime group	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	襖	奥
Old Chinese	/*qoːwʔ/	/*qoːws/
Notes	見文子	見文子

Definitions

镺

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