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嗷
嗷
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Translingual
Han character
嗷 (radical 30 口+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 口土尸大 (RGSK) or 口手尸大 (RQSK), four-corner 68040, composition ⿰口敖)
- loud clamor
- (onomatopoeia) sound of wailing
References
- KangXi: page 204, character 15
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4142
- Dae Jaweon: page 426, character 35
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 664, character 4
- Unihan data for U+55F7
Chinese
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simp. and trad. |
嗷 | |
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Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 嗷
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| Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (敖) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| 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
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄠˊ
- Wade-Giles: ao2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aur
- IPA (key): /ˀɑʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: ngou4
- Yale: ngòuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: ngou4
- IPA (key): /ŋou̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | |
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| Character | 嗷 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 疑 (31) |
| Final (韻) | 豪 (89) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 五勞切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ŋɑu/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ŋɑu/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ŋɑu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ŋaw/ |
| Li Rong |
/ŋɑu/ |
| Wang Li |
/ŋɑu/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ŋɑu/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
áo |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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| Character | 嗷 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 40 |
| Phonetic component |
敖 |
| Rime group |
宵 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
敖 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ŋaːw/ |
| Notes | 同嗸 |
Definitions
嗷
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Compounds
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Japanese
Kanji
嗷
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
嗷 • (o) (hangeul 오, revised o, McCune-Reischauer o)
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Vietnamese
Han character
嗷 (ngao, ngào, ngoao)
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