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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 32 +6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 土土土 (GGG), four-corner 40114, composition⿰土土)

  1. mound, roundish mass

Derived characters

References


Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*hŋaːw, *rŋaːw, *rnaːwʔ
*rŋaːw
*rŋaːw
*rŋaːws, *ŋjew
*ŋ̥ʰreːw, *ŋreːws, *ŋ̥ʰeːwʔ
*ŋ̥ʰreːw
*hŋreːw
*hŋreːw, *ŋeːws
*hŋjew, *hŋjaws
*ŋjew, *ŋjaws
*ŋjew, *ʔŋew
*ŋjew
*ŋjew
*ŋjewʔ, *ŋjaws
*ŋjewʔ
*njewʔ, *neːwʔ, *hŋeːws
*ŋ̥ʰew, *ŋ̥ʰews
*ŋ̥ʰew
*ɡew, *ɡews
*ŋkeːw, *ŋeːws
*ŋkeːw
*kŋeːwʔ, *ŋeːw
*ŋeːw
*ŋeːw
*ŋeːw
*ŋeːws
*hŋeːw, *hŋeːwʔ
*hŋeːw
*hŋeːw
*hŋeːwʔ
*hŋeːwʔ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (31)
Final () (93)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋeu/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋeu/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋeu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋɛw/
Li
Rong
/ŋeu/
Wang
Li
/ŋieu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ŋieu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yáo
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 14690
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ŋeːw/

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

  • On: げう (geu)

Korean

Hanja

(yo) (hangeul , revised yo, McCune-Reischauer yo, Yale yo)

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