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夭
夭
Translingual
Han character
夭 (radical 37 大+1, 4 strokes, cangjie input 竹大 (HK), four-corner 20430, composition ⿱丿大)
Derived characters
References
- KangXi: page 249, character 3
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5838
- Dae Jaweon: page 507, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 523, character 2
- Unihan data for U+592D
Chinese
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simp. and trad. |
夭 | |
|---|---|---|
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄠ
- Wade-Giles: yao1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iau
- IPA (key): /i̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄛˋ
- Wade-Giles: wo4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woh
- IPA (key): /u̯ɔ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄞ
- Wade-Giles: wai1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uai
- IPA (key): /u̯aɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: jiu1, jiu2
- Yale: yīu, yíu
- Cantonese Pinyin: jiu1, jiu2
- IPA (key): /jiːu̯⁵⁵/, /jiːu̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iau
- Tâi-lô: iau
- Phofsit Daibuun: iaw
- IPA (Quanzhou): /iaʊ³³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /iaʊ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /iaʊ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iáu
- Tâi-lô: iáu
- Phofsit Daibuun: iao
- IPA (Quanzhou): /iaʊ⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /iaʊ⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /iaʊ⁴¹/
- IPA (Xiamen): /iaʊ⁵³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /iaʊ⁵³/
- Note: iau - literary; iáu - vernacular (俗).
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
| Rime | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Character | 夭 | 夭 | 夭 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) | 影 (34) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 宵 (92) | 宵 (92) | 豪 (89) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | Chongniu III | Chongniu III | I |
| Fanqie | 於喬切 | 於兆切 | 烏晧切 |
| Reconstructions | |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ʔˠiᴇu/ | /ʔˠiᴇuX/ | /ʔɑuX/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ʔᵚiɛu/ | /ʔᵚiɛuX/ | /ʔɑuX/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ʔiæu/ | /ʔiæuX/ | /ʔɑuX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ʔiaw/ | /ʔiawX/ | /ʔawX/ |
| Li Rong |
/ʔjɛu/ | /ʔjɛuX/ | /ʔɑuX/ |
| Wang Li |
/ĭɛu/ | /ĭɛuX/ | /ɑuX/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ʔi̯ɛu/ | /ʔi̯ɛuX/ | /ʔɑuX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
yāo | yǎo | ǎo |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 夭 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
yāo |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ ʔjew › |
| Old Chinese |
/*[ʔ](r)aw/ |
| English | delicate, slender |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Character | 夭 | 夭 | 夭 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| No. | 14622 | 14626 | 14631 |
| Phonetic component |
夭 | 夭 | 夭 |
| Rime group |
宵 | 宵 | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision |
3 | 3 | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
襖 | 妖 | 夭 |
| Old Chinese |
/*qoːwʔ/ | /*qrow/ | /*qrowʔ/ |
Adjective
夭
Verb
夭
- to die young, to die prematurely
References
Japanese
Kanji
夭
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Readings
Etymology
| Historical forms of the character 夭
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| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Bamboo and silk script | Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (夭) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| 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 |
Ideogram (指事) – a figure leaning forward, presumably running, hence energetic, young.