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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 94 +9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 大竹弓竹木 (KHNHD), four-corner 47294, composition)

  1. macaque

References

  • KangXi: page 715, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20544
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1127, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1361, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+7331

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (8) (12)
Final () (89) (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/nɑu/ /ɳɨuH/
Pan
Wuyun
/nɑu/ /ɳiuH/
Shao
Rongfen
/nɑu/ /niəuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/naw/ /ɳuwH/
Li
Rong
/nɑu/ /niuH/
Wang
Li
/nɑu/ /nĭəuH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/nɑu/ /ni̯ə̯uH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
náo niù
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
náo
Middle
Chinese
‹ naw ›
Old
Chinese
/*nˤu/
English a kind of monkey

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
No. 8802 8807 8824
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 3 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ml'uː/ /*mljiwʔ/ /*ml'us/
Notes

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. monkey with yellow hair

Readings


Korean

Hanja

(no) (hangeul , revised no, McCune-Reischauer no, Yale no)

  1. monkey