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坳
坳
Translingual
Han character
坳 (radical 32 土+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 土女戈尸 (GVIS), four-corner 44127, composition ⿰土幼)
- a hollow in the ground, a cavity, depression
- undulating
- depressed
Synonyms
References
- KangXi: page 226, character 33
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4988
- Dae Jaweon: page 462, character 10
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 436, character 9
- Unihan data for U+5773
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
坳 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (幼) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 黝 | *qliw, *qrɯwʔ |
| 坳 | *qrɯːw, *qrɯːws |
| 軪 | *qrɯːw, *qrɯːws |
| 眑 | *qrɯːw, *qrɯwʔ |
| 拗 | *qrɯːwʔ, *qrɯːws |
| 鴢 | *qrɯːwʔ, *qɯːwʔ |
| 靿 | *qrɯːwʔ, *qrɯːws |
| 狕 | *qrɯːwʔ |
| 袎 | *qrɯːws |
| 怮 | *qɯːw, *qrɯw, *qrɯw, *qrɯwʔ |
| 窈 | *qiːwʔ |
| 苭 | *qɯːwʔ |
| 泑 | *qrɯw, *qrɯwʔ |
| 呦 | *qrɯw |
| 蚴 | *qrɯwʔ |
| 幼 | *qrɯws |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄠˋ
- Wade-Giles: ao4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aw
- IPA (key): /ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: aau3, aau1
- Yale: aau, āau
- Cantonese Pinyin: aau3, aau1
- IPA (key): /ɑːu̯³³/, /ɑːu̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 坳 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 肴 (90) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 於交切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ʔˠau/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ʔᵚau/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ʔau/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ʔaɨw/ |
| Li Rong |
/ʔau/ |
| Wang Li |
/au/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ʔau/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
yāo |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 坳 | 坳 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 15621 | 15632 |
| Phonetic component |
幼 | 幼 |
| Rime group |
幽 | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
䫜 | 靿 |
| Old Chinese |
/*qrɯːw/ | /*qrɯːws/ |
Definitions
坳
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References
Japanese
Kanji
坳
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
坳 • (yo) (hangeul 요, revised yo, McCune-Reischauer yo)
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Vietnamese
Han character
坳 (ao)
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