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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 66 +7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 一口人大 (MROK), four-corner 18640, composition)

  1. gavel
  2. an ancient Chinese percussion instrument in the shape of a wooden tiger with a serrated back, played by running a bamboo whisk across it to mark the endings of musical sections

References

  • KangXi: page 471, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13224
  • Dae Jaweon: page 823, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1461, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+6554

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*ŋraː, *ŋaː
*ŋraː, *ŋa, *ŋaʔ
*ŋaː
*ŋaː
*ŋaː
*ŋaː
*ŋaː, *ŋa, *ŋaʔ
*ŋaː
*ŋaː
*ŋaː
峿 *ŋaː
*ŋaːʔ
*ŋaːʔ
*ŋaːs
*ŋaːs
*ŋaːs
*ŋaːs
*ŋaːs
*ŋaːs
*ŋaːs
*ŋa, *ŋaʔ
*ŋaʔ, *ŋas
*ŋaʔ
*ŋaʔ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (31)
Final () (22)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋɨʌX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋiɔX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋiɔX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋɨə̆X/
Li
Rong
/ŋiɔX/
Wang
Li
/ŋĭoX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ŋi̯woX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 13162
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ŋaʔ/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(eo) (hangeul , revised eo, McCune-Reischauer ŏ, Yale e)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(ngữ)

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