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Translingual

Han character

(radical 94 +8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 戈大戈大大 (IKIKK), four-corner 43434, composition)

  1. wind
  2. storm
  3. gale
  4. dog moving
  5. (Cantonese) running quickly

References

  • KangXi: page 712, character 22
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20469
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1124, character 24
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1351, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+730B

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*pew
*pew
*pew

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (1)
Final () (91)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/piᴇu/
Pan
Wuyun
/piɛu/
Shao
Rongfen
/pjæu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/piaw/
Li
Rong
/piɛu/
Wang
Li
/pĭɛu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/pi̯ɛu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
biāo
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 795
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*pew/

Noun

  1. dog moving
    • Shuo Wen Jie Zi (a dictionary in East Han Dynasty)
    • [Classical Chinese]   Biāo: quǎn zǒu mào. Cóng sān quǎn. [Pinyin]   [The character] 猋: Dogs moving's appearance. [This character is] composed [of] three 犬s.

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. dog moving
  2. gale
  3. storm
  4. wind

Readings


Korean

Hanja

(pyo) (hangeul , revised pyo, McCune-Reischauer p'yo)

  1. 회오리바람: whirlwind