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甌
甌
See also: 瓯
Translingual
Han character
甌 (radical 98 瓦+11, 16 strokes, cangjie input 尸口一女弓 (SRMVN), four-corner 71717, composition ⿰區瓦)
References
- KangXi: page 751, character 22
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21586
- Dae Jaweon: page 1159, character 16
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1430, character 15
- Unihan data for U+750C
Chinese
| trad. | 甌 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 瓯 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 甌
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| Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (區) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 摳 | *kʰoː, *kʰo |
| 彄 | *kʰoː |
| 剾 | *kʰoː, *qoː |
| 謳 | *qoː |
| 歐 | *qoː, *qoːʔ |
| 區 | *qoː, *kʰo |
| 鷗 | *qoː |
| 甌 | *qoː |
| 漚 | *qoː, *qoːs |
| 瞘 | *qoː |
| 嘔 | *qoː, *qoːʔ |
| 櫙 | *qoː |
| 膒 | *qoː |
| 蓲 | *qoː, *kʰu, *qo, *qos |
| 醧 | *qoː, *qas |
| 鏂 | *qoː |
| 毆 | *qoːʔ |
| 塸 | *qoːʔ |
| 貙 | *kʰl'o |
| 樞 | *kʰjo |
| 驅 | *kʰo, *kʰos |
| 軀 | *kʰo |
| 嶇 | *kʰo |
| 鰸 | *kʰo |
| 敺 | *kʰo |
| 傴 | *qoʔ |
| 嫗 | *qos |
| 饇 | *qos |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄡ
- Wade-Giles: ou1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ou
- IPA (key): /ˀoʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: au1
- Yale: āu
- Cantonese Pinyin: au1
- IPA (key): /ɐu̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: au
- Tâi-lô: au
- Phofsit Daibuun: aw
- IPA (Xiamen): /aʊ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /aʊ³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /aʊ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /aʊ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /aʊ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 甌 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 侯 (137) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 烏侯切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ʔəu/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ʔəu/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ʔəu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ʔəw/ |
| Li Rong |
/ʔu/ |
| Wang Li |
/əu/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ʔə̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
ōu |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 甌 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 10586 |
| Phonetic component |
區 |
| Rime group |
侯 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
謳 |
| Old Chinese |
/*qoː/ |
Definitions
甌
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Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
甌
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
甌 • (gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune-Reischauer ku, Yale kwu)
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Vietnamese
Han character
甌 (âu)
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