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Translingual

Han character

(radical 142 +12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 中戈土土山 (LIGGU), four-corner 54111, composition)

  1. worms

References

  • KangXi: page 1098, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33626
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1562, character 17
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2889, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+87EF

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*hŋaːw, *rŋaːw, *rnaːwʔ
*rŋaːw
*rŋaːw
*rŋaːws, *ŋjew
*ŋ̥ʰreːw, *ŋreːws, *ŋ̥ʰeːwʔ
*ŋ̥ʰreːw
*hŋreːw
*hŋreːw, *ŋeːws
*hŋjew, *hŋjaws
*ŋjew, *ŋjaws
*ŋjew, *ʔŋew
*ŋjew
*ŋjew
*ŋjewʔ, *ŋjaws
*ŋjewʔ
*njewʔ, *neːwʔ, *hŋeːws
*ŋ̥ʰew, *ŋ̥ʰews
*ŋ̥ʰew
*ɡew, *ɡews
*ŋkeːw, *ŋeːws
*ŋkeːw
*kŋeːwʔ, *ŋeːw
*ŋeːw
*ŋeːw
*ŋeːw
*ŋeːws
*hŋeːw, *hŋeːwʔ
*hŋeːw
*hŋeːw
*hŋeːwʔ
*hŋeːwʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ŋjew, *ʔŋew) : semantic  (worm) + phonetic  (OC *ŋeːw).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (38) (34)
Final () (91) (91)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ȵiᴇu/ /ʔiᴇu/
Pan
Wuyun
/ȵiɛu/ /ʔiɛu/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȵʑjæu/ /ʔjæu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ȵiaw/ /ʔiaw/
Li
Rong
/ȵiɛu/ /ʔiɛu/
Wang
Li
/ȵʑĭɛu/ /ĭɛu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ȵʑi̯ɛu/ /ʔi̯ɛu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
ráo yāo
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 14670 14683
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ŋjew/ /*ʔŋew/

Definitions

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Compounds

References


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Compounds


Korean

Hanja

(yo) (hangeul , revised yo, McCune-Reischauer yo, Yale yo)

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