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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 149 +3, 10 strokes, cangjie input 卜口一木 (YRMD), four-corner 01640, composition)

References

  • KangXi: page 1147, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35233
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1614, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3940, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+8A0F

Chinese

trad.
simp. 𬣙

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*qaːls
*kʰʷraː
*kʰʷraː
*kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs
*kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːʔ, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs
*kʰʷraː
*kʰʷraːʔ
*kʰʷraːʔ
*kʰʷraːʔ
*kʰʷraːʔ
*ɢʷraː, *qʷaː
*ɡʷraːs
*pɢʷaː, *kʰʷaː
*qʰʷl'
*kʰʷaː, *qʷaː
*kʰʷaː
*kʰʷaː
*kʰʷaː
*kʰʷaːs
*kʰʷaːs
*kʰʷaːs
*qʰaː
洿 *ɡʷaːʔ, *qʷaː
*ɡʷlaː, *ɡʷlaːs
*ɢʷlaːʔ
*qʷaː, *qʷaːs
*qʷaː
*qʷaː
*qʷaː
*qʷaː
*qʷaːs, *ɢʷa
*qʰʷl'a
*qʰʷl'a
*pqʰʷa, *qʰʷa
*qʰʷla, *ɢʷla
*qʰʷa, *ɢʷas
*qʰʷa
*qʰʷa
*qʰʷa, *qʷa
*qʰʷa
*qʰʷaʔ
*qʷa
*qʷa
*qʷa, *qʷaʔ, *ɢʷa
*qʷa
*ɢʷa
*ɢʷa
*ɢʷa
*ɢʷa
*ɢʷa
*ɢʷa, *ɢʷas
*ɢʷa
*ɢʷa
*ɢʷa
*ɢʷla
*ɢʷaʔ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (32)
Final () (24)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/hɨo/
Pan
Wuyun
/hio/
Shao
Rongfen
/xio/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/huə̆/
Li
Rong
/xio/
Wang
Li
/xĭu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/xi̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ xju ›
Old
Chinese
/*qʷʰ(r)a/
English great

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 15696
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qʰʷa/

Definitions

  1. boast, exaggerate
  2. great, broad

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. boast
  2. exaggerate
  3. great
  4. broad

Readings


Korean

Hanja

(u) (hangeul , revised u, McCune-Reischauer u, Yale wu)

  1. big
  2. deceive
  3. exaggerate, boast