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鏖

鏖

Translingual

Han character

鏖 (radical 167 金+11, 19 strokes, cangjie input 戈心金 (IPC), four-corner 0010₉)

to fight to the end, engage in a fierce battle

References

KangXi: page 1319, character 30

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40799

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4250, character 9

Unihan data for U+93D6

Chinese

simp. and trad.		鏖

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (麀) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
鏖	*quː
𤏶	*quː
麀	*qɯw

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): áo (ao²)

(Zhuyin): ㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ou¹, ngou¹, ngou⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: áo
  - Zhuyin: ㄠˊ
  - Wade-Giles: ao²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aur
  - IPA ^(key): /ˀɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ou¹, ngou¹, ngou⁴
  - Yale: ōu, ngōu, ngòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ou¹, ngou¹, ngou⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /ou̯⁵⁵/, /ŋou̯⁵⁵/, /ŋou̯²¹/

Middle Chinese: /ʔɑu/▼

Rime
Character	鏖
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	於刀切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔaw/
Li Rong	/ʔɑu/
Wang Li	/ɑu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	āo

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*quː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鏖
Reading #	1/1
No.	15490
Phonetic component	麀
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	𤏶
Old Chinese	/*quː/
Notes	同䥝漢書

Definitions

鏖

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Compounds

赤壁鏖兵
鏖兵

鏖兵赤壁
鏖戰／鏖战 (áozhàn)

鏖糟

References

(Cantonese) Multi-function Chinese Character Database (漢語多功能字庫)

Japanese

Kanji

鏖

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On: おう (ō)

Kun: みなごろし (minagoroshi)

Korean

Hanja

鏖 • ‎(o) (hangeul 오, revised o, McCune-Reischauer o, Yale o)

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