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鰲

鰲

See also: 鳌 and 鼇

Translingual

Han character

鰲 (radical 195 魚+11, 22 strokes, cangjie input 土大弓田火 (GKNWF), four-corner 48336)

  1. huge sea turtle

References

  • KangXi: page 1476, character 27
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46416
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2008, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4704, character 16
  • Unihan data for U+9C32

Chinese

trad. 鰲
simp. 鳌

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (敖) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
熬 *ŋaːw, *qaːw
敖 *ŋaːw
嗷 *ŋaːw
螯 *ŋaːw
聱 *ŋaːw, *ŋraːw, *ŋrɯw
驁 *ŋaːw, *ŋaːws
鰲 *ŋaːw
遨 *ŋaːw
獒 *ŋaːw
滶 *ŋaːw
蔜 *ŋaːw
鷔 *ŋaːw, *ŋaːws
鼇 *ŋaːw
謷 *ŋaːw, *ŋaːws, *ŋraːw
嶅 *ŋaːw
嗸 *ŋaːw
摮 *ŋaːw
嫯 *ŋaːw, *ŋaːws
鏊 *ŋaːw, *ŋaːws
傲 *ŋaːws
磝 *ŋraːw

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 鰲
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 豪 (89)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 五勞切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ŋɑu/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ŋɑu/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ŋɑu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ŋaw/
Li
Rong		 /ŋɑu/
Wang
Li		 /ŋɑu/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ŋɑu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 áo
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 鰲
Reading # 1/1
No. 44
Phonetic
component		 敖
Rime
group		 宵
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 敖
Old
Chinese		 /*ŋaːw/
Notes 鼇後起字

Definitions

鰲

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Compounds

  • 占鰲頭／占鳌头
  • 溫鰲妝燕／温鳌妆燕
  • 獨占鰲頭／独占鳌头
  • 金鰲玉蝀／金鳌玉蝀
  • 鰲山／鳌山
  • 鰲裡奪尊／鳌里夺尊
  • 鰲頭獨占／鳌头独占
  • 鰲魚／鳌鱼

Japanese

Kanji

鰲

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

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

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