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鼇

鼇

See also: 鰲 and 鳌

Translingual

Han character

鼇 (radical 205 黽+10, 23 strokes, cangjie input 土大口X山 (GKRXU), four-corner 48717)

  1. huge sea turtle

References

  • KangXi: page 1524, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48301
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2060, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4770, character 20
  • Unihan data for U+9F07

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 鼇

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 鼇
Small seal script
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 鼇
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 鼇
Reading # 1/1
No. 50
Phonetic
component		 敖
Rime
group		 宵
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 敖
Old
Chinese		 /*ŋaːw/

Definitions

鼇

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Compounds

  • 獨占鼇頭／独占鼇头
  • 釣鼇／钓鼇
  • 釣鼇客／钓鼇客
  • 鼇山
  • 鼇峰
  • 鼇戴
  • 鼇抃
  • 鼇署
  • 鼇背負山／鼇背负山
  • 鼇頭／鼇头
  • 鼇頭獨占／鼇头独占

Japanese

Kanji

鼇

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

鼇 (ngao)

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