嗸

嗸 U+55F8, 嗸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55F8 ← 嗷 [U+55F7] CJK Unified Ideographs 嗹 → [U+55F9]

Translingual

Han character

嗸 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 土大口 (GKR) or 手大口 (QKR), composition ⿱敖口)

1. (same as 嗷) noisy

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 204, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4143
• Dae Jaweon: page 426, character 36
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 664, character 5
• Unihan data for U+55F8

Chinese

trad.		嗸
simp. #		嗸

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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): áo (ao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngou⁴ / ou⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: áo
    • Zhuyin: ㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: áo
    • Wade–Giles: ao²
    • Yale: áu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aur
    • Palladius: ао (ao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ngou⁴ / ou⁴
    • Yale: ngòuh / òuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngou⁴ / ou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngou⁴ / ou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋou̯²¹/, /ou̯²¹/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

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• Middle Chinese: ngaw

Rime
Character	嗸
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
Baxter	ngaw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋaw/
Li Rong	/ŋɑu/
Wang Li	/ŋɑu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	áo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngou4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ŋˤaw/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaːw/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	嗸
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	áo
Middle Chinese	‹ ngaw ›
Old Chinese	/*ŋˁaw/
English	distressed cry
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	嗸
Reading #	1/1
No.	53
Phonetic component	敖
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	敖
Old Chinese	/*ŋaːw/

Definitions

嗸

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References

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 82

Japanese

Kanji

嗸

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ごう (gō)

Korean

Hanja

嗸 (eum 오 (o))

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