皫

皫 U+76AB, 皫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-76AB ← 皪 [U+76AA] CJK Unified Ideographs 皬 → [U+76AC]

Translingual

Han character

皫 (Kangxi radical 106, 白+15, 20 strokes, cangjie input 竹日戈心火 (HAIPF), four-corner 2063₁, composition ⿰白麃)

1. white

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 790, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22807
• Dae Jaweon: page 1204, character 32
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2653, character 1
• Unihan data for U+76AB

Chinese

trad.		皫
simp. #		皫
alternative forms		麃

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (麃) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
藨	*pʰaːw, *praw, *brawʔ
麃	*braːw, *pʰrawʔ
臕	*prew
鑣	*prew
儦	*prew
瀌	*prew, *biw
犥	*pʰew, *pʰewʔ
皫	*pʰrewʔ, *pʰewʔ

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Compare Burmese ဖြူ”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): piǎo (piao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): piu³ / piu² / piu⁵
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): pieo³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phiáu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: piǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: piǎo
    • Wade–Giles: pʻiao³
    • Yale: pyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: peau
    • Palladius: пяо (pjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: piu³ / piu² / piu⁵
    • Yale: piu / píu / píuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: piu³ / piu² / piu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: piu³ / piu² / piu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiːu̯³³/, /pʰiːu̯³⁵/, /pʰiːu̯¹³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: pieo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰieu⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: pieo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰieu³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiáu
    • Tâi-lô: phiáu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phiao
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰiau⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰiau⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰiau⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰiau⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰiau⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: phjiewX

Rime
Character	皫
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	敷沼切
Baxter	phjiewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰiᴇuX/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰiɛuX/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰjæuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰiawX/
Li Rong	/pʰiɛuX/
Wang Li	/pʰĭɛuX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pʰi̯ɛuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	piǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	piu2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰrewʔ/, /*pʰewʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	皫	皫
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	806	808
Phonetic component	麃	麃
Rime group	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	麃	縹
Old Chinese	/*pʰrewʔ/	/*pʰewʔ/

Definitions

皫

1. (archaic, especially of feathers) faded; having lost color and luster
2. (archaic) white

References

• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “皫”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 177.