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U+7A95, 窕
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7A95

[U+7A94]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+7A96]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 116, +6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 十金中一人 (JCLMO), four-corner 30113, composition )

  1. slender
  2. quiet and modest, charming

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 865, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25496
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1293, character 19
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2729, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+7A95

Chinese

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trad.
simp. #
alternative forms

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *l'eːwʔ) : semantic (cave) + phonetic (OC *l'ewʔ).

Etymology

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Possibly cognate to (OC *kʰleːwɢs) (Schuessler, 2007)

Pronunciation 1

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (7)
Final () (93)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
Baxter dewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/deuX/
Pan
Wuyun
/deuX/
Shao
Rongfen
/deuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/dɛwX/
Li
Rong
/deuX/
Wang
Li
/dieuX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/dʱieuX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
diào
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
diu6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
tiǎo
Middle
Chinese
‹ dewX ›
Old
Chinese
/*lˁ[e]wʔ/
English 窈窕 beautiful

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 16893
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*l'eːwʔ/

Definitions

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  1. Used in 窈窕 (yǎotiǎo).
  2. to bore, to perforate
  3. gap; unfilled space
  4. unfilled
  5. false; superficial
  6. small

Compounds

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Pronunciation 2

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Definitions

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  1. Alternative form of (yáo)

Compounds

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Pronunciation 3

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Definitions

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  1. Alternative form of

References

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

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  • On (unclassified): ちょう (chō)
  • Kun: うつくしい (utsukushī)

Korean

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Hanja

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(jo) (hangeul , revised jo, McCune–Reischauer cho, Yale co)

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