覞

覞 U+899E, 覞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-899E ← 覝 [U+899D] CJK Unified Ideographs 覟 → [U+899F]

Translingual

Han character

覞 (Kangxi radical 147, 見+7, 14 strokes, cangjie input 月山月山山 (BUBUU) or 難月山月山 (XBUBU), four-corner 6621₀, composition ⿰見見)

Derived characters

• 𧢞, 𧢬, 𫌥, 䨳, 𭺕, 𧢅

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1135, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34866
• Dae Jaweon: page 1601, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3669, character 5
• Unihan data for U+899E

Chinese

simp. and trad.		覞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yào (yao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yào
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yào
    • Wade–Giles: yao⁴
    • Yale: yàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yaw
    • Palladius: яо (jao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jiu⁶
    • Yale: yiuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: yewH

Rime
Character	覞
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	弋照切
Baxter	yewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiᴇuH/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɛuH/
Shao Rongfen	/jæuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiawH/
Li Rong	/iɛuH/
Wang Li	/jĭɛuH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯ɛuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jiu6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*laws/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	覞
Reading #	1/1
No.	14759
Phonetic component	覞
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	燿
Old Chinese	/*laws/

Definitions

覞

1. (obsolete) to look (face to face)