鼯

鼯 U+9F2F, 鼯 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9F2F ← 鼮 [U+9F2E] CJK Unified Ideographs 鼰 → [U+9F30]

Translingual

Han character

鼯 (Kangxi radical 208, 鼠+7, 20 strokes, cangjie input 竹女一一口 (HVMMR), four-corner 7176₁, composition ⿰鼠吾)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1528, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48441
• Dae Jaweon: page 2065, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4775, character 9
• Unihan data for U+9F2F

Chinese

trad.		鼯
simp. #		鼯
alternative forms		𪁙 𧋋 𪕜 𪕡

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (五) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
吾	*ŋraː, *ŋaː
衙	*ŋraː, *ŋa, *ŋaʔ
鼯	*ŋaː
浯	*ŋaː
珸	*ŋaː
郚	*ŋaː
齬	*ŋaː, *ŋa, *ŋaʔ
鯃	*ŋaː
娪	*ŋaː
梧	*ŋaː
峿	*ŋaː
五	*ŋaːʔ
伍	*ŋaːʔ
寤	*ŋaːs
啎	*ŋaːs
晤	*ŋaːs
悟	*ŋaːs
逜	*ŋaːs
窹	*ŋaːs
捂	*ŋaːs
鋙	*ŋa, *ŋaʔ
語	*ŋaʔ, *ŋas
圄	*ŋaʔ
敔	*ŋaʔ

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wú (wu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ng⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): m³

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): n²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): gô͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): u⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wú
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wú
    • Wade–Giles: wu²
    • Yale: wú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wu
    • Palladius: у (u)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ng⁴
    • Yale: ǹgh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: m³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /m̩²²/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: n²
    • Sinological IPA: /n̩¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gô͘
    • Tâi-lô: gôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goo
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡɔ¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /ɡɔ²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: u⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: û
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: ngu

Rime
Character	鼯
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	五乎切
Baxter	ngu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋuo/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋuo/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋo/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɔ/
Li Rong	/ŋo/
Wang Li	/ŋu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ng4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鼯
Reading #	1/1
No.	13137
Phonetic component	五
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	吾
Old Chinese	/*ŋaː/

Definitions

鼯

1. flying squirrel

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鼯鼠 (“flying squirrel”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鼯, 鼯鼠, 飛鼯, 鸓, 飛鸓, 鼺, 夷由, 飛生
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鼯鼠
Taxonomic name		鼯鼠
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	飛鼠, 鼯鼠
Central Plains Mandarin	Xining	飛貓兒, 一片瓦
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	飛鼠
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	飛鼠
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	飛鼠
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	飛鼠
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	飛鼠
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	飛鼠
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	飛鼠
Southern Min	Xiamen	鼯鼠

Compounds

• 松鼯
• 狖軛鼯軒 / 狖轭鼯轩
• 白面鼯鼠
• 飛鼯 / 飞鼯
• 麇鼯
• 鼪鼯
• 鼪鼯之徑 / 鼪鼯之径
• 鼪鼯徑 / 鼪鼯径
• 鼯技
• 鼯猱
• 鼯窮 / 鼯穷
• 鼯臘 / 鼯腊
• 鼯鼠 (wúshǔ)
• 鼯鼠技
• 鼯鼪
• 鼯鼬

Japanese

Kanji

鼯

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. flying squirrel

Readings

• On (unclassified): ご (go)
• Kun: むささび (musasabi)

Korean

Hanja

鼯 • (o) (hangeul 오, revised o, McCune–Reischauer o, Yale o)

1. 날다람쥐: flying squirrel