嗷

嗷 U+55F7, 嗷 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55F7 ← 嗶 [U+55F6] CJK Unified Ideographs 嗸 → [U+55F8]

Translingual

Han character

嗷 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 口土尸大 (RGSK) or 口手尸大 (RQSK), four-corner 6804₀, composition ⿰口敖)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 204, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4142
• Dae Jaweon: page 426, character 35
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 664, character 4
• Unihan data for U+55F7

Chinese

trad.		嗷
simp. #		嗷
alternative forms		嗸

Glyph origin

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

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

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋəw

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): áo (ao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngou⁴

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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
    • Yale: ngòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋou̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: ngaw

Rime
Character	嗷
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/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	áo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngou4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嗷
Reading #	1/1
No.	40
Phonetic component	敖
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	敖
Old Chinese	/*ŋaːw/
Notes	同嗸

Definitions

嗷

1. (onomatopoeia) sound of wailing
2. clamor

Compounds

• 嗷嗷 (áo'áo)
• 嗷嘈
• 嗷嗷嘔嘔／嗷嗷呕呕
• 嗷嗷待哺 (áo'áodàibǔ)
• 嗷騷／嗷骚
• 嗷鴻／嗷鸿
• 鴻嗷／鸿嗷

 

Japanese

Kanji

嗷

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ごう (gō)
• Kun: かまびすし (kamabisushi)

Korean

Hanja

嗷 • (o) (hangeul 오, revised o, McCune–Reischauer o)

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Vietnamese

Han character

嗷: Hán Nôm readings: ngao, ngào, ngoao

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