敖

Translingual

Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 出 + 放 – the action 攵/攴 of a person 方 with feathers 出 in their headdress – a proud act.

Han character

敖 (radical 66 攴+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 土尸人大 (GSOK), 手尸人大 (QSOK), four-corner 4824₀, composition ⿰⿱士方攵)

1. ramble, play about
2. leisurely

Derived characters

• 贅 (赘) 螯

Synonyms

• 奢

References

• KangXi: page 471, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13226
• Dae Jaweon: page 824, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1456, character 13
• Unihan data for U+6556

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		敖

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): áo (ao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngou⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: áo
    • Zhuyin: ㄠˊ
    • Wade-Giles: ao²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aur
    • IPA ^(key): /ˀɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngou⁴
    • Yale: ngòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngou⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /ŋou̯²¹/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (敖, reconstructed)
Character (敖), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 疑 (31) Final: 豪 Division: I			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 五勞切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ŋɑu/	/ŋɑu/	/ŋɑu/	/ŋɑu/	/ŋaw/	/ŋɑu/	/ŋɑu/

Old Chinese pronunciation (敖, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
敖								áo								‹ ngaw ›								/*[ŋ]ˤaw/								tall
敖								áo								‹ ngaw ›								/*ŋˤaw/								saunter about
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					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
敖					39					敖					宵					1					敖					/*ŋaːw/

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Japanese

Kanji

敖

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: ごう (gō)
• Kun: あそぶ (asobu), おごる (ogoru)

Compounds

• 敖敖
• 敖惰
• 敖盪
• 敖民
• 敖遊

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Korean

Hanja

敖 (o) (hangeul 오, revised o, McCune-Reischauer o, Yale o)

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