杳

See also: 杲

Translingual

Han character

杳 (radical 75 木+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 木日 (DA), four-corner 4060₉, composition ⿱木日)

1. obscure, dark, mysterious, deep

References

• KangXi: page 513, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14501
• Dae Jaweon: page 901, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1169, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6773

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		杳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎo (yao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu², miu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: yǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˇ
    • Wade-Giles: yao³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeau
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jiu², miu⁵
    • Yale: yíu, míuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu², miu⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯³⁵/, /miːu̯¹³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (杳, reconstructed)
Character (杳), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 影 (34) Final: 蕭 Division: IV			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 烏皎切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ʔeuX/	/ʔieuX/	/ʔeuX/	/ʔeuX/	/ʔɛwX/	/ieuX/	/ʔeuX/

Old Chinese pronunciation (杳, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
杳					14728					杳					宵					2										/*ʔmeːwʔ/

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Japanese

Kanji

杳

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: よう (yō)
• Kun: はるか (haruka)

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Korean

Hanja

杳 (myo, yo) (hangeul 묘, 요, revised myo, yo, McCune-Reischauer myo, yo, Yale myo, yo)

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Vietnamese

Han character

杳 (yểu, diểu)

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