羔

Translingual

Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 羊 + 灬 – a caprid being cooked on a fire.

Han character

羔 (radical 123 羊+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 廿土火 (TGF), four-corner 8033₁, composition ⿱𦍌灬)

1. lamb, kid

Derived characters

• 羹 羮

References

• KangXi: page 951, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28447
• Dae Jaweon: page 1395, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3128, character 5
• Unihan data for U+7F94

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		羔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāo (gao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gou¹
• Min Nan (POJ): ko

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: gāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠ
    • Wade-Giles: kao¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gau
    • IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gou¹
    • Yale: gōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gou¹
    • IPA ^(key): /kou̯⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko
    • Tâi-lô: ko
    • IPA (Taipei): /kə⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kə³⁴/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (羔, reconstructed)
Character (羔), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 見 (28) Final: 豪 Division: I			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 古勞切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/kɑu/	/kɑu/	/kɑu/	/kɑu/	/kaw/	/kɑu/	/kɑu/

Old Chinese pronunciation (羔, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
羔					3721					羔					幽					1					髙					/*kluː/					甲文象烤小羊，非照聲

References

• (Min Nan) Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Japanese

Kanji

羔

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: こう (kō)
• Kun: こひつじ (kohitsuji)

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Korean

Hanja

羔 (go) (hangeul 고, revised go, McCune-Reischauer ko, Yale ko)

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