枖

枖 U+6796, 枖 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6796 ← 枕 [U+6795] CJK Unified Ideographs 林 → [U+6797]

Translingual

Han character

枖 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 木竹大 (DHK), composition ⿰木夭)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 516, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14549
• Dae Jaweon: page 903, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1170, character 13
• Unihan data for U+6796

Chinese

simp. and trad.		枖

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
笑	*sqʰows
夭	*qoːwʔ, *qrow, *qrowʔ
镺	*qoːwʔ, *qoːws
芺	*qoːwʔ, *qrowʔ
妖	*qrow
祅	*qrow
枖	*qrow
訞	*qrow
殀	*qrowʔ
仸	*qrowʔ
妋	*pa, *qu
飫	*qos
沃	*qoːwɢ
鋈	*qoːwɢ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yāo (yao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yao
    • Wade–Giles: yao¹
    • Yale: yāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iau
    • Palladius: яо (jao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jiu¹
    • Yale: yīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jew

Rime
Character	枖
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	宵 (92)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於喬切
Baxter	'jew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠiᴇu/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚiɛu/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiæu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔiaw/
Li Rong	/ʔjɛu/
Wang Li	/ĭɛu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔi̯ɛu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jiu1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qrow/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	枖
Reading #	1/1
No.	14629
Phonetic component	夭
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	妖
Old Chinese	/*qrow/

Definitions

枖

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References

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 2), p. 126

Japanese

Kanji

枖

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): よう (yō)
• Kun: きがわかくさかんなさま (kigawakakusakannasama)