窅

窅 U+7A85, 窅 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7A85 ← 窄 [U+7A84] CJK Unified Ideographs 窆 → [U+7A86]

Translingual

Han character

窅 (Kangxi radical 116, 穴+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 十金月山 (JCBU), four-corner 3060₈, composition ⿱穴目)

1. far, deep
2. sunken eyes
3. sad

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 864, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25458
• Dae Jaweon: page 1292, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2725, character 12
• Unihan data for U+7A85

Chinese

trad.		窅
simp. #		窅
alternative forms		𥄀 𥃧 眑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎo (yao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎo
    • Wade–Giles: yao³
    • Yale: yǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeau
    • Palladius: яо (jao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jiu²
    • Yale: yíu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'aew, 'ewX

Rime
Character	窅	窅
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	IV
Fanqie	於交切	烏皎切
Baxter	'aew	'ewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠau/	/ʔeuX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚau/	/ʔeuX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔau/	/ʔeuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔaɨw/	/ʔɛwX/
Li Rong	/ʔau/	/ʔeuX/
Wang Li	/au/	/ieuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔau/	/ʔieuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yāo	yǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	aau1	jiu2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔmreːw/, /*ʔmeːwʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	窅	窅
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	14729	14730
Phonetic component	窅	窅
Rime group	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	䫜
Old Chinese	/*ʔmreːw/	/*ʔmeːwʔ/

Definitions

窅

1. (literary, of eyes) sunken; deep
2. (literary) obscured; hidden
3. (literary) far; remote; secluded
4. (literary) profound; deep
5. Alternative form of 杳 (yǎo)

Compounds

• 窅不可測／窅不可测
• 窅冥
• 窅然
• 窅眇
• 窅窅
• 窅窕
• 窅窱／窅𰩏
• 窅靄／窅霭

 

Japanese

Kanji

窅

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): よう (yō); おう (ō); べん (ben); めん (men)

Korean

Hanja

窅 • (yo) (hangeul 요, revised yo, McCune–Reischauer yo, Yale yo)

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