鏖

鏖 U+93D6, 鏖 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-93D6 ← 鏕 [U+93D5] CJK Unified Ideographs 鏗 → [U+93D7]

Translingual

Han character

鏖 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+11, 19 strokes, cangjie input 戈心金 (IPC), four-corner 0010₉, composition ⿸鹿金)

Derived characters

• 𤓍

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1319, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40799
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4250, character 9
• Unihan data for U+93D6

Chinese

trad.		鏖
simp. #		鏖
alternative forms		鏕／𰾲 䥝／𰿁

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
鏖	*quː
𤏶	*quː
麀	*qɯw

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): áo (ao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ou¹ / ngou¹ / ngou⁴
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶ngau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: áo
    • Zhuyin: ㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: áo
    • Wade–Giles: ao²
    • Yale: áu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aur
    • Palladius: ао (ao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ou¹ / ngou¹ / ngou⁴
    • Yale: ōu / ngōu / ngòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ou¹ / ngou¹ / ngou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ou¹ / ngou¹ / ngou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ou̯⁵⁵/, /ŋou̯⁵⁵/, /ŋou̯²¹/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶ngau
    • MiniDict: ngau^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ngau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ŋɔ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: 'aw

Rime
Character	鏖
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	於刀切
Baxter	'aw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔaw/
Li Rong	/ʔɑu/
Wang Li	/ɑu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	āo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ou1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*quː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鏖
Reading #	1/1
No.	15490
Phonetic component	麀
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	𤏶
Old Chinese	/*quː/
Notes	同䥝漢書

Definitions

鏖

1. (literary) to fight to the end; to engage in a fierce battle
2. ^† fierce
3. ^† clamorous
4. (obsolete) kettle

Compounds

• 赤壁鏖兵
• 鏖兵 (áobīng)
• 鏖兵赤壁
• 鏖戰／鏖战 (áozhàn)
• 鏖糟

 

Etymology 2

Definitions

鏖 (Ningbonese)

1. unclean; unkempt
2. dust; waste; rubbish

References

• “鏖”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

鏖

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. massacre, annihilation, wholesale slaughter

Readings

• On (unclassified): おう (ō)
• Kun: みなごろし (minagoroshi, 鏖)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
鏖
みなごろし Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 鏖 – see the following entry.

【みなごろし】 [noun] massacre; slaughter Alternative spellings 皆殺し, 37564

(This term, 鏖, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

鏖 • (o) (hangeul 오, revised o, McCune–Reischauer o, Yale o)

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