偓

Translingual

Han character

偓 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+9, 11 strokes, cangjie input 人尸一土 (OSMG), four-corner 2721₄, composition ⿰亻屋)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 110, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 853
• Dae Jaweon: page 236, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 198, character 1
• Unihan data for U+5053

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		偓

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 偓
Small seal script s05746
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

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

	Old Chinese
握	*qroːɡ
幄	*qroːɡ
偓	*qroːɡ
渥	*qroːɡ
齷	*qroːɡ
楃	*qroːɡ
喔	*qroːɡ
腛	*qroːɡ
媉	*qroːɡ
屋	*qoːɡ
剭	*qoːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wò (wo⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ak¹ / ngak¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wò
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wò
    • Wade–Giles: wo⁴
    • Yale: wò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woh
    • Palladius: во (vo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ak¹ / ngak¹
    • Yale: āk / ngāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ak⁷ / ngak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: eg¹ / ngeg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐk̚⁵/, /ŋɐk̚⁵/

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

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• Middle Chinese: 'aewk

Rime
Character	偓
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	覺 (10)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	於角切
Baxter	'aewk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠʌk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚɔk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɔk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔaɨwk̚/
Li Rong	/ʔɔk̚/
Wang Li	/ɔk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔɔk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yue
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ok3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qroːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	偓
Reading #	1/1
No.	13068
Phonetic component	屋
Rime group	屋
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	渥
Old Chinese	/*qroːɡ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 偓

1. Used in 偓促.
2. Used in 偓佺 (Wòquán).
3. a surname

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Japanese

Kanji

偓

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. fuss

Readings

• On (unclassified): あく (aku)
• Kun: かかはるさま (kakaharusama)

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Korean

Hanja

偓 • (ak) (hangeul 악, revised ak, McCune–Reischauer ak)

1. narrow-mindedness
2. wickedness
3. stubbornness
4. tenacity