嘂

Translingual

Han character

嘂 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 口口女中口 (RRVLR), four-corner 6666₀, composition ⿲吕丩吕)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 204, character 39
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4166
• Dae Jaweon: page 427, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 676, character 13
• Unihan data for U+5602

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		嘂

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
艽	*krɯːw, *qʰrɯːw, *ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw
芁	*kriːw
荍	*ɡiw
叫	*kiːws
訆	*kiːws
嘂	*kiːws
收	*qʰljɯw, *qʰljɯws
糾	*kɯw, *krɯwʔ
朻	*kɯw, *krɯw, *krɯwʔ
丩	*kɯw, *krɯw
赳	*krɯw, *krɯwʔ
虬	*ɡrɯw
虯	*ɡrɯw
觓	*ɡrɯw

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kiːws) : semantic 㗊 + phonetic 丩 (OC *kɯw, *krɯw).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiào (jiao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): giu³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiào
    • Wade–Giles: chiao⁴
    • Yale: jyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiaw
    • Palladius: цзяо (czjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: giu³
    • Yale: giu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: giu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: giu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːu̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: kewH

Rime
Character	嘂
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	古弔切
Baxter	kewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/keuH/
Pan Wuyun	/keuH/
Shao Rongfen	/keuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɛwH/
Li Rong	/keuH/
Wang Li	/kieuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kieuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	giu3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kiːws/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嘂
Reading #	1/1
No.	6920
Phonetic component	丩
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	叫
Old Chinese	/*kiːws/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 嘂

1. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 叫 (jiào, “to shout”).
2. (music) ancient wind instrument similar to an ocarina

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Japanese

Kanji

嘂

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. yell, scream

Readings

• On (unclassified): きょう (kyō)
• Kun: さける (sakeru)

Usage notes

This character does not appear to be used at all in modern Japanese.

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Korean

Hanja

嘂 (eum 교 (gyo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

嘂: Hán Nôm readings: khiếu

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