囮

Translingual

Han character

囮 (Kangxi radical 31, 囗+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 田人心 (WOP) or 難難田人心 (XXWOP), four-corner 6021₁, composition ⿴囗化)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 217, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4715
• Dae Jaweon: page 445, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 715, character 5
• Unihan data for U+56EE

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Chinese

trad.		囮
simp. #		囮

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 囮
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
訛	*ŋʷaːl
吪	*ŋʷaːl
鈋	*ŋʷaːl
囮	*lu, *ŋʷaːl
魤	*ŋʷaːl
靴	*hʷa
貨	*hŋʷaːls
花	*hʷraː
化	*hŋʷraːls
杹	*hŋʷraːls
匕	*pilʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *lu, *ŋʷaːl) : semantic 囗 (“to surround; to encircle”) + phonetic 化 (OC *hŋʷraːls)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): é (e²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngo⁴ / jau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: é
    • Zhuyin: ㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: é
    • Wade–Giles: o²
    • Yale: é
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: er
    • Palladius: э (e)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ngo⁴ / jau⁴
    • Yale: ngòh / yàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngo⁴ / jau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngo⁴ / yeo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔː²¹/, /jɐu̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: ngwa, yuw

Rime
Character	囮	囮
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	五禾切	以周切
Baxter	ngwa	yuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋuɑ/	/jɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋuɑ/	/jiu/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋuɑ/	/iəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋwa/	/juw/
Li Rong	/ŋuɑ/	/iu/
Wang Li	/ŋuɑ/	/jĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋuɑ/	/i̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wó	yóu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngo4	jau4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*lu/, /*ŋʷaːl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	囮	囮
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	2704	5322
Phonetic component	囮	化
Rime group	幽	歌
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	猷	訛
Old Chinese	/*lu/	/*ŋʷaːl/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 囮

1. bird used as decoy to attract other birds
2. to cheat; to deceive

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Japanese

Kanji

囮

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

• On (unclassified): か (ka); ゆう (yū)
• Kun: おとり (otori, 囮)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
囮
おとり Hyōgai
kun'yomi

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Noun

囮(おとり) • (otori) 

1. decoy

Synonyms

• デコイ

Derived terms

• 囮(おとり)捜(そう)査(さ) (otorisōsa, “sting”)

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Korean

Hanja

囮 (eum 와 (wa))

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Vietnamese

Han character

囮: Hán Việt readings: ngoa (吾(ngô)禾(hoà)切(thiết))

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