塢

See also: 坞

Translingual

Han character

塢 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 土竹口火 (GHRF), four-corner 4712₇, composition ⿰土烏)

1. entrenchment, bank, low wall

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 236, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5357
• Dae Jaweon: page 474, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 472, character 14
• Unihan data for U+5862

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Chinese

trad.		塢
simp.		坞
alternative forms		隖／坞

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
烏	*qaː
嗚	*qaː
鰞	*qaː
歍	*qaː
鎢	*qaː
瑦	*qaː, *qaːʔ
鄔	*qaː, *qaːʔ, *qas
螐	*qaː
隖	*qaːʔ
塢	*qaːʔ, *qaːs
溩	*qaːʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qaːʔ, *qaːs) : semantic 土 (“soil”) + phonetic 烏 (OC *qaː)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wù (wu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu² / ou³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ù

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wù
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wù
    • Wade–Giles: wu⁴
    • Yale: wù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuh
    • Palladius: у (u)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wu² / ou³
    • Yale: wú / ou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu² / ou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu² / ou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː³⁵/, /ou̯³³/

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

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ù
    • Tâi-lô: ù
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /u²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /u⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /u²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /u¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /u²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: 'uX

Rime
Character	塢
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	安古切
Baxter	'uX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔuoX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔuoX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔoX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔɔX/
Li Rong	/ʔoX/
Wang Li	/uX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔuoX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wu2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qaːʔ/, /*qaːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	塢	塢
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	13086	13090
Phonetic component	烏	烏
Rime group	魚	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	隖
Old Chinese	/*qaːʔ/	/*qaːs/
Notes	同隖見通俗文

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 塢

1. A castle or obstruction that provides protection.
2. A place with elevated surroundings and a depressed center.
3. A village; a hamlet.

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00803

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Japanese

Kanji

塢

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. Alternative form of 隖

Readings

• On (unclassified): お (o), う (u)
• Kun: とりで (toride), むら (mura)

References

• Family Register Unified Characters (戸籍統一文字) 061210

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Korean

Hanja

塢 • (o) (hangeul 오, revised o, McCune–Reischauer o)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 塢 (ổ, ọ, ủ, ụ)

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