奡

奡 U+5961, 奡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5961 ← 奠 [U+5960] CJK Unified Ideographs 奢 → [U+5962]

Translingual

Han character

奡 (Kangxi radical 37, 大+9, 12 strokes, Cangjie input 一山大中中 (MUKLL), four-corner 1033₆, composition ⿱𦣻夰)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 253, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5962
• Dae Jaweon: page 514, character 32
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 26, character 13
• Unihan data for U+5961

Chinese

simp. and trad.		奡

Glyph origin

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

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 𦣻 (“head”) + 大 (“person”). Original meaning unclear, possibly an arrogant person with their head held high, in which case the original form of 傲 (OC *ŋaːws, “arrogant”).

Bottom component is now written 夰 (OC *kuːʔ, *ɡuːʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ào (ao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ào
    • Zhuyin: ㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ào
    • Wade–Giles: ao⁴
    • Yale: àu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aw
    • Palladius: ао (ao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ngou⁶
    • Yale: ngouh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋou̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: ngawH

Rime
Character	奡
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	五到切
Baxter	ngawH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɑuH/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋɑuH/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋɑuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋawH/
Li Rong	/ŋɑuH/
Wang Li	/ŋɑuH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋɑuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngou6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaːws/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	奡
Reading #	1/1
No.	87
Phonetic component	奡
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	傲
Old Chinese	/*ŋaːws/
Notes	同傲，非夰聲

Definitions

奡

1. (literary) alternative form of 傲 (“arrogant; haughty”)
2. (literary) strong; vigorous
3. A legendary strong man.

Compounds

• 排奡
• 排奡縱橫 / 排奡纵横
• 燾奡 / 焘奡 (dào'ào)

References

• “奡”, 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

奡

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): がう (gau)、ごう (gō)
• Kun: あなどる (anadoru)、つよい (tsuyoi)

Korean

Hanja

奡 (eum 어 (eo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

奡: Hán Nôm readings: ngáo, ngạo, ngoáo

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References

• Nom Foundation