嫯

Translingual

Han character

嫯 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 土大女 (GKV) or 手大女 (QKV), composition ⿱敖女)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 270, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6681
• Dae Jaweon: page 538, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1075, character 7
• Unihan data for U+5AEF

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Chinese

trad.		嫯
simp. #		嫯

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
熬	*ŋaːw, *qaːw
敖	*ŋaːw
嗷	*ŋaːw
螯	*ŋaːw
聱	*ŋaːw, *ŋraːw, *ŋrɯw
驁	*ŋaːw, *ŋaːws
鰲	*ŋaːw
遨	*ŋaːw
獒	*ŋaːw
滶	*ŋaːw
蔜	*ŋaːw
鷔	*ŋaːw, *ŋaːws
鼇	*ŋaːw
謷	*ŋaːw, *ŋaːws, *ŋraːw
嶅	*ŋaːw
嗸	*ŋaːw
摮	*ŋaːw
嫯	*ŋaːw, *ŋaːws
鏊	*ŋaːw, *ŋaːws
傲	*ŋaːws
磝	*ŋraːw

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ào (ao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngou⁶ / ou⁶

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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 / ou⁶
    • Yale: ngouh / ouh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngou⁶ / ou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngou⁶ / ou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋou̯²²/, /ou̯²²/

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: ngaw, ngawH

Rime
Character	嫯	嫯
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	五勞切	五到切
Baxter	ngaw	ngawH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɑu/	/ŋɑuH/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋɑu/	/ŋɑuH/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋɑu/	/ŋɑuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋaw/	/ŋawH/
Li Rong	/ŋɑu/	/ŋɑuH/
Wang Li	/ŋɑu/	/ŋɑuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋɑu/	/ŋɑuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	áo	ào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngou4	ngou6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaːw/, /*ŋaːws/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嫯	嫯
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	55	60
Phonetic component	敖	敖
Rime group	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	敖	傲
Old Chinese	/*ŋaːw/	/*ŋaːws/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 嫯

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References

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 95

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Korean

Hanja

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

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