孡

Translingual

Han character

孡 (Kangxi radical 39, 子+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 弓木戈口 (NDIR), composition ⿰子台)

1. (same as 胎) unborn child, embryo, fetus

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 278, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6962
• Dae Jaweon: page 547, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1015, character 3
• Unihan data for U+5B61

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		孡

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
胎	*l̥ʰɯː
台	*l̥ʰɯː, *l'ɯː, *l'ɯː, *lɯ
邰	*l̥ʰɯː
鮐	*l̥ʰɯː, *lɯ
孡	*l̥ʰɯː
苔	*l'ɯː
抬	*l'ɯː
駘	*l'ɯː, *l'ɯːʔ
炱	*l'ɯː
菭	*l'ɯː, *l'i
跆	*l'ɯː
殆	*l'ɯːʔ
怠	*l'ɯːʔ
迨	*l'ɯːʔ
紿	*l'ɯːʔ
詒	*l'ɯːʔ, *lɯ
軩	*l'ɯːʔ
咍	*hlɯː
佁	*lɯːʔ, *l̥ʰɯs, *lɯʔ
枲	*slɯʔ
辝	*ljɯ
鈶	*ljɯʔ
笞	*l̥ʰɯ
齝	*l̥ʰɯ, *hljɯ
眙	*l̥ʰɯs, *lɯ
治	*l'ɯ, *l'ɯs, *l'is
始	*hljɯʔ
怡	*lɯ
貽	*lɯ
飴	*lɯ
瓵	*lɯ
珆	*li

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tāi (tai¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): toi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tai
    • Wade–Giles: tʻai¹
    • Yale: tāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tai
    • Palladius: тай (taj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: toi¹
    • Yale: tōi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: toi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: toi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːi̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: thoj

Rime
Character	孡
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	土來切
Baxter	thoj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰəi/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰəj/
Li Rong	/tʰᴀi/
Wang Li	/tʰɒi/
Bernard Karlgren	/tʰɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tāi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	toi1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰɯː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	孡
Reading #	1/1
No.	12263
Phonetic component	台
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	胎
Old Chinese	/*l̥ʰɯː/
Notes	同胎

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 孡

1. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 胎 (tāi).

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Korean

Hanja

孡 • (tae) (hangeul 태, revised tae, McCune–Reischauer t'ae)

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