嶅

Translingual

Han character

嶅 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 土大山 (GKU) or 手大山 (QKU), composition ⿱敖山)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 318, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8414
• Dae Jaweon: page 619, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 792, character 20
• Unihan data for U+5D85

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Chinese

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋaːw) : phonetic 敖 (OC *ŋaːw) + semantic 山 (“mountain”).

Etymology 1

trad.		嶅
simp. #		嶅

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): áo (ao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngou⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): gô / ngô͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ngao⁵

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶ngau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: áo
    • Zhuyin: ㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: áo
    • Wade–Giles: ao²
    • Yale: áu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aur
    • Palladius: ао (ao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ngou⁴
    • Yale: ngòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋou̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gô
    • Tâi-lô: gô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gooi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡo¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡo²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngô͘
    • Tâi-lô: ngôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ngoo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ŋɔ̃²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ngao⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngâu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋau⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶ngau
    • MiniDict: ngau^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ngau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ŋɔ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: ngaw

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

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嶅
Reading #	1/1
No.	52
Phonetic component	敖
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	敖
Old Chinese	/*ŋaːw/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 嶅

1. ^‡ (of a mountain) full of small stones
2. (～山) Name of a mountain in Guangdong.

Etymology 2

trad.		嶅
simp. #		嶅

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ào (ao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄠˋ

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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/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 嶅

1. ^‡ (of a mountain) high

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Zhuang

Noun

嶅

1. Sawndip form of ngaux