幄

幄 U+5E44, 幄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5E44 ← 幃 [U+5E43] CJK Unified Ideographs 幅 → [U+5E45]

Translingual

Han character

幄 (Kangxi radical 50, 巾+9, 12 strokes, Cangjie input 中月尸一土 (LBSMG), four-corner 4721₄, composition ⿰巾屋)

1. tent
2. mosquito net

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 334, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8994
• Dae Jaweon: page 641, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 748, character 7
• Unihan data for U+5E44

Chinese

simp. and trad.		幄

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
握	*qroːɡ
幄	*qroːɡ
偓	*qroːɡ
渥	*qroːɡ
齷	*qroːɡ
楃	*qroːɡ
喔	*qroːɡ
腛	*qroːɡ
媉	*qroːɡ
屋	*qoːɡ
剭	*qoːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wò (wo⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ak¹ / ngak¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wò
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wò
    • Wade–Giles: wo⁴
    • Yale: wò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woh
    • Palladius: во (vo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ak¹ / ngak¹
    • Yale: āk / ngāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ak⁷ / ngak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: eg¹ / ngeg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐk̚⁵/, /ŋɐk̚⁵/

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: 'aewk

Rime
Character	幄
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	覺 (10)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	於角切
Baxter	'aewk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠʌk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚɔk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɔk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔaɨwk̚/
Li Rong	/ʔɔk̚/
Wang Li	/ɔk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔɔk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yue
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ok3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qroːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	幄
Reading #	1/1
No.	13067
Phonetic component	屋
Rime group	屋
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	渥
Old Chinese	/*qroːɡ/

Definitions

幄

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Compounds

• 坐籌帷幄 / 坐筹帷幄
• 密幄
• 帷幄 (wéiwò)
• 幃幄 / 帏幄
• 繖幄 / 伞幄
• 謀謨帷幄 / 谋谟帷幄
• 運籌帷幄 / 运筹帷幄 (yùnchóuwéiwò)

References

• “幄”, 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

幄

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: あく (aku)
• Kan-on: あく (aku)
• Kun: とばり (tobari, 幄)

Compounds

• 幄舎(あくしゃ) (akusha)
• 帷幄(いあく) (iaku)
• 帷幄上奏(いあくじょうそう) (iakujōsō)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
幄
とばり Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 幄 – see the following entry.

【帳とばり】3 [noun] curtain Alternative spellings 帷, 幌

(This term, 幄, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

• “^▲幄”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja

幄 (eum 악 (ak))

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Vietnamese

Han character

幄: Hán Nôm readings: ác

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References

• Nom Foundation