憢

憢 U+61A2, 憢 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-61A2 ← 憡 [U+61A1] CJK Unified Ideographs 憣 → [U+61A3]

Translingual

Han character

憢 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 心土土山 (PGGU), four-corner 9401₁, composition ⿰忄堯)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 403, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11236
• Dae Jaweon: page 743, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2352, character 8
• Unihan data for U+61A2

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
撓	*hŋaːw, *rŋaːw, *rnaːwʔ
鐃	*rŋaːw
譊	*rŋaːw
橈	*rŋaːws, *ŋjew
磽	*ŋ̊ʰreːw, *ŋreːws, *ŋ̊ʰeːwʔ
墝	*ŋ̊ʰreːw
穘	*hŋreːw
顤	*hŋreːw, *ŋeːws
燒	*hŋjew, *hŋjaws
饒	*ŋjew, *ŋjaws
蟯	*ŋjew, *ʔŋew
蕘	*ŋjew
襓	*ŋjew
繞	*ŋjewʔ, *ŋjaws
遶	*ŋjewʔ
嬈	*njewʔ, *neːwʔ, *hŋeːws
趬	*ŋ̊ʰew, *ŋ̊ʰews
蹺	*ŋ̊ʰew
翹	*ɡew, *ɡews
澆	*ŋkeːw, *ŋeːws
驍	*ŋkeːw
僥	*kŋeːwʔ, *ŋeːw
堯	*ŋeːw
垚	*ŋeːw
嶢	*ŋeːw
獟	*ŋeːws
膮	*hŋeːw, *hŋeːwʔ
嘵	*hŋeːw
憢	*hŋeːw
曉	*hŋeːwʔ
皢	*hŋeːwʔ

Etymology 1

trad.		憢
simp.		𢙒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāo (xiao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hiu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siao
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao¹
    • Yale: syāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiau
    • Palladius: сяо (sjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hiu¹
    • Yale: hīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hiu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hiu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːu̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: xew

Rime
Character	憢
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	許幺切
Baxter	xew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/heu/
Pan Wuyun	/heu/
Shao Rongfen	/xeu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɛw/
Li Rong	/xeu/
Wang Li	/xieu/
Bernard Karlgren	/xieu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hiu1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*hŋeːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	憢
Reading #	1/1
No.	14698
Phonetic component	垚
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	膮
Old Chinese	/*hŋeːw/

Definitions

憢

1. Alternative form of 嘵／哓 (xiāo, “to fear”)
2. ^† bold and powerful

Etymology 2

trad.		憢
simp.		𢙒

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): giâu

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: giâu
    • Tâi-lô: giâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: giaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡiau²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡiau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡiau¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡiau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡiau²³/

Definitions

憢

1. Only used in 憢疑／𢙒疑.

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 憢 – see 僥 (“fake”). (This character is a variant form of 僥).

Vietnamese

Han character

憢: Hán Nôm readings: nhau

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References

• Nom Foundation