懆懆

Chinese

		anxious; sad	anxious; sad
trad. (懆懆)		懆	懆
simp. #(懆懆)		懆	懆

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǎocǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˇ ㄘㄠˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎocǎo [Phonetic: cáocǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎocǎo
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻao³-tsʻao³
    • Yale: tsǎu-tsǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaotsao
    • Palladius: цаоцао (caocao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

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• Middle Chinese: tshawX tshawX

Rime
Character	懆
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	采老切
Baxter	tshawX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰɑuX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰɑuX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɑuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰawX/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰɑuX/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰɑuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰɑuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cou2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰaːwʔ  sʰaːwʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	懆
Reading #	1/1
No.	16573
Phonetic component	喿
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	草
Old Chinese	/*sʰaːwʔ/

Adjective

懆懆

1. (literary) worried; anxious; uneasy