杳

See also: 杲

Translingual

Han character

杳 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 木日 (DA), four-corner 4060₉, composition ⿱木日)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 513, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14501
• Dae Jaweon: page 901, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1169, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6773

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Chinese

trad.		杳
simp. #		杳

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 木 (“tree”) + 日 (“sun”) - dark. Compare 杲 (gǎo, “bright”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎo (yao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): miu⁵ / jiu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎo
    • Wade–Giles: yao³
    • Yale: yǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeau
    • Palladius: яо (jao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: miu⁵ / jiu²
    • Yale: míuh / yíu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: miu⁵ / jiu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: miu⁵ / yiu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːu̯¹³/, /jiːu̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'ewX

Rime
Character	杳
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	烏皎切
Baxter	'ewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔeuX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔeuX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔeuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔɛwX/
Li Rong	/ʔeuX/
Wang Li	/ieuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔieuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jiu2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔmeːwʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	杳
Reading #	1/1
No.	14728
Phonetic component	杳
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ʔmeːwʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 杳

1. dark, gloom
2. vast, extensive
3. disappeared

References

• “杳”, 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–

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Japanese

Kanji

杳

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: よう (yō)^{←えう (eu, historical)}
• Kan-on: よう (yō)^{←えう (eu, historical)}
• Kun: くらい (kurai, 杳い)、はるか (haruka, 杳か)

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Korean

Hanja

杳 • (myo, yo) (hangeul 묘, 요, revised myo, yo, McCune–Reischauer myo, yo, Yale myo, yo)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 杳 (diểu, yểu)

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