橈

See also: 桡

Translingual

Traditional	橈
Shinjitai (extended)	𣓤
Simplified	桡

Han character

橈 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 木土土山 (DGGU), four-corner 4491₁, composition ⿰木堯)

1. bent or twisted piece of wood
2. radius (bone of the forearm)
3. paddle, oar

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 552, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15521
• Dae Jaweon: page 941, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1286, character 8
• Unihan data for U+6A48

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Chinese

trad.		橈
simp.		桡

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *rŋaːws, *ŋjew) : semantic 木 (“wood”) + phonetic 堯 (OC *ŋeːw).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): náo, ráo (nao², rao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄠˊ, ㄖㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naau⁴ / jiu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: náo
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: náo
    • Wade–Giles: nao²
    • Yale: náu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nau
    • Palladius: нао (nao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɑʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ráo
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ráo
    • Wade–Giles: jao²
    • Yale: ráu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rau
    • Palladius: жао (žao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: naau⁴ / jiu⁴
    • Yale: nàauh / yìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naau⁴ / jiu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: nao⁴ / yiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːu̯²¹/, /jiːu̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: nyew, nraewH

Rime
Character	橈	橈
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	日 (38)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	如招切	奴敎切
Baxter	nyew	nraewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiᴇu/	/ɳˠauH/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵiɛu/	/ɳᵚauH/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑjæu/	/nauH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵiaw/	/ɳaɨwH/
Li Rong	/ȵiɛu/	/nauH/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭɛu/	/nauH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯ɛu/	/nauH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ráo	nào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jiu4	naau6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[n]ˤrew-s/, /*[ŋ]ew/

  (Zhengzhang): /*rŋaːws/, /*ŋjew/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	橈	橈
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	náo	ráo
Middle Chinese	‹ nræwH ›	‹ nyew ›
Old Chinese	/*[n]ˁrew-s/	/*[ŋ]ew/ (< uvular?)
English	bent wood	oar
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	橈	橈
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	14660	14669
Phonetic component	垚	垚
Rime group	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	橈	饒
Old Chinese	/*rŋaːws/	/*ŋjew/

Definitions

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Japanese

Shinjitai	𣓤
Kyūjitai	橈

Kanji

橈

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𣓤)

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Readings

• Go-on: にょう (nyō)^{←ねう (neu, historical)}
• Kan-on: どう (dō)^{←だう (dau, historical)}; じょう (jō)^{←だう (dau, historical)}
• Kun: たわむ (tawamu, 橈む); かじ (kaji, 橈)

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Korean

Hanja

橈 (eum 요 (yo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

橈: Hán Nôm readings: nạo, nhiêu

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