熬

Translingual

Han character

熬 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 土大火 (GKF) or 手大火 (QKF) or 難手大火 (XQKF), four-corner 5833₄, composition ⿱敖灬)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 680, character 41
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19352
• Dae Jaweon: page 1092, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2226, character 4
• Unihan data for U+71AC

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 熬
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
熬	*ŋaːw, *qaːw
敖	*ŋaːw
嗷	*ŋaːw
螯	*ŋaːw
聱	*ŋaːw, *ŋraːw, *ŋrɯw
驁	*ŋaːw, *ŋaːws
鰲	*ŋaːw
遨	*ŋaːw
獒	*ŋaːw
滶	*ŋaːw
蔜	*ŋaːw
鷔	*ŋaːw, *ŋaːws
鼇	*ŋaːw
謷	*ŋaːw, *ŋaːws, *ŋraːw
嶅	*ŋaːw
嗸	*ŋaːw
摮	*ŋaːw
嫯	*ŋaːw, *ŋaːws
鏊	*ŋaːw, *ŋaːws
傲	*ŋaːws
磝	*ŋraːw

Pronunciation 1

trad.		熬
simp. #		熬

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): áo (ao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngou⁴ / ngaau⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ngâu / gô / gô͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ngao⁵ / hao⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: áo
    • Zhuyin: ㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: áo
    • Wade–Giles: ao²
    • Yale: áu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aur
    • Palladius: ао (ao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ngou⁴ / ngaau⁴
    • Yale: ngòuh / ngàauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngou⁴ / ngaau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngou⁴ / ngao⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋou̯²¹/, /ŋaːu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngâu
    • Tâi-lô: ngâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ngaau
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /ŋãu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋãu²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ŋãu¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gô
    • Tâi-lô: gô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gooi
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /ɡo²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡɤ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡo¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gô͘
    • Tâi-lô: gôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡɔ²⁴/

Note:

• ngâu - vernacular;
• gô/gô͘ - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: ngao⁵ / hao⁵
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngâu / hâu
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋau⁵⁵/, /hau⁵⁵/

Note: hao5 - in 熬夜.

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• Middle Chinese: ngaw

Rime
Character	熬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	五勞切
Baxter	ngaw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋaw/
Li Rong	/ŋɑu/
Wang Li	/ŋɑu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	áo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngou4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ŋˤaw/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaːw/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	熬
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	áo
Middle Chinese	‹ ngaw ›
Old Chinese	/*ŋˁaw/
English	fry, roast (v.)
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	熬
Reading #	1/2
No.	38
Phonetic component	敖
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	敖
Old Chinese	/*ŋaːw/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 熬

1. to cook something on slow fire; to extract something using heat
2. (figurative) to endure

Pronunciation 2

trad.		熬
simp. #		熬
alternative forms		爊 𤏶

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): āo (ao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄠ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: āo
    • Zhuyin: ㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ao
    • Wade–Giles: ao¹
    • Yale: āu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: au
    • Palladius: ао (ao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qaːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	熬
Reading #	2/2
No.	57
Phonetic component	敖
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	𤏶
Old Chinese	/*qaːw/
Notes	𤏶今字

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 熬

1. to boil; to simmer; to stew

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

熬

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. parch
2. roast

Readings

• Go-on: ごう (gō)
• Kan-on: ごう (gō)
• Kun: いる (iru, 熬る)

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Korean

Hanja

熬 (eum 오 (o))

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Vietnamese

Han character

熬: Hán Nôm readings: ngao

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