爻

§Translingual

Stroke order

§Etymology

Pictogram (象形): 乂 + 乂 – 2 stacked ‘X’ marks, indicating cuts or marks.Template:cn

Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Large seal script	Small seal script

§Han character

爻 (radical 89 爻+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 大大 (KK), four-corner 4040₀)

1. diagrams for divinationTemplate:cn

§References

• KangXi: page 690, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19737
• Dae Jaweon: page 1103, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 34, character 4
• Unihan data for U+723B

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§Chinese

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simp. and trad.		爻

§Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yáo (yao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaau⁴
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): ngâu
• Min Nan (POJ): ngâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: yáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˊ
    • Wade-Giles: yao²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yau
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaau⁴
    • Yale: ngàauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaau⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /ŋɑːu̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngâu
    • IPA (Siyen, including Miaoli): /ŋa̯u²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngâu
    • Tâi-lô: ngâu
    • IPA (Taipei): /ŋaʊ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ŋaʊ¹³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (爻, reconstructed)
Character (爻), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 匣 (33) Final: 肴 Division: II			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 胡茅切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ɦɣau/	/ɣau/	/ɣau/	/ɦɯau/	/ɦaɨw/	/ɣau/	/ɣau/

Old Chinese pronunciation (爻, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
爻								yáo								‹ hæw ›								/*N-kˤraw/								change; hexagram
爻								yáo								‹ hæw ›								/*N-kˤraw/								change; hexagram
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					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
爻					14649					爻					宵					1					肴					/*ɢraːw/

§References

• Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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§Japanese

§Kanji

爻

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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§Readings

• On: こう (kō)
• Kun: まじわる (majiwaru)

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§Korean

§Hanja

爻 (hyo) (hangeul 효, revised hyo, McCune-Reischauer hyo, Yale hyo)

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§Vietnamese

§Han character

爻 (hào, loài)

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