犰狳

Chinese

simp. and trad. (犰狳)		犰	狳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiúyú

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kau⁴ jyu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiúyú
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cióuyú
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiu²-yü²
    • Yale: chyóu-yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyouyu
    • Palladius: цююй (cjujuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵ y³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kau⁴ jyu⁴
    • Yale: kàuh yùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kau⁴ jy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: keo⁴ yu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐu̯²¹ jyː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: gjuw yo

Rime
Character	犰	狳
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	巨鳩切	以諸切
Baxter	gjuw	yo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨu/	/jɨʌ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡiu/	/jiɔ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiəu/	/iɔ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/guw/	/jɨə̆/
Li Rong	/ɡiu/	/iɔ/
Wang Li	/ɡĭəu/	/jĭo/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯ə̯u/	/i̯wo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiú	yú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kau4	jyu4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡu  la/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	犰	狳
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	6946	15803
Phonetic component	九	余
Rime group	幽	魚
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	𧚍	余
Old Chinese	/*ɡu/	/*la/
Notes	見山海經

Noun

犰狳

1. (Chinese mythology) a kind of animal in Chinese mythology (Classifier: 隻／只 m)
2. armadillo (Dasypus) (Classifier: 隻／只 m)