獟

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋeːws) : semantic 犬 (“beast”) + phonetic 堯 (OC *ŋeːw)

Han character

獟 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 大竹土土山 (KHGGU), four-corner 4421₁, composition ⿰犭堯)

1. valour

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 718, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20690
• Dae Jaweon: page 1130, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1367, character 8
• Unihan data for U+735F

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		獟

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 *ŋeːws) : semantic 犬 (“dog”) + phonetic 堯 (OC *ŋeːw)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yào, xiāo (yao⁴, xiao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˋ, ㄒㄧㄠ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yào
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yào
    • Wade–Giles: yao⁴
    • Yale: yàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yaw
    • Palladius: яо (jao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siao
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao¹
    • Yale: syāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiau
    • Palladius: сяо (sjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: ngewH

Rime
Character	獟
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	五弔切
Baxter	ngewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋeuH/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋeuH/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋeuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɛwH/
Li Rong	/ŋeuH/
Wang Li	/ŋieuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋieuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jiu6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋeːws/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	獟
Reading #	1/1
No.	14693
Phonetic component	垚
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	顤
Old Chinese	/*ŋeːws/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 獟

1. ^† violent; full of vigour
2. ^† mad dog

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Japanese

Kanji

獟

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ぎょう (gyō), ごう (gō), きょう (kyō)