獶

Translingual

Han character

獶 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+15, 18 strokes, cangjie input 大竹一月水 (KHMBE), four-corner 4124₇, composition ⿰犭憂)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 720, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20770
• Dae Jaweon: page 1132, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1375, character 9
• Unihan data for U+7376

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Chinese

trad.		獶
simp. #		獶

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
憂	*qu
優	*qu
瀀	*qu
櫌	*qu
鄾	*qu
嚘	*qu
耰	*qu
獶	*qu
纋	*qu
懮	*quʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qu) : semantic 犬 (“dog”) + phonetic 憂 (OC *qu).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): náo (nao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nou⁴ / naau⁴

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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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: nou⁴ / naau⁴
    • Yale: nòuh / nàauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nou⁴ / naau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: nou⁴ / nao⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nou̯²¹/, /naːu̯²¹/

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• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*nˤu/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	獶
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	náo
Middle Chinese	‹ naw ›
Old Chinese	/*nˁu/
English	a kind of monkey
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.

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 獶

1. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 猱 (náo, “macaque”).

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǎo (nao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄠˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nǎo
    • Wade–Giles: nao³
    • Yale: nǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nao
    • Palladius: нао (nao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɑʊ̯²¹⁴/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 獶

1. ^† (of a dog) frightened; scared

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yōu (you¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: you
    • Wade–Giles: yu¹
    • Yale: yōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iou
    • Palladius: ю (ju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'juw

Rime
Character	獶
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於求切
Baxter	'juw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔiu/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔuw/
Li Rong	/ʔiu/
Wang Li	/ĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yōu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jau1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qu/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	獶
Reading #	1/1
No.	15500
Phonetic component	憂
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	憂
Old Chinese	/*qu/
Notes	說文作獿

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 獶

1. Only used in 獶獀 (yōusōu).

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Japanese

Kanji

獶

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): にょう (nyō), どう (dō), のう (nō)