窱

窱 U+7AB1, 窱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7AB1 ← 窰 [U+7AB0] CJK Unified Ideographs 窲 → [U+7AB2]

窱 U+FAAC, 窱 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FAAC ← 磌 [U+FAAB] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 節 → [U+FAAD]

Translingual

Han character

窱 (Kangxi radical 116, 穴+10, 15 strokes, cangjie input 十金人中木 (JCOLD), four-corner 3029₄, composition ⿱穴條)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 867, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25597
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2737, character 11
• Unihan data for U+7AB1

• Unihan data for U+FAAC

Chinese

trad.		窱
simp.		𰩏
alternative forms		𡩢

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
絛	*l̥ʰɯːw
窱	*ʔl'ɯːwʔ, *l̥ʰɯːws
蓧	*l̥ʰɯːw, *l'ɯːwɢ
條	*l'ɯːw
鋚	*l'ɯːw
鞗	*l'ɯːw
樤	*l'ɯːw
鰷	*l'ɯːw
莜	*l'ɯːws
翛	*slɯːw, *hljɯwɢ
筱	*slɯːwʔ
篠	*slɯːwʔ
修	*slɯw
脩	*slɯw
樇	*slɯw
滫	*slɯwʔ
悠	*lɯw
攸	*lɯw
浟	*lɯw
蓨	*l̥ʰɯːwɢ
滌	*l'ɯːwɢ
儵	*hljɯwɢ
倐	*hljɯwɢ
倏	*hljɯwɢ
虪	*hljɯwɢ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiǎo (tiao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tiu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiǎo
    • Wade–Giles: tʻiao³
    • Yale: tyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: teau
    • Palladius: тяо (tjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: tiu⁵
    • Yale: tíuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tiu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: tiu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːu̯¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: thewX, thewH

Rime
Character	窱	窱
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	透 (6)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	土了切	他弔切
Baxter	thewX	thewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰeuX/	/tʰeuH/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰeuX/	/tʰeuH/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰeuX/	/tʰeuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰɛwX/	/tʰɛwH/
Li Rong	/tʰeuX/	/tʰeuH/
Wang Li	/tʰieuX/	/tʰieuH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tʰieuX/	/tʰieuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tiǎo	tiào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tiu2	tiu3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔl'ɯːwʔ/, /*l̥ʰɯːws/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	窱	窱
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	15463	15465
Phonetic component	攸	攸
Rime group	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	朓	糶
Old Chinese	/*ʔl'ɯːwʔ/	/*l̥ʰɯːws/

Definitions

窱

1. Used in compounds.

Compounds

• 杳窱 / 杳𰩏 (yǎotiǎo)
• 䆗窱 / 䆗𰩏 (yǎotiǎo)
• 窈窱 / 窈𰩏 (yǎotiǎo)
• 窅窱 / 窅𰩏
• 窱裊 / 𰩏袅