髇

Translingual

Han character

髇 (Kangxi radical 188, 骨+10, 20 strokes, cangjie input 月月卜口月 (BBYRB), four-corner 6022₇, composition ⿰骨高)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1450, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45243
• Dae Jaweon: page 1976, character 39
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4416, character 15
• Unihan data for U+9AC7

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Chinese

trad.		髇
simp. #		髇
alternative forms		骹 髐／𱅮 𩩉

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
高	*kaːw
膏	*kaːw, *kaːws
篙	*kaːw
稿	*kaːwʔ
稾	*kaːwʔ, *kʰaːws
槁	*kaːwʔ, *kʰaːwʔ
縞	*kaːwʔ, *kaːws
暠	*kaːwʔ
槀	*kaːwʔ
藁	*kaːwʔ
燺	*kʰaːwʔ
薧	*kʰaːwʔ, *kʰaːws, *qʰaːw
犒	*kʰaːws
蒿	*qʰaːw
藃	*qʰaːws, *qʰraːw, *qʰraw
豪	*ɡaːw
毫	*ɡaːw
壕	*ɡaːw
濠	*ɡaːw
鎬	*ɡaːwʔ
滈	*ɡaːwʔ, *qʰraːwɢ
鄗	*ɡaːwʔ, *kʰraːw, *qʰaːwɢ
鰝	*ɡaːwʔ, *qʰaːwɢ
薃	*ɡaːwʔ
搞	*kruːʔ
敲	*kʰraːw, *kʰraːws
髇	*qʰraːw
嗃	*qʰraːw, *qʰraːws, *qʰaːwɢ
巐	*kʰl'awʔ
歊	*qʰraw, *qʰoːwɢ
謞	*qʰaːwɢ, *qʰraːwɢ
熇	*qʰaːwɢ, *qʰoːwɢ, *qʰoːɡ
碻	*kʰraːwɢ
塙	*kʰraːwɢ
毃	*kʰraːwɢ
翯	*qʰraːwɢ, *ɡraːwɢ, *ɡoːwɢ
瀥	*qʰraːwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰraːw) : semantic 骨 (“bone”) + phonetic 高 (OC *kaːw).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāo (xiao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haau¹ / hou¹

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• Mandarin
  • (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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: haau¹ / hou¹
    • Yale: hāau / hōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haau¹ / hou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hao¹ / hou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːu̯⁵⁵/, /hou̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: xaew

Rime
Character	髇
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	許交切
Baxter	xaew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hˠau/
Pan Wuyun	/hᵚau/
Shao Rongfen	/xau/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/haɨw/
Li Rong	/xau/
Wang Li	/xau/
Bernard Karlgren	/xau/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	haau1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰraːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	髇
Reading #	1/1
No.	3760
Phonetic component	高
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	虓
Old Chinese	/*qʰraːw/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 髇

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