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U+9C32, 鰲
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9C32

[U+9C31]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+9C33]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

(Kangxi radical 195, +11, 22 strokes, cangjie input 土大弓田火 (GKNWF), four-corner 48336, composition )

References[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1476, character 27
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46416
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2008, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4704, character 16
  • Unihan data for U+9C32

Chinese[edit]

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alternative forms
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Glyph origin[edit]

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *ŋaːw): phonetic (OC *ŋaːw) + semantic (fish)

Etymology[edit]

Possibly a back-formation from 黿 (OC *ŋoːn, *ŋon, “large turtle”) with final -n discarded due to folk etymology (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation[edit]



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (31)
Final () (89)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter ngaw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋɑu/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋɑu/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋɑu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋaw/
Li
Rong
/ŋɑu/
Wang
Li
/ŋɑu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ŋɑu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
áo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ngou4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 44
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ŋaːw/
Notes

Definitions[edit]

  1. (Chinese mythology) large mythological sea turtle
  2. () Ao (a river in Zhejiang, China)

Synonyms[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. huge mythological sea turtle

Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

(eum (o))

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Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

: Hán Nôm readings: ngao

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