齷

See also: 𮯎 and 龌

齷 U+9F77, 齷 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9F77 ← 齶 [U+9F76] CJK Unified Ideographs 齸 → [U+9F78]

Translingual

Traditional	齷
Shinjitai (extended)	𮯎
Simplified	龌

Han character

齷 (Kangxi radical 211, 齒+9, 24 strokes, cangjie input 卜山尸一土 (YUSMG), four-corner 2771₄, composition ⿰齒屋)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1535, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48727
• Dae Jaweon: page 2074, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4798, character 10
• Unihan data for U+9F77

Chinese

trad.		齷
simp.		龌

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
握	*qroːɡ
幄	*qroːɡ
偓	*qroːɡ
渥	*qroːɡ
齷	*qroːɡ
楃	*qroːɡ
喔	*qroːɡ
腛	*qroːɡ
媉	*qroːɡ
屋	*qoːɡ
剭	*qoːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qroːɡ) : semantic 齒 (“teeth”) + phonetic 屋 (OC *qoːɡ)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wò (wo⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ak¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): ók

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wò
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wò
    • Wade–Giles: wo⁴
    • Yale: wò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woh
    • Palladius: во (vo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ak¹
    • Yale: āk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: eg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐk̚⁵/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ók
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ouʔ²⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: 'aewk

Rime
Character	齷
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	江 (10)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	於角切
Baxter	'aewk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠʌk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚɔk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɔk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔaɨwk̚/
Li Rong	/ʔɔk̚/
Wang Li	/ɔk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔɔk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yue
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ok3

Definitions

齷

1. Only used in 齷齪／龌龊 (wòchuò).

Compounds

• 卑鄙齷齪／卑鄙龌龊 (bēibǐwòchuò)
• 卑陋齷齪／卑陋龌龊
• 齷齪／龌龊 (wòchuò)
• 齷齱／龌𱌶 (wòchuò)

 

References

• “齷”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	𮯎
Kyūjitai	齷

Kanji

齷

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𮯎)

1. grating the teeth
2. fretful

Readings

• On (unclassified): あく (aku)
• Kun: こせつく (kosetsuku, 齷く)

Korean

Hanja

齷 • (ak) (hangeul 악, revised ak, McCune–Reischauer ak, Yale ak)

1. narrow, small
2. dirty