犏

犏 U+728F, 犏 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-728F ← 犎 [U+728E] CJK Unified Ideographs 犐 → [U+7290]

Translingual

Han character

犏 (Kangxi radical 93, 牛+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 竹手戈尸月 (HQISB), composition ⿰牜扁)

1. yak-ox

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 703, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20091
• Dae Jaweon: page 1116, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1816, character 14
• Unihan data for U+728F

Chinese

simp. and trad.		犏

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 牛 (“cow”) + phonetic 扁 (OC *pʰen, *benʔ, *peːnʔ, *beːnʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): piān (pian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: piān
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pian
    • Wade–Giles: pʻien¹
    • Yale: pyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pian
    • Palladius: пянь (pjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

Definitions

犏

1. dzo

   • 牦牛與黃牛合，則生犏牛。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     牦牛与黄牛合，则生犏牛。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: 15th century CE, 葉盛 (Yèshèng), 水東日記 Diary from East of the River

     Máoniú yǔ huángniú hé, zé shēng piānniú. [Pinyin]

     When a yak cow mates with a yellow bull, they shall give birth to a dzo.