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U+7A95, 窕
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7A95

[U+7A94]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+7A96]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

(Kangxi radical 116, +6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 十金中一人 (JCLMO), four-corner 30113, composition )

  1. slender
  2. quiet and modest, charming

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 865, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25496
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1293, character 19
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2729, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+7A95

Chinese[edit]

trad.
simp. #
alternative forms

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *l'eːwʔ) : semantic (cave) + phonetic (OC *l'ewʔ).

Etymology[edit]

Possibly cognate to (OC *kʰleːwɢs) (Schuessler, 2007)

Pronunciation 1[edit]



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (7)
Final () (93)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
Baxter dewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/deuX/
Pan
Wuyun
/deuX/
Shao
Rongfen
/deuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/dɛwX/
Li
Rong
/deuX/
Wang
Li
/dieuX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/dʱieuX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
diào
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
diu6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
tiǎo
Middle
Chinese
‹ dewX ›
Old
Chinese
/*lˁ[e]wʔ/
English 窈窕 beautiful

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 16893
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*l'eːwʔ/

Definitions[edit]

  1. Used in 窈窕 (yǎotiǎo).
  2. to bore, to perforate
  3. gap; unfilled space
  4. unfilled
  5. false; superficial
  6. small

Compounds[edit]

Pronunciation 2[edit]



Definitions[edit]

  1. Alternative form of (yáo)

Compounds[edit]

Pronunciation 3[edit]



Definitions[edit]

  1. Alternative form of

References[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

(jo) (hangeul , revised jo, McCune–Reischauer cho, Yale co)

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