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Translingual
Han character
僥 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+12, 14 strokes, cangjie input 人土土山 (OGGU), four-corner 24211, composition ⿰亻堯)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 117, character 10
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1113
- Dae Jaweon: page 248, character 16
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 216, character 12
- Unihan data for U+50E5
Chinese
Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 僥
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s05906
Transcribed ancient scripts L07629 L07630
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References:
Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:
- Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
- Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
- Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
- Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
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Old Chinese
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撓
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*hŋaːw, *rŋaːw, *rnaːwʔ
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鐃
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*rŋaːw
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譊
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*rŋaːw
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橈
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*rŋaːws, *ŋjew
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磽
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*ŋ̊ʰreːw, *ŋreːws, *ŋ̊ʰeːwʔ
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墝
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*ŋ̊ʰreːw
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穘
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*hŋreːw
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顤
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*hŋreːw, *ŋeːws
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燒
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*hŋjew, *hŋjaws
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饒
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*ŋjew, *ŋjaws
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蟯
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*ŋjew, *ʔŋew
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蕘
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*ŋjew
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襓
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*ŋjew
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繞
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*ŋjewʔ, *ŋjaws
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遶
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*ŋjewʔ
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嬈
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*njewʔ, *neːwʔ, *hŋeːws
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趬
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*ŋ̊ʰew, *ŋ̊ʰews
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蹺
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*ŋ̊ʰew
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翹
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*ɡew, *ɡews
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澆
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*ŋkeːw, *ŋeːws
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驍
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*ŋkeːw
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僥
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*kŋeːwʔ, *ŋeːw
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堯
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*ŋeːw
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垚
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*ŋeːw
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嶢
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*ŋeːw
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獟
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*ŋeːws
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膮
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*hŋeːw, *hŋeːwʔ
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嘵
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*hŋeːw
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憢
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*hŋeːw
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曉
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*hŋeːwʔ
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皢
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*hŋeːwʔ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *kŋeːwʔ, *ŋeːw) : semantic 人 (“man”) + phonetic 堯 (OC *ŋeːw).
Pronunciation 1
Note:
- hiau - vernacular;
- kiáu/kiau - literary.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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僥
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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jiǎo
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Middle Chinese
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‹ kewX ›
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Old Chinese
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/*ˁewʔ/
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English
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luck
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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僥
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Reading #
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1/2
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No.
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14687
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Phonetic component
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垚
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Rime group
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宵
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Rime subdivision
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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Old Chinese
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/*kŋeːwʔ/
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Notes
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僥倖見莊子
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Definitions
僥
- lucky
- by chance; by luck
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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僥
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Reading #
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2/2
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No.
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14691
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Phonetic component
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垚
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Rime group
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宵
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Rime subdivision
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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堯
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Old Chinese
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/*ŋeːw/
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Definitions
僥
- Only used in 僬僥/僬侥.
Pronunciation 3
Definitions
僥
- † fake
Japanese
Kanji
僥
(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form ⿰亻尭)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
僥 (eum 요 (yo))
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Vietnamese
Han character
僥: Hán Nôm readings: nhau, nghẹo
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