塢

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See also: 坞
塢 U+5862, 塢
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5862
← 塡
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 塣 →

Translingual

Han character

塢 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 土竹口火 (GHRF), four-corner 47127, composition ⿰土烏)

  1. entrenchment, bank, low wall

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 236, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5357
  • Dae Jaweon: page 474, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 472, character 14
  • Unihan data for U+5862

Chinese

trad. 塢
simp. 坞
alternative forms 隖／坞

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (烏) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
烏 *qaː
嗚 *qaː
鰞 *qaː
歍 *qaː
鎢 *qaː
瑦 *qaː, *qaːʔ
鄔 *qaː, *qaːʔ, *qas
螐 *qaː
隖 *qaːʔ
塢 *qaːʔ, *qaːs
溩 *qaːʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qaːʔ, *qaːs) : semantic 土 (“soil”) + phonetic 烏 (OC *qaː)

Pronunciation

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
Rime
Character 塢
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 模 (23)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 安古切
Baxter 'uX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʔuoX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʔuoX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʔoX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʔɔX/
Li
Rong 		/ʔoX/
Wang
Li 		/uX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ʔuoX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		wǔ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		wu2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 塢 塢
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 13086 13090
Phonetic
component 		烏 烏
Rime
group 		魚 魚
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		隖
Old
Chinese 		/*qaːʔ/ /*qaːs/
Notes 同隖見通俗文

Definitions

塢

  1. (literary) castle or obstruction that provides protection
  2. (literary) small market town
  3. hollow; place with elevated surroundings and a depressed center
  4. structure with high sides to keep the wind out (e.g. a dock)
    船塢／船坞  ―  chuánwù  ―  dock
    花塢／花坞  ―  huāwù  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

  • (village):

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

塢

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. Alternative form of 隖

Readings

References

Korean

Hanja

塢 • (o) (hangeul 오, revised o, McCune–Reischauer o)

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Vietnamese

Han character

塢: Hán Nôm readings: ổ, ọ, ủ, ụ

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