墺

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墺 U+58BA, 墺
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-58BA
← 墹
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 墻 →

Translingual

Han character

墺 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 土竹月大 (GHBK), four-corner 47134, composition ⿰土奧)

Further reading

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 239, character 25
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5504
  • Dae Jaweon: page 479, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 492, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+58BA

Chinese

trad. 墺
simp. # 墺
alternative forms 圫 ancient

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (奧) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
襖 *quːʔ, *quːʔ
懊 *quːʔ, *quːɡs, *quɡ
燠 *quːʔ, *quːɡs, *quɡ
奧 *quːɡs
墺 *quːɡs, *quɡ
隩 *quːɡs, *quɡ
澳 *quːɡs, *quɡ
噢 *quʔ, *quɡ
薁 *quɡ
䉛 *quɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *quːɡs, *quɡ) : semantic 土 (“earth”) + phonetic 奧 (OC *quːɡs).

Pronunciation

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
Rime
Character 墺 墺
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 影 (34) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 豪 (89) 屋 (4)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I III
Fanqie 烏到切 於六切
Baxter 'awH 'juwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʔɑuH/ /ʔɨuk̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʔɑuH/ /ʔiuk̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʔɑuH/ /ʔiuk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʔawH/ /ʔuwk̚/
Li
Rong 		/ʔɑuH/ /ʔiuk̚/
Wang
Li 		/ɑuH/ /ĭuk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ʔɑuH/ /ʔi̯uk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		ào yu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ou3 juk1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 墺 墺
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 73 84
Phonetic
component 		奧 奧
Rime
group 		奧 覺
Rime
subdivision 		1 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		奥 郁
Old
Chinese 		/*quːɡs/ /*quɡ/

Definitions

墺

  1. (literary) place for residence
  2. (dialectal) flat land between mountains
  3. † bay land; bay strip

Japanese

Kanji

墺

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. land
  2. shore
  3. short form for Austria (墺太利)

Readings

Etymology

Kanji in this term
墺
おう
Hyōgai
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Affix

墺(おう) • (ō) 

  1. Short for オーストリア／墺太利 (Ōsutoria, “Austria (a country)”).

Korean

Hanja

墺 • (o, uk) (hangeul 오, 욱)

  1. four walls
  2. river side, where water meets land
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