搖

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See also: 揺 and 摇
搖 U+6416, 搖
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6416
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Translingual

Traditional 搖
Shinjitai 揺
Simplified 摇

Han character

搖 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 手月人山 (QBOU), four-corner 52072, composition ⿰扌⿱𱼀缶 or ⿰扌䍃)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 446, character 27
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12479
  • Dae Jaweon: page 797, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 3, page 1935, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+6416

Chinese

trad. 搖
simp. 摇
alternative forms 繇

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (謠) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
搖 *lews, *lew
遙 *lew
瑤 *lew
徭 *lew
鰩 *lew
媱 *lew
傜 *lew
颻 *lew
窰 *luː
愮 *lew
鷂 *lew, *lews
榣 *lew
嗂 *lew
猺 *lew
謠 *lew
鎐 *ʔsloːwɢ

Pronunciation

Note:
  • iâu - literary;
  • iô - vernacular.
Note:
  • iao5/iou5 - literary (iou5 - Chaozhou);
  • io5/iê5 - vernacular (iê5 - Chaozhou).
    • Dialectal data
    Variety Location 搖
    Mandarin Beijing /iɑu³⁵/
    Harbin /iau²⁴/
    Tianjin /iɑu⁴⁵/
    Jinan /iɔ⁴²/
    Qingdao /iɔ⁴²/
    Zhengzhou /iau⁴²/
    Xi'an /iau²⁴/
    Xining /iɔ²⁴/
    Yinchuan /iɔ⁵³/
    Lanzhou /iɔ⁵³/
    Ürümqi /iɔ⁵¹/
    Wuhan /iau²¹³/
    Chengdu /iau³¹/
    Guiyang /iao²¹/
    Kunming /iɔ³¹/
    Nanjing /iɔo²⁴/
    Hefei /iɔ⁵⁵/
    Jin Taiyuan /iau¹¹/
    Pingyao /iɔ¹³/
    Hohhot /iɔ³¹/
    Wu Shanghai /ɦiɔ²³/
    Suzhou /ɦiæ¹³/
    Hangzhou /ɦiɔ²¹³/
    Wenzhou /jiɛ³¹/
    Hui Shexian /iɔ⁴⁴/
    Tunxi /io⁴⁴/
    Xiang Changsha /iau¹³/
    Xiangtan /iaɯ¹²/
    Gan Nanchang /iɛu⁴⁵/
    Hakka Meixian /iau¹¹/
    Taoyuan /ieu¹¹/
    Cantonese Guangzhou /jiu²¹/
    Nanning /jiu²¹/
    Hong Kong /jiu²¹/
    Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /iau³⁵/
    /io³⁵/
    Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /ieu⁵³/
    Jian'ou (Northern Min) /iau³³/
    Shantou (Teochew) /iau⁵⁵/
    /io⁵⁵/
    Haikou (Hainanese) /zau³¹/
    /io³¹/
    Rime
    Character 搖
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 以 (36)
    Final (韻) 宵 (91)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 餘昭切
    Baxter yew
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/jiᴇu/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/jiɛu/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/jæu/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/jiaw/
    Li
    Rong         		/iɛu/
    Wang
    Li         		/jĭɛu/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/i̯ɛu/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		yáo
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		jiu4
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 搖
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		yáo
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ yew ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*law/
    English shake

    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.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 搖 搖
    Reading # 1/2 2/2
    No. 14703 14704
    Phonetic
    component         		謠 謠
    Rime
    group         		宵 宵
    Rime
    subdivision         		2 3
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		燿 遙
    Old
    Chinese         		/*lews/ /*lew/

    Definitions

    搖

    1. to wag; to swing; to wave
    2. to shake
    3. to scull

    Synonyms

    Compounds

    References

    Japanese

    Shinjitai

    		揺

    Kyūjitai

    		搖

    Kanji

    搖

    (“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 揺)

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    Readings

    Korean

    Etymology

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    Pronunciation

    Hanja

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    Wikisource

    搖 • (yo) (hangeul 요)

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    Vietnamese

    Han character

    搖: Hán Nôm readings: gieo, dao, diêu, vêu

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