犰狳

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Chinese

simp. and trad.
(犰狳)
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Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (30) (36)
Final () (136) (22)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter gjuw yo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɡɨu/ /jɨʌ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɡiu/ /jiɔ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɡiəu/ /iɔ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/guw/ /jɨə̆/
Li
Rong
/ɡiu/ /iɔ/
Wang
Li
/ɡĭəu/ /jĭo/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/gi̯ə̯u/ /i̯wo/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qiú
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
kau4 jyu4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 6946 15803
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
𧚍
Old
Chinese
/*ɡu/ /*la/
Notes

Noun

犰狳

  1. (Chinese mythology) a kind of animal in Chinese mythology (Classifier: m)
  2. armadillo (Dasypus) (Classifier: m)