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Translingual
Han character
窈 (Kangxi radical 116, 穴+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 十金女戈尸 (JCVIS), four-corner 30727, composition ⿱穴幼)
- obscure, secluded
- refined
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 864, character 22
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25463
- Dae Jaweon: page 1292, character 20
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2727, character 7
- Unihan data for U+7A88
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 黝
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*qliw, *qrɯwʔ
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| 坳
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*qrɯːw, *qrɯːws
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| 軪
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*qrɯːw, *qrɯːws
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| 眑
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*qrɯːw, *qrɯwʔ
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| 拗
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*qrɯːwʔ, *qrɯːws
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| 鴢
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*qrɯːwʔ, *qɯːwʔ
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| 靿
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*qrɯːwʔ, *qrɯːws
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| 狕
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*qrɯːwʔ
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| 袎
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*qrɯːws
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| 怮
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*qɯːw, *qrɯw, *qrɯw, *qrɯwʔ
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| 窈
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*qiːwʔ
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| 苭
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*qɯːwʔ
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| 泑
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*qrɯw, *qrɯwʔ
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| 呦
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*qrɯw
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| 蚴
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*qrɯwʔ
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| 幼
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*qrɯws
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qiːwʔ) : semantic 穴 (“cave”) + phonetic 幼 (OC *qrɯws).
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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窈
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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yǎo
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ ʔewX ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ʔˁwʔ/
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| English
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ʔewX-dewX hidden; deep
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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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窈
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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15634
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Phonetic
component
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幼
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Rime
group
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幽
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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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/*qiːwʔ/
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Definitions
窈
- (literary) profound; far-reaching
- (literary) dim; gloomy
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
窈
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
窈 (eum 요 (yo))
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