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Translingual
Han character
窕 (Kangxi radical 116, 穴+6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 十金中一人 (JCLMO), four-corner 30113, composition ⿱穴兆)
- slender
- quiet and modest, charming
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 865, character 14
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25496
- Dae Jaweon: page 1293, character 19
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2729, character 9
- Unihan data for U+7A95
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 挑
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*l̥ʰaːw, *l̥ʰeːw, *l'eːwʔ
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| 洮
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*l̥ʰaːw, *l'aːw, *lew
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| 桃
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*l'aːw
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| 逃
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*l'aːw
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| 咷
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*l'aːw, *l̥ʰeːws
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| 鼗
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*l'aːw
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| 鞉
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*l'aːw
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| 駣
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*l'aːw, *l'aːwʔ, *l'aːws, *l'ewʔ
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| 𣂁
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*sl̥ʰew
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| 脁
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*l̥ʰews
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| 晁
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*l'ew
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| 兆
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*l'ewʔ
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| 旐
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*l'ewʔ
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| 狣
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*l'ewʔ
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| 鮡
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*l'ewʔ, *l'eːw
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| 垗
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*l'ewʔ
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| 姚
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*lew
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| 珧
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*lew
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| 銚
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*lew, *l̥ʰeːw, *l'eːws
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| 恌
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*lew, *l̥ʰeːw
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| 烑
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*lew
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| 餆
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*lew
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| 筄
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*lews
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| 艞
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*lews
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| 佻
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*l̥ʰeːw, *l'eːw
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| 祧
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*l̥ʰeːw
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| 朓
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*l̥ʰeːw, *l̥ʰeːwʔ
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| 庣
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*l̥ʰeːw
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| 趒
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*l̥ʰeːw, *l̥ʰeːws, *l'eːw
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| 聎
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*l̥ʰeːw
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| 眺
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*l̥ʰeːws
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| 覜
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*l̥ʰeːws
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| 頫
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*l̥ʰeːws, *poʔ
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| 絩
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*l̥ʰeːws
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| 跳
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*l̥ʰeːws, *l'eːw
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| 窕
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*l'eːwʔ
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| 誂
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*l'eːwʔ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l'eːwʔ) : semantic 穴 (“cave”) + phonetic 兆 (OC *l'ewʔ).
Etymology
Possibly cognate to 竅 (OC *kʰleːwɢs) (Schuessler, 2007)
Pronunciation 1
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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窕
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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tiǎo
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ dewX ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*lˁwʔ/
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| English
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窈窕 beautiful
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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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窕
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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16893
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Phonetic
component
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兆
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Rime
group
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宵
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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窕
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Old
Chinese
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/*l'eːwʔ/
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Definitions
窕
- Used in 窈窕 (yǎotiǎo).
- † to bore, to perforate
《說山》、《說林》者，所以竅窕穿鑿百事之壅遏，而通行貫扃萬物之窒塞者也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
《说山》、《说林》者，所以窍窕穿凿百事之壅遏，而通行贯扃万物之窒塞者也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: Huainanzi, 2nd century BCE
- “Shuōshān”, “shuōlín” zhě, suǒyǐ qiào tiǎo chuān záo bǎishì zhī yōng'è, ér tōng xíng guàn jiōng wànwù zhī zhìsài zhě yě.
- “A Mountain of Persuasions” and “A Forest of Persuasions” demonstrate how to skillfully and elegantly penetrate and bore open the blockages and obstructions of the hundred affairs and thoroughly and comprehensively penetrate and pierce the barriers and hindrances of the myriad things.
- gap; unfilled space
- unfilled
- false; superficial
- small
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
Definitions
窕
- Alternative form of 姚 (yáo)
Compounds
Pronunciation 3
Definitions
窕
- Alternative form of 佻
References
Japanese
Kanji
窕
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
窕 • (jo) (hangeul 조, revised jo, McCune–Reischauer cho, Yale co)
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