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Translingual
Han character
窬 (Kangxi radical 116, 穴+9, 14 strokes, cangjie input 十金人一弓 (JCOMN), four-corner 30221, composition ⿱穴俞)
- hole in a wall
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 867, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25582
- Dae Jaweon: page 1295, character 23
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2735, character 11
- Unihan data for U+7AAC
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 褕
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*low, *lo
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| 偷
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*l̥ʰoː
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| 媮
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*l̥ʰoː, *lo
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| 鍮
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*l̥ʰoː
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| 緰
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*l'oː, *slo
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| 牏
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*l'oː, *l'os, *lo
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| 揄
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*l'oː, *l'oːʔ, *lu, *lo
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| 窬
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*l'oː, *l'oːs, *lo
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| 歈
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*l'oː, *lo
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| 俞
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*l̥ʰus, *lo
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| 隃
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*slo, *hljo, *hljos, *lo
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| 毹
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*sro
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| 輸
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*hljo, *hljos
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| 鄃
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*hljo, *lo
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| 腧
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*hljos
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| 逾
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*lo
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| 榆
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*lo
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| 愉
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*lo
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| 渝
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*lo
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| 瑜
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*lo
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| 蕍
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*lo
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| 覦
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*lo, *los
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| 蝓
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*lo
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| 踰
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*lo
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| 崳
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*lo
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| 羭
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*lo
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| 堬
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*lo
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| 瘉
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*lo, *loʔ
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| 萮
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*lo
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| 騟
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*lo
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| 愈
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*loʔ
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| 貐
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*loʔ
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| 喻
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*los
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| 諭
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*los
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Etymology
- hole in a wall
- Austroasiatic. Compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *luh (“hole”), whence Vietnamese lỗ, Khmer ធ្លុះ (thluh), etc. (Schuessler, 2007)
Pronunciation
| Rime
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| Character
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窬
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窬
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窬
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| Reading #
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1/3
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2/3
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3/3
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| Initial (聲)
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以 (36)
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定 (7)
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定 (7)
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| Final (韻)
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虞 (24)
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侯 (137)
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侯 (137)
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| Tone (調)
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Level (Ø)
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Level (Ø)
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Departing (H)
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| Openness (開合)
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Closed
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Open
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Open
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| Division (等)
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III
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I
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I
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| Fanqie
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羊朱切
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度侯切
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田候切
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| Baxter
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yu
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duw
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duwH
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| Reconstructions
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Zhengzhang
Shangfang
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/jɨo/
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/dəu/
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/dəuH/
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Pan
Wuyun
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/jio/
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/dəu/
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/dəuH/
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Shao
Rongfen
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/io/
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/dəu/
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/dəuH/
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Edwin
Pulleyblank
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/juə̆/
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/dəw/
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/dəwH/
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Li
Rong
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/io/
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/du/
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/duH/
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Wang
Li
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/jĭu/
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/dəu/
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/dəuH/
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Bernard
Karlgren
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/i̯u/
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/dʱə̯u/
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/dʱə̯uH/
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Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
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yú
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tóu
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dòu
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Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
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jyu4
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tau4
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dau6
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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窬
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窬
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窬
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| Reading #
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1/3
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2/3
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3/3
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| No.
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15837
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15840
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15864
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Phonetic
component
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俞
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俞
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俞
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Rime
group
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侯
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侯
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侯
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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0
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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頭
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逾
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Old
Chinese
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/*l'oː/
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/*l'oːs/
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/*lo/
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Definitions
窬
- (literary) hole in a wall
- (literary) to bore; to dig out
埏埴而為器，窬木而為舟，鑠鐵而為刃，鑄金而為鍾，因其可也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
埏埴而为器，窬木而为舟，铄铁而为刃，铸金而为钟，因其可也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: Huainanzi, 2nd century BCE
- Yán zhí ér wèi qì, yú mù ér wèi zhōu, shuò tiě ér wèi rèn, zhù jīn ér wèi zhōng, yīn qí kě yě.
- One moistens clay to make vessels, digs out wood to make boats, smelts iron to make blades, cast metal to make bells by making use of their potentials.
- (alt. form 踰／逾) to climb over (a wall)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
窬
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
- small door or window
- hole in the wall
- to cut through a wall
- dig or bore hole
Readings
Korean
Hanja
窬 • (yu) (hangeul 유, revised yu, McCune–Reischauer yu, Yale yu)
- wickets
- penetrate