臊

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臊 U+81CA, 臊
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Translingual

Han character

臊 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 月口口木 (BRRD), four-corner 76294, composition ⿰⺼喿)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 996, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29955
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1447, character 20
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2116, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+81CA

Chinese

trad. 臊
simp. # 臊
alternative forms 𦞣

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 臊
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (喿) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
藻 *ʔsaːwʔ
澡 *ʔslaːwʔ
璪 *ʔsaːwʔ
繰 *ʔsaːwʔ, *saːw, *sʰaw
躁 *ʔsaːws
趮 *ʔsaːws
操 *sʰaːw, *sʰaːws
幧 *sʰaːw, *sʰaw
懆 *sʰaːwʔ
鄵 *sʰaːws
鐰 *zaːw, *sʰaw
臊 *saːw, *saːws
鱢 *saːw
燥 *saːwʔ, *saːws
噪 *saːws
髞 *saːws
喿 *saːws
譟 *saːws
劋 *ʔsawʔ, *ʔseːwʔ
橾 *soːwʔ, *srow

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *saːw, *saːws) : semantic 肉 (“meat; flesh”) + phonetic 喿 (OC *saːws)

Pronunciation 1

Note:
  • so/so͘ - literary;
  • chho - vernacular.
    Rime
    Character 臊
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 心 (16)
    Final (韻) 豪 (89)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) I
    Fanqie 蘇遭切
    Baxter saw
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/sɑu/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/sɑu/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/sɑu/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/saw/
    Li
    Rong         		/sɑu/
    Wang
    Li         		/sɑu/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/sɑu/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		sāo
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		sou1
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 臊
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		sāo
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ saw ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*ˁaw/
    English fat of swine or dog

    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 臊
    Reading # 1/2
    No. 16577
    Phonetic
    component         		喿
    Rime
    group         		宵
    Rime
    subdivision         		1
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		騷
    Old
    Chinese         		/*saːw/
    Notes 後通作騷

    Definitions

    臊

    1. having the smell like one of urine
      alt. forms: 騷／骚 (sāo)
    2. (Cantonese) rank taste and smell of meat, especially mutton

    Pronunciation 2

    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 臊
    Reading # 2/2
    No. 16586
    Phonetic
    component         		喿
    Rime
    group         		宵
    Rime
    subdivision         		1
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		喿
    Old
    Chinese         		/*saːws/
    Notes 手冊所列新分化字

    Definitions

    臊

    1. minced meat
    2. embarrassed
    3. to embarrass

    Compounds

    References

    Japanese

    Kanji

    臊

    (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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    Readings

    • On (unclassified): そう (sō)
    • Kun: あぶら (abura)

    Korean

    Hanja

    臊 • (jo) (hangeul 조, revised jo, McCune–Reischauer cho, Yale co)

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