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U+8E0A, 踊
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8E0A

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 157, +7, 14 strokes, cangjie input 口一弓戈月 (RMNIB), four-corner 67127, composition 𧾷)

  1. leap, jump, dance

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1227, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37587
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1699, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3711, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+8E0A

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *loŋʔ) : semantic 𧾷 (legs) + phonetic (OC *loŋʔ)

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“to jump upwards; to leap”).
(This character is the simplified and variant traditional form of ).
Notes:

Etymology 2

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (36)
Final () (7)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter yowngX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/jɨoŋX/
Pan
Wuyun
/jioŋX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ioŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/juawŋX/
Li
Rong
/ioŋX/
Wang
Li
/jĭwoŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/i̯woŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yǒng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jung5
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yǒng
Middle
Chinese
‹ yowngX ›
Old
Chinese
/*loŋʔ/
English leap

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 15452
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*loŋʔ/

Definitions

  1. to mount; to ascend
  2. (historical) shoes for people who have had part of their foot chopped off

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. to dance
  2. dance

Readings

Kanji in this term
よう
Grade: S
kan’on

Pronunciation

Affix

(よう) (

  1. to dance
  2. to jump about; to jump up