踽踽

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Chinese

hunchbacked; walk alone hunchbacked; walk alone
trad. (踽踽)
simp. #(踽踽)

Pronunciation


Note: The Xiandai Hanyu Guifan Cidian (现代汉语规范词典) proscribes the use of the pronunciation yǔyǔ for this word.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (29) (28)
Final () (24) (24)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter khjuX kjuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰɨoX/ /kɨoX/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰioX/ /kioX/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰioX/ /kioX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰuə̆X/ /kuə̆X/
Li
Rong
/kʰioX/ /kioX/
Wang
Li
/kʰĭuX/ /kĭuX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kʰi̯uX/ /ki̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
heoi2 geoi2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 15954 15959
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʷaʔ/ /*kʰʷaʔ/

Adjective

踽踽

  1. (literary) walking alone
  2. (literary, by extension) aloof
  3. (literary) walking slowly

Derived terms