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Translingual
Han character
鄔 (Kangxi radical 163, 邑+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 竹火弓中 (HFNL), four-corner 27327, composition ⿰烏阝)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1275, character 28
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39570
- Dae Jaweon: page 1774, character 32
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3789, character 6
- Unihan data for U+9114
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 烏
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*qaː
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| 嗚
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*qaː
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| 鰞
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*qaː
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| 歍
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*qaː
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| 鎢
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*qaː
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| 瑦
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*qaː, *qaːʔ
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| 鄔
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*qaː, *qaːʔ, *qas
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| 螐
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*qaː
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| 隖
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*qaːʔ
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| 塢
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*qaːʔ, *qaːs
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| 溩
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*qaːʔ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qaː, *qaːʔ, *qas) : phonetic 烏 (OC *qaː) + semantic 邑 (“city; town”).
Pronunciation
| Rime
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| Character
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鄔
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鄔
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鄔
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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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影 (34)
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影 (34)
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影 (34)
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| Final (韻)
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模 (23)
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模 (23)
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魚 (22)
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| Tone (調)
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Level (Ø)
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Rising (X)
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Departing (H)
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| Openness (開合)
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Open
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Open
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Open
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| Division (等)
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I
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I
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III
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| Fanqie
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哀都切
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安古切
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依倨切
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| Baxter
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'u
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'uX
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'joH
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| Reconstructions
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Zhengzhang
Shangfang
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/ʔuo/
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/ʔuoX/
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/ʔɨʌH/
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Pan
Wuyun
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/ʔuo/
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/ʔuoX/
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/ʔiɔH/
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Shao
Rongfen
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/ʔo/
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/ʔoX/
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/ʔiɔH/
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Edwin
Pulleyblank
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/ʔɔ/
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/ʔɔX/
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/ʔɨə̆H/
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Li
Rong
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/ʔo/
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/ʔoX/
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/ʔiɔH/
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Wang
Li
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/u/
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/uX/
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/ĭoH/
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Bernhard
Karlgren
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/ʔuo/
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/ʔuoX/
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/ʔi̯woH/
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Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
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wū
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wǔ
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yù
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Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
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wu1
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wu2
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jyu3
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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鄔
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鄔
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鄔
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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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13083
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13087
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13091
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Phonetic
component
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烏
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烏
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烏
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Rime
group
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魚
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魚
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魚
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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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烏
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隖
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飫
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Old
Chinese
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/*qaː/
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/*qaːʔ/
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/*qas/
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Definitions
鄔
- used in place names
- 鄔陽／邬阳 ― Wūyáng ― Wuyang Township (in Hefeng, Enshi, Hubei, China)
- a surname
- transliteration of Sanskrit 'u'
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
鄔
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
鄔 • (o) (hangeul 오, revised o, McCune–Reischauer o, Yale o)
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