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Translingual
Han character
鼯 (Kangxi radical 208, 鼠+7, 20 strokes, cangjie input 竹女一一口 (HVMMR), four-corner 71761, composition ⿰鼠吾)
- flying squirrel
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1528, character 25
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48441
- Dae Jaweon: page 2065, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4775, character 9
- Unihan data for U+9F2F
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 吾
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*ŋraː, *ŋaː
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| 衙
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*ŋraː, *ŋa, *ŋaʔ
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| 鼯
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*ŋaː
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| 浯
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*ŋaː
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| 珸
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*ŋaː
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| 郚
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*ŋaː
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| 齬
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*ŋaː, *ŋa, *ŋaʔ
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| 鯃
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*ŋaː
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| 娪
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*ŋaː
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| 梧
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*ŋaː
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| 峿
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*ŋaː
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| 五
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*ŋaːʔ
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| 伍
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*ŋaːʔ
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| 寤
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*ŋaːs
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| 啎
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*ŋaːs
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| 晤
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*ŋaːs
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| 悟
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*ŋaːs
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| 逜
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*ŋaːs
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| 窹
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*ŋaːs
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| 捂
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*ŋaːs
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| 鋙
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*ŋa, *ŋaʔ
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| 語
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*ŋaʔ, *ŋas
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| 圄
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*ŋaʔ
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| 敔
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*ŋaʔ
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Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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鼯
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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13137
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Phonetic
component
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五
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Rime
group
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魚
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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吾
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Old
Chinese
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/*ŋaː/
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Definitions
鼯
- A flying squirrel (Petaurista leucogenys)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
鼯
(Hyōgai kanji)
- flying squirrel
Readings
Korean
Hanja
鼯 • (o) (hangeul 오, revised o, McCune–Reischauer o, Yale o)
- 날다람쥐: flying squirrel