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Translingual
Han character
偠 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+9, 11 strokes, cangjie input 人一田女 (OMWV), four-corner 21244, composition ⿰亻要)
Further reading
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 111, character 5
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 869
- Dae Jaweon: page 237, character 5
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 187, character 3
- Unihan data for U+5060
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 腰
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*qew
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| 要
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*qew, *qews
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| 葽
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*qew, *qews, *qeːw, *qeːwʔ
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| 喓
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*qew
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| 闄
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*qewʔ
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| 偠
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*qeːwʔ
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| 騕
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*qeːwʔ
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| 婹
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*qeːwʔ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qeːwʔ) : semantic 亻 (“person”) + phonetic 要 (OC *qew, *qews).
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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偠
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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14755
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Phonetic
component
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要
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Rime
group
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宵
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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Old
Chinese
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/*qeːwʔ/
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| Notes
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見漢賦
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Definitions
偠
- Only used in compounds.
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
偠
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
偠 • (yo) (hangeul 요, revised yo, McCune–Reischauer yo)
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