嗷

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嗷 U+55F7, 嗷
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55F7
← 嗶
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 嗸 →

Translingual

Han character

嗷 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 口土尸大 (RGSK) or 口手尸大 (RQSK), four-corner 68040, composition ⿰口敖)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 204, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4142
  • Dae Jaweon: page 426, character 35
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 664, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+55F7

Chinese

trad. 嗷
simp. # 嗷
alternative forms 嗸

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 嗷
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (敖) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
熬 *ŋaːw, *qaːw
敖 *ŋaːw
嗷 *ŋaːw
螯 *ŋaːw
聱 *ŋaːw, *ŋraːw, *ŋrɯw
驁 *ŋaːw, *ŋaːws
鰲 *ŋaːw
遨 *ŋaːw
獒 *ŋaːw
滶 *ŋaːw
蔜 *ŋaːw
鷔 *ŋaːw, *ŋaːws
鼇 *ŋaːw
謷 *ŋaːw, *ŋaːws, *ŋraːw
嶅 *ŋaːw
嗸 *ŋaːw
摮 *ŋaːw
嫯 *ŋaːw, *ŋaːws
鏊 *ŋaːw, *ŋaːws
傲 *ŋaːws
磝 *ŋraːw

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋəw

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 嗷
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 豪 (89)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 五勞切
Baxter ngaw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ŋɑu/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ŋɑu/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ŋɑu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ŋaw/
Li
Rong 		/ŋɑu/
Wang
Li 		/ŋɑu/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ŋɑu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		áo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ngou4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 嗷
Reading # 1/1
No. 40
Phonetic
component 		敖
Rime
group 		宵
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		敖
Old
Chinese 		/*ŋaːw/
Notes 同嗸

Definitions

嗷

  1. (onomatopoeia) sound of wailing
  2. clamor

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

嗷

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): ごう (gō)
  • Kun: かまびすし (kamabisushi)

Korean

Hanja

嗷 • (o) (hangeul 오, revised o, McCune–Reischauer o)

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Vietnamese

Han character

嗷: Hán Nôm readings: ngao, ngào, ngoao

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