坳

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坳 U+5773, 坳
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5773
← 坲
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 坴 →

Translingual

Han character

坳 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 土女戈尸 (GVIS), four-corner 44127, composition ⿰土幼)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 226, character 33
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4988
  • Dae Jaweon: page 462, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 436, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+5773

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 坳
alternative forms 㘭
垇

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (幼) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
黝 *qliw, *qrɯwʔ
坳 *qrɯːw, *qrɯːws
軪 *qrɯːw, *qrɯːws
眑 *qrɯːw, *qrɯwʔ
拗 *qrɯːwʔ, *qrɯːws
鴢 *qrɯːwʔ, *qɯːwʔ
靿 *qrɯːwʔ, *qrɯːws
狕 *qrɯːwʔ
袎 *qrɯːws
怮 *qɯːw, *qrɯw, *qrɯw, *qrɯwʔ
窈 *qiːwʔ
苭 *qɯːwʔ
泑 *qrɯw, *qrɯwʔ
呦 *qrɯw
蚴 *qrɯwʔ
幼 *qrɯws

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qrɯːw, *qrɯːws) : semantic 土 (“earth”) + phonetic 幼 (OC *qrɯws).

Pronunciation

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
Rime
Character 坳
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 肴 (90)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 於交切
Baxter 'aew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʔˠau/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʔᵚau/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʔau/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʔaɨw/
Li
Rong 		/ʔau/
Wang
Li 		/au/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ʔau/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yāo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		aau1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 坳 坳
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 15621 15632
Phonetic
component 		幼 幼
Rime
group 		幽 幽
Rime
subdivision 		2 2
Corresponding
MC rime 		䫜 靿
Old
Chinese 		/*qrɯːw/ /*qrɯːws/

Definitions

坳

  1. flat land between mountains; col
  2. a hollow in the ground; a cavity; depression

Usage notes

Synonyms

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

坳

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): おう (ō)←あう (au, historical)、よう (yō)←えう (eu, historical)
  • Kun: くぼみ (kubomi)

Korean

Hanja

坳 • (yo) (hangeul 요, revised yo, McCune–Reischauer yo)

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Vietnamese

Han character

坳: Hán Nôm readings: ao

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References

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