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See also:
U+579A, 垚
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-579A

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 32, +6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 土土土 (GGG), four-corner 40114, composition ⿰土土)

  1. mound, roundish mass

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 228, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5047
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 437, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+579A

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Triplication of (“earth; dirt”).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (31)
Final () (93)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
Baxter ngew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋeu/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋeu/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋeu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋɛw/
Li
Rong
/ŋeu/
Wang
Li
/ŋieu/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ŋieu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yáo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jiu4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 14690
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ŋeːw/

Definitions

  1. (of masses of earth) tall

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“lofty; high; Emperor Yao, legendary ruler of ancient China; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of ).

References

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): げう (geu)

Korean

Hanja

(yo) (hangeul , revised yo, McCune–Reischauer yo, Yale yo)

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