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U+597C, 奼
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-597C

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 38, +3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 女竹心 (VHP), four-corner 42411, composition )

  1. beautiful
  2. colorful
  3. girl

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 255, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6051
  • Dae Jaweon: page 518, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1026, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+597C

Chinese

trad.
simp.
alternative forms

Glyph origin

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Initial () (10) (5) (9)
Final () (98) (23) (98)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () II I II
Fanqie
Baxter trhaeX tuH traeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʈʰˠaX/ /tuoH/ /ʈˠaH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʈʰᵚaX/ /tuoH/ /ʈᵚaH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȶʰaX/ /toH/ /ȶaH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʈʰaɨX/ /tɔH/ /ʈaɨH/
Li
Rong
/ȶʰaX/ /toH/ /ȶaH/
Wang
Li
/ȶʰaX/ /tuH/ /ȶaH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ȶʰaX/ /tuoH/ /ȶaH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
chǎ zhà
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
caa2 dou3 zaa3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
No. 16904 16905 16911
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ʔr'aːɡs/ /*hr'aːʔ/ /*ʔl'aːɡs/

Definitions

  1. (literary) beautiful; gorgeous; enchanting
  2. (archaic) young girl

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: (ta) (tsu)
  • Kan-on: (ta) (to)
  • Kun: おとめ (otome, )をとめ (wotome, , historical)ほこる (hokoru, 奼る)