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Translingual
Han character
媼 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 女田人廿 (VWOT), four-corner 46417, composition ⿰女𥁕)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 268, character 19
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6588
- Dae Jaweon: page 535, character 38
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 2, page 1071, character 21
- Unihan data for U+5ABC
Chinese
Pronunciation
Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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媼
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
ǎo
|
Middle
Chinese
|
‹ ʔawX ›
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Old
Chinese
|
/*ʔˁuʔ/
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| English
|
old woman
|
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
|
媼
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| Reading #
|
1/1
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| No.
|
12967
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Phonetic
component
|
昷
|
Rime
group
|
幽
|
Rime
subdivision
|
1
|
Corresponding
MC rime
|
襖
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*quːʔ/
|
Definitions
媼
- (literary) old woman
- (literary) woman or mother god of earth
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
媼
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
媼 • (on, o, ol) (hangeul 온, 오, 올, revised on, o, ol, McCune–Reischauer on, o, ol, Yale on, o, ol)
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