淆

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淆 U+6DC6, 淆
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6DC6
← 淅
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 淇 →

Translingual

Han character

淆 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水大大月 (EKKB), four-corner 34127, composition ⿰氵肴)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 629, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17619
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1031, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1654, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+6DC6

Chinese

trad. 淆
simp. # 淆

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (爻) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
崤 *ɢaːw, *ɢraːw
郩 *qaːwʔ
敎 *kraːw, *kraːws
較 *kreːwɢs, *kreːwɢ
肴 *ɢraːw
淆 *ɢraːw
倄 *ɢraːw, *ɢʷɯːʔ
爻 *ɢraːw
餚 *ɢraːw
殽 *ɢraːw
笅 *ɢraːw
駁 *praːwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɢraːw) : semantic 水 + phonetic 肴 (OC *ɢraːw).

Etymology

An endopassive derivative of 交 (OC *kreːw), with initial voicing (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • gâu/ngâu - vernacular (俗);
  • hâu - literary.
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 淆
Mandarin Beijing /ɕiɑu³⁵/
/iɑu³⁵/
Harbin /iau²¹³/
/ʐau²¹³/
Tianjin /iɑu⁴⁵/
/ɕiɑu⁴⁵/
Jinan /iɔ⁴²/
Qingdao /ɕiɔ⁴²/
Zhengzhou /iau⁴²/
Xi'an /niau²⁴/
Xining /ɕiɔ⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /iɔ⁵³/
Lanzhou /ɕiɔ⁵³/
Ürümqi /ɕiɔ⁵¹/
Wuhan /ɕiau⁵⁵/
Chengdu /ɕiau³¹/
Guiyang /ɕiao²¹/
Kunming /ɕiɔ³¹/
Nanjing /ɕiɔo²⁴/
Hefei /ɕiɔ⁵⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /iau¹¹/
Pingyao
Hohhot /iɔ³¹/
Wu Shanghai /ɕiɔ³⁵/
/ɦiɔ²³/
Suzhou /ɦiæ¹³/
Hangzhou /ɦiɔ²¹³/
Wenzhou /ɦuɔ³¹/
Hui Shexian /ɕiɔ³⁵/
Tunxi
Xiang Changsha /ɕiau¹³/
Xiangtan /ɕiaɯ¹²/
Gan Nanchang
Hakka Meixian /ŋau¹¹/
Taoyuan /hɑu¹¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /ŋau²¹/
Nanning /ŋau²¹/
Hong Kong /ŋau²¹/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /hau³⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /ŋau⁵³/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /ŋau²¹/
Shantou (Teochew) /ŋaũ⁵⁵/
Haikou (Hainanese) /hiau²³/
Rime
Character 淆
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 肴 (90)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 胡茅切
Baxter haew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɦˠau/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɦᵚau/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɣau/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɦaɨw/
Li
Rong 		/ɣau/
Wang
Li 		/ɣau/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ɣau/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		xiáo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		haau4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 淆
Reading # 1/1
No. 14646
Phonetic
component 		爻
Rime
group 		宵
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		肴
Old
Chinese 		/*ɢraːw/

Definitions

淆

  1. confused; in disarray; mixed up
  2. (Cantonese) Short for 淆底.

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

淆

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: ぎょう (gyō)←げう (geu, historical)
  • Kan-on: こう (kō)←かう (kau, historical)
  • Kun: まじる (majiru, 淆じる)

Korean

Hanja

淆 (eum 효 (hyo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

淆: Hán Nôm readings: hào

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