渥

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渥 U+6E25, 渥
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6E25
← 渤
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 渦 →

Translingual

Han character

渥 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水尸一土 (ESMG) or 難難水尸一 (XXESM), four-corner 37114, composition ⿰氵屋)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 634, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17770
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1041, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1689, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+6E25

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (屋) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
握 *qroːɡ
幄 *qroːɡ
偓 *qroːɡ
渥 *qroːɡ
齷 *qroːɡ
楃 *qroːɡ
喔 *qroːɡ
腛 *qroːɡ
媉 *qroːɡ
屋 *qoːɡ
剭 *qoːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qroːɡ) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 屋 (OC *qoːɡ).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.
 渥

Pronunciation

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
Rime
Character 渥
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 覺 (10)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 於角切
Baxter 'aewk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʔˠʌk̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʔᵚɔk̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʔɔk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʔaɨwk̚/
Li
Rong 		/ʔɔk̚/
Wang
Li 		/ɔk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ʔɔk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yue
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ok3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 渥
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		wò
Middle
Chinese 		‹ ʔæwk ›
Old
Chinese 		/*qˁrok/ (or *ʔˁrok ?)
English moisten, smear

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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 渥
Reading # 1/1
No. 13069
Phonetic
component 		屋
Rime
group 		屋
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		渥
Old
Chinese 		/*qroːɡ/

Definitions

渥

  1. (literary) to moisten; to soak
  2. (literary) deep; rich; strong; thick
  3. (archaic) glossy; dyed
  4. (literary) to enrich

Compounds

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.
 渥

Pronunciation

Definitions

渥

  1. (Hokkien) Alternative form of 沃

Japanese

Kanji

渥

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

  1. moisten, make moist
  2. kind, cordial
  3. glossy

Readings

  • Go-on: あく (aku)
  • Kan-on: あく (aku)
  • Kun: あつい (atsui, 渥い)

Korean

Hanja

渥 (eum 악 (ak))

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Vietnamese

Han character

渥: Hán Nôm readings: ốc

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