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Translingual
Han character
犩 (Kangxi radical 93, 牛+18, 22 strokes, cangjie input 竹戈竹手 (HIHQ), four-corner 26501, composition ⿱魏牛)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 705, character 16
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20218
- Dae Jaweon: page 1118, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1822, character 8
- Unihan data for U+72A9
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 謉
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*tkuːlʔ, *krul
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| 瑰
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*kuːl, *ɡuːl
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| 傀
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*kuːl, *kʰuːlʔ
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| 藱
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*kuːl
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| 魁
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*kʰuːl
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| 磈
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*kʰuːlʔ, *qulʔ
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| 塊
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*kʰuːls, *kʰruːds
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| 嵬
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*ŋɡuːl, *ŋɡuːlʔ
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| 隗
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*ŋɡuːlʔ
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| 槐
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*ɡuːl, *ɡruːl
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| 瘣
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*ɡuːlʔ
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| 廆
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*ɡuːlʔ
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| 溾
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*ɡuːlʔ, *qruːl
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| 螝
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*ɡuːls, *krul
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| 褢
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*ɡruːl
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| 騩
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*krul, *kruls, *kul
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| 愧
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*kruls
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| 媿
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*kruls
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| 聭
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*kruls
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| 餽
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*ɡruls
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| 鬼
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*kulʔ
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| 魏
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*ŋɡuls
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| 巍
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*ŋul
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| 犩
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*ŋul, *ŋuls
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋul, *ŋuls) : phonetic 魏 (OC *ŋɡuls) + semantic 牛 (“bull”).
Etymology
According to Schuessler (2007), 犩 (Later Han Chinese ŋuɨ) is the same etymon as 夔 (OC *grui ~ *gwrə) and was borrowed into Later Han Chinese from a Tibeto-Burman language, though ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lwa:j (“buffalo”).
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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犩
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犩
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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| No.
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4692
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4693
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Phonetic
component
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鬼
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鬼
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Rime
group
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微
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微
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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巍
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魏
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Old
Chinese
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/*ŋul/
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/*ŋuls/
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Definitions
犩
- † ancient wild cattle of southwest China, also known as 犪牛.
Zhuang
Noun
犩
- Sawndip form of vaiz