獒

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獒 U+7352, 獒
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7352
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Translingual

Han character

獒 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+11 in traditional Chinese, 犬+10 in simplified Chinese, 14 strokes in traditional Chinese, 13 strokes in simplified Chinese, cangjie input 土大戈大 (GKIK) or 手大戈大 (QKIK), four-corner 58430, composition ⿱敖犬)

  1. mastiff
  2. large fierce dog

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 718, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20646
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1129, character 16
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1364, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+7352

Chinese

trad. 獒
simp. # 獒

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 獒
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (敖) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
熬 *ŋaːw, *qaːw
敖 *ŋaːw
嗷 *ŋaːw
螯 *ŋaːw
聱 *ŋaːw, *ŋraːw, *ŋrɯw
驁 *ŋaːw, *ŋaːws
鰲 *ŋaːw
遨 *ŋaːw
獒 *ŋaːw
滶 *ŋaːw
蔜 *ŋaːw
鷔 *ŋaːw, *ŋaːws
鼇 *ŋaːw
謷 *ŋaːw, *ŋaːws, *ŋraːw
嶅 *ŋaːw
嗸 *ŋaːw
摮 *ŋaːw
嫯 *ŋaːw, *ŋaːws
鏊 *ŋaːw, *ŋaːws
傲 *ŋaːws
磝 *ŋraːw

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 獒
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 豪 (89)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 五勞切
Baxter ngaw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ŋɑu/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ŋɑu/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ŋɑu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ŋaw/
Li
Rong 		/ŋɑu/
Wang
Li 		/ŋɑu/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ŋɑu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		áo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ngou4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 獒
Reading # 1/1
No. 46
Phonetic
component 		敖
Rime
group 		宵
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		敖
Old
Chinese 		/*ŋaːw/

Definitions

獒

  1. mastiff

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

獒

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): ごう (gō)
  • Kun: いぬ (inu)

Korean

Hanja

獒 • (o) (hangeul 오, revised o, McCune–Reischauer o, Yale o)

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