皚

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See also: 皑
皚 U+769A, 皚
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-769A
← 皙
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 皛 →

Translingual

Han character

皚 (Kangxi radical 106, 白+10, 15 strokes, cangjie input 竹日山一廿 (HAUMT), four-corner 22618, composition ⿰白豈)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 788, character 35
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22765
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1203, character 24
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2650, character 19
  • Unihan data for U+769A

Chinese

trad. 皚
simp. 皑
alternative forms 凒

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 皚
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (豈) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
獃 *tŋɯː, *ŋɯː
剴 *kŋɯːl, *ŋɯːl
凱 *ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ
愷 *ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ
塏 *ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ
鎧 *ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ, *ŋ̊ʰɯːls
颽 *ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ
暟 *ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ
闓 *ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ, *ŋ̊ʰɯːls
豈 *ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ, *ŋ̊ʰɯlʔ
隑 *ɡɯːls, *ŋɯːl
皚 *ŋɯːl
嵦 *ŋɡɯːl
敳 *ŋɯːl
磑 *ŋɯːl, *ŋuːl, *ŋuːls
螘 *ŋralʔ, *ŋɯlʔ
覬 *krɯls
溰 *ŋɯl
顗 *ŋɯlʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋɯːl) : semantic 白 (“white”) + phonetic 豈 (OC *ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ, *ŋ̊ʰɯlʔ).

Pronunciation

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
Rime
Character 皚
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 咍 (41)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 五來切
Baxter ngoj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ŋʌi/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ŋəi/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ŋɒi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ŋəj/
Li
Rong 		/ŋᴀi/
Wang
Li 		/ŋɒi/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ŋɑ̆i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		ái
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ngoi4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 皚
Reading # 1/1
No. 10113
Phonetic
component 		豈
Rime
group 		微
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		皚
Old
Chinese 		/*ŋɯːl/

Definitions

皚

  1. pure white; snow white

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

皚

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. white

Readings

  • Go-on: がい (gai)
  • Kan-on: がい (gai)
  • Kun: しろい (shiroi, 皚い)、さむい (samui, 皚い)

Korean

Hanja

皚 • (ae) (hangeul 애, revised ae, McCune–Reischauer ae, Yale ya)

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Vietnamese

Han character

皚: Hán Nôm readings: ngai

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