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Translingual
Han character
羜 (Kangxi radical 123, 羊+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 廿手十一弓 (TQJMN), four-corner 83521, composition ⿰羊宁)
- lamb
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 952, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28467
- Dae Jaweon: page 1395, character 24
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3131, character 1
- Unihan data for U+7F9C
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 貯
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*taʔ
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| 詝
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*taʔ
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| 柠
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*tʰaʔ
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| 宁
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*da, *daʔ
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| 佇
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*daʔ
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| 竚
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*daʔ
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| 苧
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*daʔ
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| 紵
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*daʔ
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| 羜
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*daʔ
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| 眝
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*daʔ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *daʔ) : semantic 羊 (“sheep”) + phonetic 宁 (OC *da, *daʔ)
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ra (“goat”) (STEDT). Cognate with Tibetan ར (ra, “goat”), Pattani lá (“goat”), etc.
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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羜
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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17637
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Phonetic
component
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宁
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Rime
group
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魚
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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Old
Chinese
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/*daʔ/
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Definitions
羜
- (obsolete) five-month-old lamb
Japanese
Kanji
羜
(Hyōgai kanji)
- lamb
Readings
Korean
Hanja
羜 • (jeo) (hangeul 저, revised jeo, McCune–Reischauer chŏ, Yale ce)
- 새끼 양: lamb, lambkin