襖

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See also: 袄
襖 U+8956, 襖
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8956
← 襕
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 襗 →

Translingual

Han character

襖 (Kangxi radical 145, 衣+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 中竹月大 (LHBK), four-corner 37234, composition ⿰衤奧)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1125, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34629
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1592, character 27
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3115, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+8956

Chinese

trad. 襖
simp. 袄

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 襖
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (奧) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
襖 *quːʔ, *quːʔ
懊 *quːʔ, *quːɡs, *quɡ
燠 *quːʔ, *quːɡs, *quɡ
奧 *quːɡs
墺 *quːɡs, *quɡ
隩 *quːɡs, *quɡ
澳 *quːɡs, *quɡ
噢 *quʔ, *quɡ
薁 *quɡ
䉛 *quɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *quːʔ, *quːʔ) : semantic 衣 (“clothing”) + phonetic 奧 (OC *quːɡs).

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Compare Vietnamese áo and Khmer អាវ (ʼaaw)”

Pronunciation

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
Note:
  • áu - colloquial;
  • ó - literary.
Rime
Character 襖
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 豪 (89)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 烏晧切
Baxter 'awX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʔɑuX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʔɑuX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʔɑuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʔawX/
Li
Rong 		/ʔɑuX/
Wang
Li 		/ɑuX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ʔɑuX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		ǎo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ou2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 襖 襖
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 68 70
Phonetic
component 		奧 奧
Rime
group 		幽 幽
Rime
subdivision 		1 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		襖 襖
Old
Chinese 		/*quːʔ/ /*quːʔ/

Definitions

襖

  1. (Chinese-style) coat; jacket

Compounds

Descendants

  • →? Proto-Bahnaric: *ʔaːw (“shirt”)
    • Bahnar: ao (“shirt”)
  • →? Khmer: អាវ (ʼaaw)
  • →? Proto-Vietic: *ʔaːwʔ (“upper garment”)
    • Vietnamese: áo

Japanese

Kanji

襖

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

  1. opaque sliding door

Readings

  • On (unclassified): おう (ō)
  • Kun: あお (ao, 襖)、ふすま (fusuma, 襖)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
襖
ふすま
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

襖(ふすま) • (fusuma) 

  1. (architecture) fusuma, a sliding panel
See also

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
襖
あお
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

襖(あお) • (ao) 

  1. (archaic) narrow-sleeved round-collared robe with unstitched sides, worn as formal and court dress by military officials in the Nara period
  2. (archaic) padded over-robe worn in the winter by men and women
    Synonym: 襖子 (aoshi)
Derived terms

See also

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

襖: Hán Nôm readings: áo

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