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Translingual
Han character
謠 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+10, 17 strokes, cangjie input 卜口月人山 (YRBOU), four-corner 07672, composition ⿰訁⿱𱼀缶 or ⿰訁䍃)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1176, character 7
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35832
- Dae Jaweon: page 1641, character 5
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 6, page 4007, character 13
- Unihan data for U+8B20
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 搖
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*lews, *lew
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| 遙
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*lew
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| 瑤
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*lew
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| 徭
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*lew
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| 鰩
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*lew
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| 媱
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*lew
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| 傜
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*lew
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| 颻
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*lew
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| 窰
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*luː
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| 愮
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*lew
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| 鷂
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*lew, *lews
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| 榣
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*lew
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| 嗂
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*lew
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| 猺
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*lew
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| 謠
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*lew
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| 鎐
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*ʔsloːwɢ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *lew) : semantic 言 + phonetic 䍃 ().
Pronunciation
Note:
- iao5 - Shantou;
- iou5 - Chaozhou.
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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謠
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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yáo
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ yew ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*law/
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| English
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sing; song
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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謠
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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14718
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Phonetic
component
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謠
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Rime
group
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宵
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Rime
subdivision
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3
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Corresponding
MC rime
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遙
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Old
Chinese
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/*lew/
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| Notes
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說文言上從肉會意徒歌，
通作謠，肉非聲
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Definitions
謠
- (alt. form 䚻, 繇, 猶／犹 (yóu)‡) to sing without instruments
- (alt. form 䚻, 繇) folk song; ballad
- fake circulating words; false rumour
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
謠
(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 謡)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
謠 (eumhun 노래 요 (norae yo))
- hanja form? of 요 (“a song”)
Compounds
Vietnamese
Han character
謠: Hán Nôm readings: dao
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