䴠

䴠

䴠 U+4D20, 䴠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4D20 ← 䴟 [U+4D1F] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A 䴡 → [U+4D21]

Translingual

Han character

䴠 (radical 198, 鹿+4, 15 strokes, cangjie input 戈心竹大 (IPHK), composition ⿸鹿夭)

References

• KangXi: page 1509, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4728, character 10
• Unihan data for U+4D20

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		䴠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎo (yao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ou², jiu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˇ
    • Wade–Giles: yao³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeau
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ou², jiu²
    • Yale: óu, yíu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ou², jiu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ou², yiu²
    • IPA ^(key): /ou̯³⁵/, /jiːu̯³⁵/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

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• Middle Chinese: /ʔɑu^X/▼

Rime
Character	䴠
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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɑuX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɑuX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɑuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔawX/
Li Rong	/ʔɑuX/
Wang Li	/ɑuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔɑuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ǎo

Definitions

䴠

1. young deer

References

• (Cantonese) Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 59