坳

坳

坳 U+5773, 坳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5773 ← 坲 [U+5772] CJK Unified Ideographs 坴 → [U+5774]

Translingual

Han character

坳 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 土女戈尸 (GVIS), four-corner 4412₇, composition ⿰土幼)

References

• KangXi: page 226, character 33
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4988
• Dae Jaweon: page 462, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 436, character 9
• Unihan data for U+5773

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		坳
alternative forms		㘭

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (幼) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
黝	*qliw, *qrɯwʔ
坳	*qrɯːw, *qrɯːws
軪	*qrɯːw, *qrɯːws
眑	*qrɯːw, *qrɯwʔ
拗	*qrɯːwʔ, *qrɯːws
鴢	*qrɯːwʔ, *qɯːwʔ
靿	*qrɯːwʔ, *qrɯːws
狕	*qrɯːwʔ
袎	*qrɯːws
怮	*qɯːw, *qrɯw, *qrɯw, *qrɯwʔ
窈	*qiːwʔ
苭	*qɯːwʔ
泑	*qrɯw, *qrɯwʔ
呦	*qrɯw
蚴	*qrɯwʔ
幼	*qrɯws

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qrɯːw, *qrɯːws) : semantic 土 (“earth”) + phonetic 幼 (OC *qrɯws).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ào, āo (ao⁴, ao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄠˋ, ㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aau³, aau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ào
    • Zhuyin: ㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ào
    • Wade–Giles: ao⁴
    • Yale: àu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aw
    • Palladius: ао (ao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: āo
    • Zhuyin: ㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ao
    • Wade–Giles: ao¹
    • Yale: āu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: au
    • Palladius: ао (ao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: aau³, aau¹
    • Yale: aau, āau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aau³, aau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ao³, ao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aːu̯³³/, /aːu̯⁵⁵/

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: /ʔˠau/

Rime
Character	坳
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	於交切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠau/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚau/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔau/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔaɨw/
Li Rong	/ʔau/
Wang Li	/au/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔau/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	aau1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qrɯːw/, /*qrɯːws/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	坳	坳
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	15621	15632
Phonetic component	幼	幼
Rime group	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	䫜	靿
Old Chinese	/*qrɯːw/	/*qrɯːws/

Definitions

坳

1. flat land between mountains; col
2. a hollow in the ground; a cavity; depression

Usage notes

• Xiandai Hanyu Guifan Cidian (《现代汉语规范词典》) proscribes the use of the pronunciation āo.

Synonyms

• 垇

Compounds

北坳 (Běi'ào) 坳堂 坳塘 (āotáng) 塘坳 (táng'ào) 山坳 (shān'ào)

山溪坳 (Shānxī'ào) 甘塘坳 (Gāntáng'ào) 白石坳 (Báishí'ào) 茅草坳 (Máocǎo'ào)

上馬坳／上马坳 (Shàngmǎ'ào) 松樹坳／松树坳 (Sōngshù'ào) 楊家坳／杨家坳 (Yángjiā'ào) 馬家坳／马家坳 (Mǎjiā'ào)

References

• “坳”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學／香港中文大学 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

坳

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): おう (ō)^{←あう (au, historical)}; よう (yō)^{←えう (eu, historical)}
• Kun: くぼみ (kubomi)

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Korean

Hanja

坳 • (yo) (hangeul 요, revised yo, McCune–Reischauer yo)

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Vietnamese

Han character

坳: Hán Nôm readings: ao

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References

• Nom Foundation