垚

垚

See also: 壵

垚 U+579A, 垚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-579A ← 垙 [U+5799] CJK Unified Ideographs 垛 → [U+579B]

Translingual

Han character

垚 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 土土土 (GGG), four-corner 4011₄, composition ⿱土⿰土土)

1. mound, roundish mass

Derived characters

• 𣈹, 𤋑, 𨩒, 堯, 㙓, 𨩓, 嬈, 𤃋, 𭨍, 𨘫, 𨮲

References

• KangXi: page 228, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5047
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 437, character 1
• Unihan data for U+579A

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		垚

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 垚
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
撓	*hŋaːw, *rŋaːw, *rnaːwʔ
鐃	*rŋaːw
譊	*rŋaːw
橈	*rŋaːws, *ŋjew
磽	*ŋ̊ʰreːw, *ŋreːws, *ŋ̊ʰeːwʔ
墝	*ŋ̊ʰreːw
穘	*hŋreːw
顤	*hŋreːw, *ŋeːws
燒	*hŋjew, *hŋjaws
饒	*ŋjew, *ŋjaws
蟯	*ŋjew, *ʔŋew
蕘	*ŋjew
襓	*ŋjew
繞	*ŋjewʔ, *ŋjaws
遶	*ŋjewʔ
嬈	*njewʔ, *neːwʔ, *hŋeːws
趬	*ŋ̊ʰew, *ŋ̊ʰews
蹺	*ŋ̊ʰew
翹	*ɡew, *ɡews
澆	*ŋkeːw, *ŋeːws
驍	*ŋkeːw
僥	*kŋeːwʔ, *ŋeːw
堯	*ŋeːw
垚	*ŋeːw
嶢	*ŋeːw
獟	*ŋeːws
膮	*hŋeːw, *hŋeːwʔ
嘵	*hŋeːw
憢	*hŋeːw
曉	*hŋeːwʔ
皢	*hŋeːwʔ

Triplication of 土 (“earth; dirt”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yáo (yao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu¹, jiu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yáo
    • Wade–Giles: yao²
    • Yale: yáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yau
    • Palladius: яо (jao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jiu¹, jiu⁴
    • Yale: yīu, yìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu¹, jiu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu¹, yiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯⁵⁵/, /jiːu̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /ŋeu/

Rime
Character	垚
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	五聊切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋeu/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋeu/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋeu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɛw/
Li Rong	/ŋeu/
Wang Li	/ŋieu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋieu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yáo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jiu4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋeːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	垚
Reading #	1/1
No.	14690
Phonetic component	垚
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	堯
Old Chinese	/*ŋeːw/

Definitions

垚

1. ^† (of masses of earth) tall

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 垚 – see 堯 (“lofty; high; Emperor Yao, legendary ruler of ancient China; etc.”). (This character, 垚, is a variant form of 堯.)

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C01653
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00786-028-1

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Kanji

垚

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): げう (geu)

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Korean

Hanja

垚 • (yo) (hangeul 요, revised yo, McCune–Reischauer yo, Yale yo)

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