夒

See also: 夔

夒	U+5912, 夒 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5912

← 夑
[U+5911]

CJK Unified Ideographs

夓 →
[U+5913]

Translingual

Han character

夒 (Kangxi radical 35, 夊+16, 19 strokes, cangjie input 一金竹水 (MCHE), four-corner 1040₇, composition ⿱⿳一⿲止自巳八夂(GH) or ⿱⿳丆⿲止目巳八夂(GH) or ⿱⿳一⿲止自巳八夊(T) or ⿱⿳丆⿲止目巳八夊(T) or ⿱⿳一⿲止自巳儿夂(J) or ⿱⿳丆⿲止目巳儿夂(J) or ⿳丆⿲止見巳夂(J) or ⿱⿳一⿲止自㔾八夂(K) or ⿱⿳丆⿲止目㔾八夂(K) or ⿳丆⿲止貝㔾夂(K))

References

KangXi: page 245, character 28

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5741

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 871, character 23

Unihan data for U+5912

Chinese

trad.		夒
simp. ^#		夒

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 夒
Shang	Spring and Autumn	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

Pictogram (象形) .

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): náo (nao²)
(Zhuyin): ㄋㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): nou⁴, naau⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: náo
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: náo
  - Wade–Giles: nao²
  - Yale: náu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nau
  - Palladius: нао (nao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: nou⁴, naau⁴
  - Yale: nòuh, nàauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: nou⁴, naau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: nou⁴, nao⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nou̯²¹/, /naːu̯²¹/

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*nˤu/
(Zhengzhang): /*ml'uː/, /*mljiwʔ/, /*ml'us/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	夒
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	náo
Middle Chinese	‹ naw ›
Old Chinese	/*nˁu/
English	a kind of monkey
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	夒	夒	夒
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	8802	8807	8824
Phonetic component	矛	矛	矛
Rime group	幽	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	1	3	1
Corresponding MC rime	猱	擾	糅
Old Chinese	/*ml'uː/	/*mljiwʔ/	/*ml'us/
Notes		本豸旁註此異體，實同字分化

Definitions

夒

Original form of 猱 (náo).

Japanese

Kanji

夒

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): どう (dō); のう (nō)

Kun: めざる (mezaru, 夒る)