宯

宯

宯 U+5BAF, 宯 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5BAF ← 宮 [U+5BAE] CJK Unified Ideographs 宰 → [U+5BB0]

Translingual

Han character

宯 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 十十大木 (JJKD), composition ⿱宀孝)

Further reading

• KangXi: page 286, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7158
• Dae Jaweon: page 565, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 930, character 6
• Unihan data for U+5BAF

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		宯

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲) : semantic 宀 (“roof”) + phonetic 孝 (OC *qʰruːs).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāo (xiao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siao
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao¹
    • Yale: syāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiau
    • Palladius: сяо (sjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: haau¹
    • Yale: hāau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːu̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

宯

1. steam

References

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 96

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Japanese

Kanji

宯

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): こう (kō); きょう (kyō)
• Kun: きがあがりぬす (kigāgarinusu)