狕

狕

狕 U+72D5, 狕 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-72D5 ← 狔 [U+72D4] CJK Unified Ideographs 狖 → [U+72D6]

Translingual

Han character

狕 (radical 94, 犬+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 大竹女戈尸 (KHVIS), composition ⿰犭幼)

References

• KangXi: page 709, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20343
• Dae Jaweon: page 1121, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1342, character 13
• Unihan data for U+72D5

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		狕

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ǎo, yǎo (ao³, yao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄠˇ, ㄧㄠˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: ǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄠˇ
    • Wade–Giles: ao³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ao
    • IPA ^(key): /ˀɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˇ
    • Wade–Giles: yao³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeau
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʔˠau^X/▼

Rime
Character	狕
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	於絞切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠauX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚauX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔauX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔaɨwX/
Li Rong	/ʔauX/
Wang Li	/auX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔauX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǎo

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*qrɯːwʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	狕
Reading #	1/1
No.	15627
Phonetic component	幼
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	拗
Old Chinese	/*qrɯːwʔ/

Definitions

狕

1. ^† a mythical beast like a leopard with stripes on its head

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Japanese

Kanji

狕

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): おう (ō), よう (yō)