隩

隩

隩 U+96A9, 隩 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-96A9 ← 隨 [U+96A8] CJK Unified Ideographs 險 → [U+96AA]

Translingual

Han character

隩 (radical 170, 阜+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 弓中竹月大 (NLHBK), four-corner 7723₄, composition ⿰阝奧)

References

• KangXi: page 1361, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41872
• Dae Jaweon: page 1865, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4160, character 7
• Unihan data for U+96A9

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Chinese

trad.		隩
simp. #		隩

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (奧) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
襖	*quːʔ, *quːʔ
懊	*quːʔ, *quːɡs, *quɡ
燠	*quːʔ, *quːɡs, *quɡ
奧	*quːɡs
墺	*quːɡs, *quɡ
隩	*quːɡs, *quɡ
澳	*quːɡs, *quɡ
噢	*quʔ, *quɡ
薁	*quɡ
䉛	*quɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yù (yu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): juk¹, ngou³, ou³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yù
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ
    • Wade–Giles: yü⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiw
    • IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: juk¹, ngou³, ou³
    • Yale: yūk, ngou, ou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁷, ngou³, ou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yug¹, ngou³, ou³
    • IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚⁵/, /ŋou̯³³/, /ou̯³³/

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: /ʔɑu^H/, /ʔɨuk̚/▼

Rime
Character	隩	隩
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)	屋 (4)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	烏到切	於六切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɑuH/	/ʔɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɑuH/	/ʔiuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɑuH/	/ʔiuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔawH/	/ʔuwk̚/
Li Rong	/ʔɑuH/	/ʔiuk̚/
Wang Li	/ɑuH/	/ĭuk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔɑuH/	/ʔi̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ào	yu

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*quːɡs/, /*quɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	隩	隩
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	74	86
Phonetic component	奧	奧
Rime group	奧	覺
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	奥	郁
Old Chinese	/*quːɡs/	/*quɡ/
Notes		同澳

Definitions

隩

1. (archaic) abstruse; profound; deep = 奧／奥 (ào)
2. (archaic) warm; sunny = 燠 (yù)
3. (archaic) a river bank near a bend in the river
4. (archaic) a habitable location
5. (archaic) the south west corner of a room

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Japanese

Kanji

隩

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. profound
2. subtle
3. warm
4. inhabited

Readings

• On (unclassified): おう (ō), いく (iku)
• Kun: くま (kuma)

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Korean

Hanja

隩 • (o) (hangeul 오, McCune–Reischauer o, Yale o)

1. bend in river
2. hide
3. conceal
4. inhabited