靿

靿

靿 U+977F, 靿 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-977F ← 靾 [U+977E] CJK Unified Ideographs 鞀 → [U+9780]

Translingual

Han character

靿 (Kangxi radical 177, 革+5, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿十女戈尸 (TJVIS), four-corner 4452₇, composition ⿰革幼)

References

• KangXi: page 1386, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42770
• Dae Jaweon: page 1901, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4333, character 1
• Unihan data for U+977F

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		靿

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): yào (yao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aau³, ngaau³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yào
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yào
    • Wade–Giles: yao⁴
    • Yale: yàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yaw
    • Palladius: яо (jao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: aau³, ngaau³
    • Yale: aau, ngaau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aau³, ngaau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ao³, ngao³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aːu̯³³/, /ŋaːu̯³³/

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: /ʔˠau^H/

Rime
Character	靿
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	於敎切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠauH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚauH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔauH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔaɨwH/
Li Rong	/ʔauH/
Wang Li	/auH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔauH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	aau3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qrɯːwʔ/, /*qrɯːws/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	靿	靿
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	15626	15628
Phonetic component	幼	幼
Rime group	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	拗	靿
Old Chinese	/*qrɯːwʔ/	/*qrɯːws/
Notes	原從巾注亦從革

Definitions

靿

1. leg of a boot

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Japanese

Kanji

靿

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): おう (ō); よう (yō)
• Kun: かわぐし (kawagushi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

靿: Hán Nôm readings: áo

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References

• Nom Foundation