颻

颻

See also: 飖

颻 U+98BB, 颻 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-98BB ← 颺 [U+98BA] CJK Unified Ideographs 颼 → [U+98BC]

Translingual

Han character

颻 (radical 182, 風+10, 19 strokes, cangjie input 月山竹弓戈 (BUHNI), four-corner 2771₀, composition ⿰䍃風)

1. sway
2. floating in air, drifting with the wind

References

• KangXi: page 1413, character 50
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43917
• Dae Jaweon: page 1936, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4490, character 7
• Unihan data for U+98BB

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Chinese

trad.		颻
simp.		飖

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (謠) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
搖	*lews, *lew
遙	*lew
瑤	*lew
徭	*lew
鰩	*lew
媱	*lew
傜	*lew
颻	*lew
窰	*luː
愮	*lew
鷂	*lew, *lews
榣	*lew
嗂	*lew
猺	*lew
謠	*lew
鎐	*ʔsloːwɢ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yáo (yao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˊ
    • Wade–Giles: yao²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yau
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jiu⁴
    • Yale: yìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /jiᴇu/▼

Rime
Character	颻
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	餘昭切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiᴇu/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɛu/
Shao Rongfen	/jæu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiaw/
Li Rong	/iɛu/
Wang Li	/jĭɛu/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ɛu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yáo

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*lew/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	颻
Reading #	1/1
No.	14711
Phonetic component	謠
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	遙
Old Chinese	/*lew/

Definitions

颻

1. sway
2. floating in air, drifting with the wind

Compounds

颻颺／飖飏

飄颻／飘飖

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Japanese

Kanji

颻

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. floating in air
2. drifting with wind

Readings

• On (unclassified): よう (yō)

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Korean

Hanja

颻 • (yo) (hangeul 요, revised yo, McCune–Reischauer yo)

1. wind
2. gale