鰲

See also: 鳌 and 鼇

鰲	U+9C32, 鰲 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9C32

← 鰱
[U+9C31]

CJK Unified Ideographs

鰳 →
[U+9C33]

Translingual

Han character

鰲 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+11, 22 strokes, cangjie input 土大弓田火 (GKNWF), four-corner 4833₆, composition ⿱敖魚)

References

KangXi: page 1476, character 27
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46416
Dae Jaweon: page 2008, character 12
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4704, character 16
Unihan data for U+9C32

Chinese

trad.		鰲
simp.		鳌
alternative forms		鼇／鳌

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (敖) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
熬	ŋaːw, qaːw
敖	*ŋaːw
嗷	*ŋaːw
螯	*ŋaːw
聱	ŋaːw, ŋraːw, *ŋrɯw
驁	ŋaːw, ŋaːws
鰲	*ŋaːw
遨	*ŋaːw
獒	*ŋaːw
滶	*ŋaːw
蔜	*ŋaːw
鷔	ŋaːw, ŋaːws
鼇	*ŋaːw
謷	ŋaːw, ŋaːws, *ŋraːw
嶅	*ŋaːw
嗸	*ŋaːw
摮	*ŋaːw
嫯	ŋaːw, ŋaːws
鏊	ŋaːw, ŋaːws
傲	*ŋaːws
磝	*ŋraːw

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ŋaːw) : phonetic 敖 (OC *ŋaːw) + semantic 魚 (“fish”)

Etymology

Possibly a back-formation from 黿 (OC *ŋoːn, *ŋon, “large turtle”) with final -n discarded due to folk etymology (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): áo (ao²)
(Zhuyin): ㄠˊ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): ngou⁴
(Taishan, Wiktionary): ngau³
Gan (Wiktionary): ngau⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): ngàu
(Meixian, Guangdong): ngau²
Min Bei (KCR): ngâu / ngǎu
Min Dong (BUC): ngò̤
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): gô / gô͘
(Teochew, Peng'im): ngao⁵
Wu (Wiktionary): ngau (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: áo
  - Zhuyin: ㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: áo
  - Wade–Giles: ao²
  - Yale: áu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aur
  - Palladius: ао (ao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngou⁴
  - Yale: ngòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngou⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngou⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋou̯²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: ngau³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵑɡau²²/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: ngau⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋau³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngàu
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngauˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngau²
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋau̯¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: ngau²
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋau¹¹/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ngâu / ngǎu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋau³³/, /ŋau²¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ngò̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋo⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gô
  - Tâi-lô: gô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gooi
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡo¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡo²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gô͘
  - Tâi-lô: gôo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡɔ²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ngao⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngâu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋau⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: ngau (T3)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔ²³/

Middle Chinese: /ŋɑu/

Rime
Character	鰲
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	五勞切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋaw/
Li Rong	/ŋɑu/
Wang Li	/ŋɑu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	áo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngou⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ŋaːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鰲
Reading #	1/1
No.	44
Phonetic component	敖
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	敖
Old Chinese	/*ŋaːw/
Notes	鼇後起字

Definitions

鰲

(Chinese mythology) large mythological sea turtle

Compounds

占鰲頭／占鳌头
溫鰲妝燕／温鳌妆燕
獨佔鰲頭／獨占鰲頭／独占鳌头 (dúzhàn'áotóu)
金鰲玉蝀／金鳌玉𬟽

鰲山／鳌山 (áoshān)
鰲嶼／鳌屿 (Áoyǔ)
鰲裡奪尊／鳌里夺尊

鰲頭／鳌头 (áotóu)
鰲頭獨占／鳌头独占
鰲魚／鳌鱼

Japanese

Kanji

鰲

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

huge mythological sea turtle

Readings

Go-on: ごう (gō)^{←がう (gau, historical)}
Kan-on: ごう (gō)^{←がう (gau, historical)}
Kun: おおがめ (ōgame, 鰲)^{←おほがめ (ofogame, historical)}

Compounds

鼇頭(ごうとう) (gōtō)

Korean

Hanja

鰲 (eum 오 (o))

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Vietnamese

Han character

鰲: Hán Nôm readings: ngao

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References

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