䏆

䏆	U+43C6, 䏆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-43C6

← 䏅
[U+43C5]

CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A

䏇 →
[U+43C7]

Translingual

Han character

䏆 (Kangxi radical 128, 耳+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 尸十廿田日 (SJTWA), four-corner 1516₆, composition ⿰耳曹)

buzzing in the ears, tinnitus aurium

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 969, character 16
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2794, character 6
Unihan data for U+43C6

Chinese

simp. and trad.		䏆
alternative forms		𦗠 erroneous

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 耳 (“ear”) + phonetic 曹 (OC *zluː).

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cáo (cao²)

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cáo
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻao²
  - Yale: tsáu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaur
  - Palladius: цао (cao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯³⁵/

Middle Chinese: dzjew, dzaw

Rime
Character	䏆	䏆
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	從 (15)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	昨焦切	昨勞切
Baxter	dzjew	dzaw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ziᴇu/	/d͡zɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ziɛu/	/d͡zɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zjæu/	/d͡zɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ziaw/	/d͡zaw/
Li Rong	/d͡ziɛu/	/d͡zɑu/
Wang Li	/d͡zĭɛu/	/d͡zɑu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/d͡zʱi̯ɛu/	/d͡zʱɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiáo	cáo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ciu⁴	cou⁴

Definitions

䏆

(Classical, medicine) buzzing in the ears; tinnitus
Synonyms: 聊 (liáo), 𦗔 (zhāo)

Compounds

䏆䏆
𦗖䏆

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C10811