䴈

䴈	U+4D08, 䴈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4D08

← 䴇
[U+4D07]

CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A

䴉 →
[U+4D09]

Translingual

Han character

䴈 (Kangxi radical 196, 鳥+13, 24 strokes, cangjie input 竹大竹日火 (HKHAF), composition ⿰奧鳥 or ⿰奥鳥)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1502, character 26
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4665, character 5
Unihan data for U+4D08

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): phonetic 奧 (OC *quːɡs) + semantic 鳥 (“bird”).

Etymology 1

trad.		䴈
simp.		𬸩

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ǎo, yāo (ao³, yao¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄠˇ, ㄧㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ou² / ou³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ǎo
  - Wade–Giles: ao³
  - Yale: ǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ao
  - Palladius: ао (ao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yao
  - Wade–Giles: yao¹
  - Yale: yāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iau
  - Palladius: яо (jao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ou² / ou³
  - Yale: óu / ou
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ou² / ou³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ou² / ou³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ou̯³⁵/, /ou̯³³/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

Definitions

䴈

only used in 鶆䴈／𱉵𬸩 (lái'ǎo)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 䴈 – see 𪁾 (“a kind of bird”). (This character is a variant form of 𪁾).