呺

呺	U+547A, 呺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-547A

← 呹
[U+5479]

CJK Unified Ideographs

呻 →
[U+547B]

Translingual

Han character

呺 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 口口一尸 (RRMS), four-corner 6602₇, composition ⿰口号)

voice of anger
vast, spacious

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 183, character 9
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3466
Dae Jaweon: page 402, character 10
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 600, character 5
Unihan data for U+547A

Chinese

simp. and trad.		呺

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
饕	*l̥ʰaːw
號	ɦlaːw, ɦlaːws
号	*ɦlaːws
枵	*hraw
呺	*hraw
鴞	*ɦraw

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiāo (xiao¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hiu¹ / hou⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siao
  - Wade–Giles: hsiao¹
  - Yale: syāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiau
  - Palladius: сяо (sjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: hiu¹ / hou⁴
  - Yale: hīu / hòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hiu¹ / hou⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: hiu¹ / hou⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːu̯⁵⁵/, /hou̯²¹/

Middle Chinese: xjew

Rime
Character	呺
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	宵 (92)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	許嬌切
Baxter	xjew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hˠiᴇu/
Pan Wuyun	/hᵚiɛu/
Shao Rongfen	/xiæu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hiaw/
Li Rong	/xjɛu/
Wang Li	/xĭɛu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xi̯ɛu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hiu¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*hraw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	呺
Reading #	1/1
No.	4920
Phonetic component	号
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	嚻
Old Chinese	/*hraw/
Notes	見莊子

Definitions

呺

(～然) large and hollow inside
非不呺然大也，吾為其無用而掊之。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
非不呺然大也，吾为其无用而掊之。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE
Fēi bù xiāo rán dà yě, wú wèi qí wúyòng ér póu zhī. [Pinyin]
It wasn’t that it was not hollow and large, but because of its uselessness, I broke it.
Note: In another version, this character was written as 枵, which has the same meaning.

References

Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 77

Japanese

Kanji

呺

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): きょう (kyō)、ごう (gō)、こう (kō)、く (ku)

Korean

Hanja

呺 • (hyo, ho) (hangeul 효, 호, revised hyo, ho, McCune–Reischauer hyo, ho)

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