嗷

嗷	U+55F7, 嗷 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55F7

← 嗶
[U+55F6]

CJK Unified Ideographs

嗸 →
[U+55F8]

Translingual

Han character

嗷 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 口土尸大 (RGSK) or 口手尸大 (RQSK), four-corner 6804₀, composition ⿰口敖)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 204, character 15
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4142
Dae Jaweon: page 426, character 35
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 664, character 4
Unihan data for U+55F7

Chinese

trad.		嗷
simp. ^#		嗷
alternative forms		嗸

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 嗷
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋəw

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): áo (ao²)

(Zhuyin): ㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngou⁴

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–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ngou⁴
  - Yale: ngòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngou⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngou⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋou̯²¹/

Middle Chinese: ngaw

Rime
Character	嗷
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
Baxter	ngaw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋaw/
Li Rong	/ŋɑu/
Wang Li	/ŋɑu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	áo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngou⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ŋaːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嗷
Reading #	1/1
No.	40
Phonetic component	敖
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	敖
Old Chinese	/*ŋaːw/
Notes	同嗸

Definitions

嗷

(onomatopoeia) sound of wailing
clamor

Compounds

嗷嗷 (áo'áo)
嗷嘈
嗷嗷嘔嘔 / 嗷嗷呕呕
嗷嗷待哺 (áo'áodàibǔ)
嗷騷 / 嗷骚
嗷鴻 / 嗷鸿
鴻嗷 / 鸿嗷

Japanese

Kanji

嗷

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): ごう (gō)
Kun: かまびすし (kamabisushi)

Korean

Hanja

嗷 • (o) (hangeul 오, revised o, McCune–Reischauer o)

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Vietnamese

Han character

嗷: Hán Nôm readings: ngao, ngào, ngoao

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