嶅

嶅	U+5D85, 嶅 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5D85

← 嶄
[U+5D84]

CJK Unified Ideographs

嶆 →
[U+5D86]

Translingual

Han character

嶅 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 土大山 (GKU) or 手大山 (QKU), composition ⿱敖山)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 318, character 31
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8414
Dae Jaweon: page 619, character 2
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 792, character 20
Unihan data for U+5D85

Chinese

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 / 形声, OC *ŋaːw): phonetic 敖 (OC *ŋaːw) + semantic 山 (“mountain”).

Etymology 1

trad.		嶅
simp. ^#		嶅
alternative forms		㟼㠂

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): áo (ao²)

(Zhuyin): ㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngou⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): gô / ngô͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): ngao⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ngau

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/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gô
  - Tâi-lô: gô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gooi
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡo¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡo²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngô͘
  - Tâi-lô: ngôo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ngoo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ŋɔ̃²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ngao⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngâu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋau⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶ngau
  - MiniDict: ngau^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ngau
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ŋɔ²³/

Middle Chinese: ngaw

Rime
Character	嶅
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	嶅
Reading #	1/1
No.	52
Phonetic component	敖
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	敖
Old Chinese	/*ŋaːw/

Definitions

嶅

(historical dictionaries only) (alt. form 磝) mountain full of small stones
(～山) Name of a mountain in Guangdong.

Compounds

嶅陰 / 嶅阴
稠嶅

Etymology 2

trad.		嶅
simp. ^#		嶅

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ào (ao⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄠˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ào
  - Zhuyin: ㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ào
  - Wade–Giles: ao⁴
  - Yale: àu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aw
  - Palladius: ао (ao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹/

Definitions

嶅

(historical dictionaries only, of a mountain) high

Zhuang

Noun

嶅

Sawndip form of ngaux