杳
See also: 杲
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Translingual
Han character
杳 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 木日 (DA), four-corner 40609, composition ⿱木日)
Derived characters
- 𣇿, 𬇷, 𨓳, 𩭰, 𮋆
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 513, character 14
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14501
- Dae Jaweon: page 901, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1169, character 1
- Unihan data for U+6773
Chinese
| trad. | 杳 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 杳 | |
| alternative forms | 窅 | |
Glyph origin
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 木 (“tree”) + 日 (“sun”) - dark. Compare 杲 (gǎo, “bright”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: yǎo
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yǎo
- Wade–Giles: yao3
- Yale: yǎu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeau
- Palladius: яо (jao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: miu5 / jiu2
- Yale: míuh / yíu
- Cantonese Pinyin: miu5 / jiu2
- Guangdong Romanization: miu5 / yiu2
- Sinological IPA (key): /miːu̯¹³/, /jiːu̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Middle Chinese: 'ewX
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*ʔmeːwʔ/
Definitions
杳
Compounds
References
- “杳”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese
Kanji
杳
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Readings
- Go-on: よう (yō)←えう (eu, historical)
- Kan-on: よう (yō)←えう (eu, historical)
- Kun: くらい (kurai, 杳い)、はるか (haruka, 杳か)
Etymology
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 杳 |
| よう Hyōgai |
| on'yomi |
From Middle Chinese 杳 (MC 'ewX).
Pronunciation
Adjective
杳 • (yō) ←えう (eu)?†-tari (adnominal 杳とした (yō to shita) or 杳たる (yō taru), adverbial 杳と (yō to) or 杳として (yō to shite))
- dark and indistinct; unclear
- 杳として知れない
- yō to shite shirenai
- unknown
- 杳として知れない
Inflection
Classical conjugation of "杳たり" (タリ活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irrealis (未然形) | 杳たら | えうたら | eutara | |
| Continuative (連用形) | 杳と[1] 杳たり[2] |
えうと えうたり |
euto eutari | |
| Terminal (終止形) | 杳たり | えうたり | eutari | |
| Attributive (連体形) | 杳たる | えうたる | eutaru | |
| Realis (已然形) | 杳たれ | えうたれ | eutare | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 杳たれ | えうたれ | eutare | |
| Key constructions | ||||
| Negative | 杳たらず | えうたらず | eutarazu | |
| Contrasting conjunction | 杳たれど | えうたれど | eutaredo | |
| Causal conjunction | 杳たれば | えうたれば | eutareba | |
| Conditional conjunction | 杳たらば | えうたらば | eutaraba | |
| Past tense (firsthand knowledge) | 杳たりき | えうたりき | eutariki | |
| Past tense (secondhand knowledge) | 杳たりけり | えうたりけり | eutarikeri | |
| Adverbial | 杳と | えうと | euto | |
| [1]Without auxiliary verb. [2]With auxiliary verb. | ||||
References
Korean
Hanja
杳 • (myo, yo) (hangeul 묘, 요, revised myo, yo, McCune–Reischauer myo, yo, Yale myo, yo)
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Vietnamese
Han character
杳: Hán Nôm readings: diểu, yểu
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