獒

獒	U+7352, 獒 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7352

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[U+7351]

CJK Unified Ideographs

獓 →
[U+7353]

Translingual

Han character

獒 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+11 in traditional Chinese, 犬+10 in simplified Chinese, 14 strokes in traditional Chinese, 13 strokes in simplified Chinese, cangjie input 土大戈大 (GKIK) or 手大戈大 (QKIK), four-corner 5843₀, composition ⿱敖犬)

mastiff
large fierce dog

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 718, character 2
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20646
Dae Jaweon: page 1129, character 16
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1364, character 10
Unihan data for U+7352

Chinese

trad.		獒
simp. ^#		獒

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 獒
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

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	獒
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