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Translingual

Han character

(radical 167 +12, 20 strokes, cangjie input 金土土山 (CGGU), four-corner 84111)

References

  • KangXi: page 1321, character 30
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40867
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1821, character 22
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4253, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+9403

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*hŋaːw, *rŋaːw, *rnaːwʔ
*rŋaːw
*rŋaːw
*rŋaːws, *ŋjew
*ŋ̥ʰreːw, *ŋreːws, *ŋ̥ʰeːwʔ
*ŋ̥ʰreːw
*hŋreːw
*hŋreːw, *ŋeːws
*hŋjew, *hŋjaws
*ŋjew, *ŋjaws
*ŋjew, *ʔŋew
*ŋjew
*ŋjew
*ŋjewʔ, *ŋjaws
*ŋjewʔ
*njewʔ, *neːwʔ, *hŋeːws
*ŋ̥ʰew, *ŋ̥ʰews
*ŋ̥ʰew
*ɡew, *ɡews
*ŋkeːw, *ŋeːws
*ŋkeːw
*kŋeːwʔ, *ŋeːw
*ŋeːw
*ŋeːw
*ŋeːw
*ŋeːws
*hŋeːw, *hŋeːwʔ
*hŋeːw
*hŋeːw
*hŋeːwʔ
*hŋeːwʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *rŋaːw) : semantic  (metal) + phonetic  (OC *ŋeːw).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (12)
Final () (90)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɳˠau/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɳᵚau/
Shao
Rongfen
/nau/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɳaɨw/
Li
Rong
/nau/
Wang
Li
/nau/
Bernard
Karlgren
/nau/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
náo
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
náo
Middle
Chinese
‹ nræw ›
Old
Chinese
/*[n]ˤrew/
English a kind of bell

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 14656
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*rŋaːw/

Definitions

  1. (music) big cymbals
  2. to disturb; to argue; to debate

Compounds

  • 鐃吹铙吹
  • 鐃歌铙歌

References


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(nyo>yo) (hangeul >, revised nyo>yo, McCune-Reischauer nyo>yo, Yale nyo>yo)

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