娋

娋 U 5A0B, 娋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A0B ← 娊 [U 5A0A] CJK Unified Ideographs 娌 → [U 5A0C]

Translingual

Han character

娋 (Kangxi radical 38, 女 7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 女火月 (VFB), composition ⿰女肖)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 261, character 38
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6284
• Dae Jaweon: page 528, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1051, character 2
• Unihan data for U 5A0B

Chinese

trad.		娋
simp. #		娋

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (肖) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
梢	*sreːw
捎	*sreːw, *sew
筲	*sreːw
鞘	*sreːw, *slewɢs
艄	*sreːw
蛸	*sreːw, *sew
髾	*sreːw
輎	*sreːw
旓	*sreːw
弰	*sreːw
鮹	*sreːw, *sew
綃	*sreːw, *sew
颵	*sreːw
莦	*sreːw, *sew
娋	*sreːw, *sreːws
稍	*sreːws
哨	*sreːws, *sʰews, *sew
揱	*sreːwɢs, *slew, *sreːwɢ
潲	*sreːws
睄	*sreːws
悄	*sʰewʔ
俏	*sʰews
峭	*sʰews
陗	*sʰews
帩	*sʰews
誚	*zews
消	*sew
宵	*sew
霄	*sew
硝	*sew
銷	*sew
逍	*sew
魈	*sew
痟	*slew
焇	*sew
肖	*slew, *slews
韒	*slewɢs
趙	*l'ewʔ
箾	*seːw, *sleːw
踃	*seːw
削	*slewɢ
矟	*sreːwɢ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shào (shao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saau³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shào
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shào
    • Wade–Giles: shao⁴
    • Yale: shàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaw
    • Palladius: шао (šao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: saau³
    • Yale: saau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sao³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːu̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: sraew, sraewH

Rime
Character	娋	娋
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	生 (21)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	所交切	所敎切
Baxter	sraew	sraewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃˠau/	/ʃˠauH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃᵚau/	/ʃᵚauH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃau/	/ʃauH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂaɨw/	/ʂaɨwH/
Li Rong	/ʃau/	/ʃauH/
Wang Li	/ʃau/	/ʃauH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʂau/	/ʂauH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shāo	shào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	saau1	saau3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sreːw/, /*sreːws/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	娋	娋
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	13724	13726
Phonetic component	肖	肖
Rime group	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	梢	稍
Old Chinese	/*sreːw/	/*sreːws/

Definitions

娋

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References

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 93