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臥

See also: 卧
臥 U 81E5, 臥
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-81E5
← 臤
[U 81E4] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 臦 →
[U 81E6]

Translingual

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Han character

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臥 (Kangxi radical 131, 臣 2, 8 strokes in Chinese, 9 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 尸中人 (SLO), four-corner 78700, composition ⿰臣人)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 999, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30071
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1450, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2801, character 3
  • Unihan data for U 81E5

Chinese

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trad. 臥/卧
simp. 卧

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 臥
Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Chu slip and silk script Small seal script
   

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 臣 (“eye pointing down”) 人 (“person”).

Pronunciation

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  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 臥
Mandarin Beijing /uo⁵¹/
Harbin /uo⁵³/
Tianjin /uo⁵³/
Jinan /və²¹/
Qingdao /və²¹³/
Zhengzhou /uo³¹²/
Xi'an /uo⁴⁴/
Xining /u²¹³/
Yinchuan /və¹³/
Lanzhou /və¹³/
Ürümqi /vɤ²¹³/
Wuhan /uo³⁵/
Chengdu /o¹³/
/ŋo¹³/
Guiyang /o²¹³/
Kunming /o²¹²/
Nanjing /o⁴⁴/
Hefei /ʊ⁵³/
Jin Taiyuan /vɤ⁴⁵/
Pingyao /uə³⁵/
Hohhot /vɤ⁵⁵/
Wu Shanghai /ŋu²³/
Suzhou /ŋəu³¹/
Hangzhou /ɦo¹³/
Wenzhou /ŋ²²/
Hui Shexian /ŋo²²/
Tunxi /ŋo¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /o⁵⁵/
Xiangtan /ŋo⁵⁵/
Gan Nanchang /ŋo²¹/
Hakka Meixian /ŋo⁵³/
Taoyuan
Cantonese Guangzhou /ŋɔ²²/
Nanning /ŋɔ²²/
Hong Kong /ŋɔ²²/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /go²²/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /ŋuɔ²⁴²/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /ŋɔ²⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /o³⁵/
Haikou (Hainanese) /ŋo³⁵/
/ai²¹³/ 訓偃
Rime
Character 臥
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 戈 (95)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 吾貨切
Baxter ngwaH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ŋuɑH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ŋuɑH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ŋuɑH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ŋwaH/
Li
Rong 		/ŋuɑH/
Wang
Li 		/ŋuɑH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ŋuɑH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		wò
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ngo6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 臥
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		wò
Middle
Chinese 		‹ ngwaH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[ŋ]ˁ[o]j-s/
English lie down, sleep

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 臥
Reading # 1/1
No. 13061
Phonetic
component 		臥
Rime
group 		歌
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		臥
Old
Chinese 		/*ŋʷaːls/
Notes 原象人倚臣臨時休憩，
或雲臣爲宿右下席形之訛

Definitions

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臥

  1. to lie down
  2. to sleep; to rest
  3. (of animals) to crouch
  4. (literary) to live in seclusion; to retreat
  5. (regional) to poach (to cook in boiling water)
  6. (in compounds) containing a bed; used for sleeping
    臥房／卧房  ―  wòfáng  ―  bedroom
    臥鋪／卧铺  ―  wòpù  ―  sleeping berth
  7. (in compounds) sleeper
    軟臥／软卧  ―  ruǎnwò  ―  soft sleeper
    硬臥／硬卧  ―  yìngwò  ―  hard sleeper

Synonyms

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  • (to live in seclusion):

Compounds

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Japanese

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Kanji

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臥

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

  1. to lie down
  2. prostrate

Readings

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Etymology

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Kanji in this term
臥
が
Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 臥 (MC ngwaH).

Pronunciation

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Affix

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臥(が) • (ga) ←ぐわ (gwa)?

  1. to bend down; to lie down; to prostrate

Korean

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Hanja

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臥 • (wa) (hangeul 와)

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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臥: Hán Nôm readings: ngọa/ngoạ, ngọa/ngoạ

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