虓

虓 U 8653, 虓 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8653 ← 虒 [U 8652] CJK Unified Ideographs 虔 → [U 8654]

Translingual

Han character

虓 (Kangxi radical 141, 虍 4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 大弓卜心山 (KNYPU), four-corner 4101₇, composition ⿰九虎)

1. roar

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1073, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32684
• Dae Jaweon: page 1540, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2819, character 11
• Unihan data for U 8653

Chinese

trad.		虓
simp. #		虓

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (九) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
尻	*kʰuː
訄	*kʰuː, *kʰu, *ɡu
艽	*krɯːw, *qʰrɯːw, *ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw
虓	*qʰruː
鳩	*ku
勼	*ku
九	*kuʔ
究	*kus
仇	*ɡu
鼽	*ɡu
犰	*ɡu
叴	*ɡu
厹	*ɡu
頄	*ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw
朹	*ɡu, *kʷrɯwʔ
馗	*ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw
扏	*ɡu
訅	*ɡu
釚	*ɡu
肍	*ɡu
軌	*kʷrɯwʔ
宄	*kʷrɯwʔ
氿	*kʷrɯwʔ
匭	*kʷrɯwʔ
泦	*kuɡ
旭	*qʰʷoɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰruː) : phonetic 九 (OC *kuʔ) semantic 虎.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāo (xiao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siao
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao¹
    • Yale: syāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiau
    • Palladius: сяо (sjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: haau¹
    • Yale: hāau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːu̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: xaew

Rime
Character	虓
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	許交切
Baxter	xaew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hˠau/
Pan Wuyun	/hᵚau/
Shao Rongfen	/xau/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/haɨw/
Li Rong	/xau/
Wang Li	/xau/
Bernard Karlgren	/xau/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	haau1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰruː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	虓
Reading #	1/1
No.	6938
Phonetic component	九
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	虓
Old Chinese	/*qʰruː/

Definitions

虓

1. roar

   • 王奮厥武、如震如怒。
     進厥虎臣，闞如虓虎。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     王奋厥武、如震如怒。
     进厥虎臣，阚如虓虎。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Wáng fèn jué wǔ, rú zhèn rú nù.
     Jìn jué hǔ chén, kàn rú xiāohǔ. [Pinyin]

     The king aroused his warlike energy, as if he were moved with anger.
     He advanced his tiger-like officers, looking fierce like roaring tigers.

   • 呂布有虓虎之勇，而無英奇之略，輕狡反覆，唯利是視。自古及今，未有若此不夷滅也。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     吕布有虓虎之勇，而无英奇之略，轻狡反覆，唯利是视。自古及今，未有若此不夷灭也。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: Chen Shou, Records of the Three Kingdoms, circa 3^rd century CE

     Lǚ Bù yǒu xiāohǔ zhī yǒng, ér wú yīngqí zhī lüè, qīng jiǎo fǎnfù, wéilìshìshì. Zìgǔ jíjīn, wèiyǒu ruòcǐ bù yímiè yě. [Pinyin]

     Lü Bu possessed a roaring tiger's valor, yet no strategy of talented and extraordinary people's; he was frivolous, impetuous, and shifty, only looking out for his own gain. From antiquity till now, there was none like this who was not destroyed.

Japanese

Kanji

虓

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): こう (kō)、きょう (kyō)
• Kun: うそぶく (usobuku)、いかる (ikaru)、しし (shishi)、たたく (tataku)

Korean

Hanja

虓 • (hyo) (hangeul 효)

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