坳

坳 U+5773, 坳
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5773
← 坲
[U+5772] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 坴 →
[U+5774]

Translingual

Han character

坳 (radical 32 土+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 土女戈尸 (GVIS), four-corner 44127, composition ⿰土幼)

  1. a hollow in the ground, a cavity, depression
  2. undulating
  3. depressed

Synonyms

References

  • KangXi: page 226, character 33
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4988
  • Dae Jaweon: page 462, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 436, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+5773

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 坳

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (幼) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
黝 *qliw, *qrɯwʔ
坳 *qrɯːw, *qrɯːws
軪 *qrɯːw, *qrɯːws
眑 *qrɯːw, *qrɯwʔ
拗 *qrɯːwʔ, *qrɯːws
鴢 *qrɯːwʔ, *qɯːwʔ
靿 *qrɯːwʔ, *qrɯːws
狕 *qrɯːwʔ
袎 *qrɯːws
怮 *qɯːw, *qrɯw, *qrɯw, *qrɯwʔ
窈 *qiːwʔ
苭 *qɯːwʔ
泑 *qrɯw, *qrɯwʔ
呦 *qrɯw
蚴 *qrɯwʔ
幼 *qrɯws

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qrɯːw, *qrɯːws) : semantic 土 (“earth”) + phonetic 幼 (OC *qrɯws).

Pronunciation

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
Rime
Character 坳
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 肴 (90)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 於交切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʔˠau/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʔᵚau/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ʔau/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʔaɨw/
Li
Rong		 /ʔau/
Wang
Li		 /au/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ʔau/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 yāo
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 坳 坳
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 15621 15632
Phonetic
component		 幼 幼
Rime
group		 幽 幽
Rime
subdivision		 2 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 䫜 靿
Old
Chinese		 /*qrɯːw/ /*qrɯːws/

Definitions

坳

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Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

坳

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

坳 • (yo) (hangeul 요, revised yo, McCune–Reischauer yo)

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Vietnamese

Han character

坳 (ao)

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References

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