褭

See also: 袅 and 裊

褭 U+892D, 褭 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-892D ← 褬 [U+892C] CJK Unified Ideographs 褮 → [U+892E]

Translingual

Han character

褭 (Kangxi radical 145, 衣+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 卜尸火女 (YSFV), four-corner 0073₂, composition ⿴衣馬 or ⿳亠馬𧘇)

Derived characters

• 㒟, 㜵, 㠡, 𢸣, 𨽖, 𣟊, 䃵, 𥤂, 𨳀

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1122, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34509
• Dae Jaweon: page 1590, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3105, character 9
• Unihan data for U+892D

Chinese

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 衣 (“clothes”) + 馬 (“horse”).

Etymology 1

trad.		褭
simp.		𬡇
alternative forms		䮍 䙚 裊／袅

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niǎo (niao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): niu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niǎo
    • Wade–Giles: niao³
    • Yale: nyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neau
    • Palladius: няо (njao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: niu⁵
    • Yale: níuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: niu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: niu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niːu̯¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: newX

Rime
Character	褭
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	奴鳥切
Baxter	newX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/neuX/
Pan Wuyun	/neuX/
Shao Rongfen	/neuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/nɛwX/
Li Rong	/neuX/
Wang Li	/nieuX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/nieuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	niǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	niu5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*neːwʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	褭
Reading #	1/1
No.	9515
Phonetic component	褭
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	嬲
Old Chinese	/*neːwʔ/

Definitions

褭

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to tether a horse; to control a horse with a rope

Compounds

• 褭蹄 / 𬡇蹄
• 褭蹏 / 𬡇蹏
• 要褭 / 要𬡇
• 騕褭 / 騕𬡇

Etymology 2

trad.		裊/褭
simp.		袅
nonstandard simp.		𬡇

For pronunciation and definitions of 褭 – see 裊 (“slender and delicate; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 裊).

Compounds

• 娉娉褭褭 / 娉娉袅袅
• 褭褭 / 袅袅 (niǎoniǎo)