謷

謷 U+8B37, 謷 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8B37 ← 謶 [U+8B36] CJK Unified Ideographs 謸 → [U+8B38]

Translingual

Han character

謷 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+11, 18 strokes, cangjie input 土大卜一口 (GKYMR), four-corner 5860₁, composition ⿱敖言)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1178, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35896
• Dae Jaweon: page 1642, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4003, character 10
• Unihan data for U+8B37

Chinese

trad.		謷
simp. #		謷

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 謷
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
熬	*ŋaːw, *qaːw
敖	*ŋaːw
嗷	*ŋaːw
螯	*ŋaːw
聱	*ŋaːw, *ŋraːw, *ŋrɯw
驁	*ŋaːw, *ŋaːws
鰲	*ŋaːw
遨	*ŋaːw
獒	*ŋaːw
滶	*ŋaːw
蔜	*ŋaːw
鷔	*ŋaːw, *ŋaːws
鼇	*ŋaːw
謷	*ŋaːw, *ŋaːws, *ŋraːw
嶅	*ŋaːw
嗸	*ŋaːw
摮	*ŋaːw
嫯	*ŋaːw, *ŋaːws
鏊	*ŋaːw, *ŋaːws
傲	*ŋaːws
磝	*ŋraːw

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): áo (ao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngou⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: áo
    • Zhuyin: ㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: áo
    • Wade–Giles: ao²
    • Yale: áu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aur
    • Palladius: ао (ao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ngou⁴
    • Yale: ngòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋou̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: ngaew, ngaw

Rime
Character	謷	謷
Reading #	1/3	2/3
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	I
Fanqie	五交切	五勞切
Baxter	ngaew	ngaw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋˠau/	/ŋɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋᵚau/	/ŋɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋau/	/ŋɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋaɨw/	/ŋaw/
Li Rong	/ŋau/	/ŋɑu/
Wang Li	/ŋau/	/ŋɑu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋau/	/ŋɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yáo	áo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngaau4	ngou4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaːw/, /*ŋraːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	謷	謷
Reading #	1/3	3/3
No.	51	65
Phonetic component	敖	敖
Rime group	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	敖	聱
Old Chinese	/*ŋaːw/	/*ŋraːw/

Definitions

謷

1. (literary) to slander; to defame
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) mourning of the crowd
3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) fake; counterfeit

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ào (ao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ào
    • Zhuyin: ㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ào
    • Wade–Giles: ao⁴
    • Yale: àu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aw
    • Palladius: ао (ao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ngou⁶
    • Yale: ngouh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋou̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: ngawH

Rime
Character	謷
Reading #	3/3
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	五到切
Baxter	ngawH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɑuH/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋɑuH/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋɑuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋawH/
Li Rong	/ŋɑuH/
Wang Li	/ŋɑuH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋɑuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngou6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaːws/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	謷
Reading #	2/3
No.	62
Phonetic component	敖
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	傲
Old Chinese	/*ŋaːws/

Definitions

謷

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) lofty
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 傲 (“arrogant; haughty”)

Compounds

• 謷謷
• 謷醜 / 謷丑 (áochǒu)

Japanese

Kanji

謷

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. slander
2. to revile
3. huge, big

Readings

• Go-on: ぎょう (gyō)
• Kan-on: ごう (gō)
• Kun: やかましい (yakamashī)

Korean

Hanja

謷 • (o) (hangeul 오, revised o, McCune–Reischauer o, Yale o)

1. slander
2. arrogant
3. big