迓

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Translingual

Han character

迓 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 卜一女竹 (YMVH), four-corner 3130₄, composition ⿺辶牙)

1. to go to meet, to receive, as a guest

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1254, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38756
• Dae Jaweon: page 1737, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3819, character 2
• Unihan data for U+8FD3

Chinese

trad.		迓
simp. #		迓
alternative forms		訝／讶

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
邪	*ljaː, *laː
衺	*ljaː
牙	*ŋraː
芽	*ŋraː
齖	*ŋraː, *ŋraːs
呀	*ŋraː, *hŋraː
枒	*ŋraː, *ŋraːs
雅	*ŋraːʔ
厊	*ŋraːʔ
庌	*ŋraːʔ
訝	*ŋraːs
迓	*ŋraːs
砑	*ŋraːs
犽	*ŋraːs
疨	*hŋraː
岈	*hŋraː
谺	*hŋraː
颬	*hŋraː
鴉	*qraː
釾	*laː

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ŋraːs): semantic 辵 (“travel”) + phonetic 牙 (OC *ŋraː).

Etymology 1

See Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋra-k/ŋ (“to meet; to encounter”) (STEDT); cf. 迎 (OC *ŋaŋ, *ŋraŋs).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yà (ya⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaa⁶
• Eastern Min (BUC): ngâ
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ga⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gā

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yà
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yà
    • Wade–Giles: ya⁴
    • Yale: yà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yah
    • Palladius: я (ja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ngaa⁶
    • Yale: ngah
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaa⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: nga⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaː²²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ngâ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɑ²⁴²/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ga⁵
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gā
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ka¹¹/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ga⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ka²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gā
    • Tâi-lô: gā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ga
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /ɡa²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡa⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡa²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /ɡa³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡa³³/

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• Middle Chinese: ngaeH

Rime
Character	迓
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	吾駕切
Baxter	ngaeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋˠaH/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋᵚaH/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋaH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋaɨH/
Li Rong	/ŋaH/
Wang Li	/ŋaH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋaH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yà
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngaa6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ŋˤ<r>ak-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋraːs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	迓
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yà
Middle Chinese	‹ ngæH ›
Old Chinese	/*ŋˁ<r>ak-s/
English	meet
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	迓
Reading #	1/1
No.	14186
Phonetic component	牙
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	迓
Old Chinese	/*ŋraːs/

Definitions

迓

1. to receive; to meet a visitor; to welcome

   Synonyms: 迎, 逆 (nì)

Compounds

• 奉迓金蓮 / 奉迓金莲
• 尾迓
• 迓衡
• 迎迓 (yíngyà)
• 頭迓 / 头迓

Etymology 2

trad.		迓
simp. #		迓
alternative forms		雅

Unclear, potentially related to 隱／隐. Compare Ningbonese 幽 ⁵ieu /iʏ44/ "to hide oneself" and Lishuinese 煙／烟 ¹iae /iɛ224/. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ¹ia / ³ia

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• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹ia
    • MiniDict: ia^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ia
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ia⁵³/
  • (Northern: Songjiang, Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ³ia
    • MiniDict: ia^上
    • Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /iɑ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /iɑ⁵¹/

Definitions

迓

1. (chiefly Sujiahu Wu) to hide oneself; to conceal oneself
2. (chiefly Sujiahu Wu) to avoid; to run away from; to hide from (an obligation, a criticism etc)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 躲 (“to hide”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		躲藏, 藏躲, 躲
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	藏, 貓
	Taiwan	躲, 藏
	Singapore	躲
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	藏
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	藏, 卻
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	藏, 躲
	Wuhan	躲
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	躲
	Hefei	藏
Cantonese	Guangzhou	匿, 匿埋
	Hong Kong	匿, 匿埋
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	摒
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	摒埋
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	摒
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	摒
	Macau	匿埋
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	匿埋
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	摒埋
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	匿埋
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	揞埋
	Foshan	匿埋
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	匿埋
	Foshan (Shunde)	匿埋
	Foshan (Sanshui)	匿埋
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	匿埋
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	匿埋
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	揞埋
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	匿埋
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	匿埋
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	摒埋
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	匿埋, 摒埋
	Taishan	匿
	Kaiping (Chikan)	匿
	Enping (Niujiang)	匿
	Heshan (Yayao)	匿埋
	Dongguan	求埋
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	匿埋
	Yangjiang	餌, 伏
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	匿埋
Gan	Nanchang	躲
Hakka	Meixian	摒
	Hong Kong	摒
	Senai (Huiyang)	摒
Jin	Taiyuan	躲
Northern Min	Jian'ou	儲
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	屈, 覭
Southern Min	Xiamen	覕, 囥
	Quanzhou	覕, 囥
	Zhangzhou	覕, 踮
	Taipei	覕
	Kaohsiung	覕
	Yilan	覕
	Changhua (Lukang)	覕
	Taichung	覕
	Tainan	覕
	Kinmen	覕
	Penghu (Magong)	覕
	Singapore (Hokkien)	覕
	Manila (Hokkien)	覕
	Datian	逃
	Chaozhou	踮, 覕
	Shantou	踮, 覕
	Jieyang	踮, 覕
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	踮
	Wenchang	逃
	Haikou	逃
Wu	Shanghai	囥, 𨒃, 迓
	Suzhou	𨒃, 匽, 迓
	Wuxi	迓
	Ningbo	幽
	Wenzhou	埋, 縮, 躲
	Jinhua	幽
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	幽
Xiang	Changsha	躲
	Shuangfeng	躲

Compounds

• 偷迓避
• 躲迓避
• 迓迓叫
• 迓迓能
• 𨒃迓貓貓 / 𨒃迓猫猫

References

• “迓”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “迓”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 274.

Japanese

Kanji

迓

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. to go to meet
2. to receive
3. as a guest

Readings

• On (unclassified): が (ga)、げ (ge)、ぎょ (gyo)、ご (go)
• Kun: むかえる (mukaeru)

Korean

Hanja

迓 • (a) (hangeul 아, revised a, McCune–Reischauer a, Yale a)

1. meet face to face
2. welcome