鐃

See also: 铙 and ⿰釒尭

鐃 U+9403, 鐃 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9403 ← 鐂 [U+9402] CJK Unified Ideographs 鐄 → [U+9404]

Translingual

Traditional	鐃
Shinjitai (extended)	⿰釒尭
Simplified	铙

Han character

鐃 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+12, 20 strokes, cangjie input 金土土山 (CGGU), four-corner 8411₁, composition ⿰釒堯)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1321, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40867
• Dae Jaweon: page 1821, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4253, character 12
• Unihan data for U+9403

Chinese

trad.		鐃
simp.		铙

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• 鐃

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
撓	*hŋaːw, *rŋaːw, *rnaːwʔ
鐃	*rŋaːw
譊	*rŋaːw
橈	*rŋaːws, *ŋjew
磽	*ŋ̊ʰreːw, *ŋreːws, *ŋ̊ʰeːwʔ
墝	*ŋ̊ʰreːw
穘	*hŋreːw
顤	*hŋreːw, *ŋeːws
燒	*hŋjew, *hŋjaws
饒	*ŋjew, *ŋjaws
蟯	*ŋjew, *ʔŋew
蕘	*ŋjew
襓	*ŋjew
繞	*ŋjewʔ, *ŋjaws
遶	*ŋjewʔ
嬈	*njewʔ, *neːwʔ, *hŋeːws
趬	*ŋ̊ʰew, *ŋ̊ʰews
蹺	*ŋ̊ʰew
翹	*ɡew, *ɡews
澆	*ŋkeːw, *ŋeːws
驍	*ŋkeːw
僥	*kŋeːwʔ, *ŋeːw
堯	*ŋeːw
垚	*ŋeːw
嶢	*ŋeːw
獟	*ŋeːws
膮	*hŋeːw, *hŋeːwʔ
嘵	*hŋeːw
憢	*hŋeːw
曉	*hŋeːwʔ
皢	*hŋeːwʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *rŋaːw): semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 堯 (OC *ŋeːw).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): náo (nao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naau⁶ / naau⁴
• Eastern Min (BUC): nàu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lâu / nâ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: náo
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: náo
    • Wade–Giles: nao²
    • Yale: náu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nau
    • Palladius: нао (nao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: naau⁶ / naau⁴
    • Yale: naauh / nàauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naau⁶ / naau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: nao⁶ / nao⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːu̯²²/, /naːu̯²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: nàu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nˡau⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâu
    • Tâi-lô: lâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: laau
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /lau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lau¹³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nâ
    • Tâi-lô: nâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: naa
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /nã²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /nã²⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: nraew

Rime
Character	鐃
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	女交切
Baxter	nraew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɳˠau/
Pan Wuyun	/ɳᵚau/
Shao Rongfen	/nau/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɳaɨw/
Li Rong	/nau/
Wang Li	/nau/
Bernhard Karlgren	/nau/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	náo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	naau4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[n]ˤrew/

  (Zhengzhang): /*rŋaːw/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	鐃
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	náo
Middle Chinese	‹ nræw ›
Old Chinese	/*[n]ˁrew/
English	a kind of bell
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	鐃
Reading #	1/1
No.	14656
Phonetic component	垚
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	鐃
Old Chinese	/*rŋaːw/

Definitions

鐃

1. (historical) wide upward-facing bronze bell connected to a short handle and struck with a mallet, used in battle to halt or recall troops

   See also: 鉦

2. (music) big cymbals
3. alternative form of 撓 / 挠 (náo, “to disturb; to argue; to debate”)

Compounds

• 鐃吹 / 铙吹
• 鐃歌 / 铙歌
• 鐃鈸 / 铙钹 (náobó)

References

• “鐃”, 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–