墺

墺 U+58BA, 墺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-58BA ← 墹 [U+58B9] CJK Unified Ideographs 墻 → [U+58BB]

Translingual

Han character

墺 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 土竹月大 (GHBK), four-corner 4713₄, composition ⿰土奧)

Further reading

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 239, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5504
• Dae Jaweon: page 479, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 492, character 1
• Unihan data for U+58BA

Chinese

trad.		墺
simp. #		墺
alternative forms		圫 ancient

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
襖	*quːʔ, *quːʔ
懊	*quːʔ, *quːɡs, *quɡ
燠	*quːʔ, *quːɡs, *quɡ
奧	*quːɡs
墺	*quːɡs, *quɡ
隩	*quːɡs, *quɡ
澳	*quːɡs, *quɡ
噢	*quʔ, *quɡ
薁	*quɡ
䉛	*quɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *quːɡs, *quɡ) : semantic 土 (“earth”) + phonetic 奧 (OC *quːɡs).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ào (ao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ou³

---

• 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: ou³
    • Yale: ou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ou̯³³/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

---

• Middle Chinese: 'awH, 'juwk

Rime
Character	墺	墺
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)	屋 (4)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	烏到切	於六切
Baxter	'awH	'juwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɑuH/	/ʔɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɑuH/	/ʔiuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɑuH/	/ʔiuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔawH/	/ʔuwk̚/
Li Rong	/ʔɑuH/	/ʔiuk̚/
Wang Li	/ɑuH/	/ĭuk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔɑuH/	/ʔi̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ào	yu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ou3	juk1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*quːɡs/, /*quɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	墺	墺
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	73	84
Phonetic component	奧	奧
Rime group	奧	覺
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	奥	郁
Old Chinese	/*quːɡs/	/*quɡ/

Definitions

墺

1. (literary) place for residence
2. (dialectal) flat land between mountains
3. ^† bay land; bay strip

Japanese

Kanji

墺

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. land
2. shore
3. short form for Austria (墺太利)

Readings

• Go-on: いく (iku)^{←ゐく (wiku, historical)}; おう (ō)^{←あう (au, historical)}
• Kan-on: いく (iku)^{←ゐく (wiku, historical)}; おう (ō)^{←あう (au, historical)}
• Kun: きし (kishi, 墺)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
墺
おう Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [o̞ː]

Affix

墺(おう) • (ō) 

1. Short for オーストリア／墺太利 (Ōsutoria, “Austria (a country)”).
   • 独墺同盟(どくおうどうめい) (dokuō dōmei)

Korean

Hanja

墺 • (o, uk) (hangeul 오, 욱)

1. four walls
2. river side, where water meets land