嶢

See also: 𡸳 and 峣

嶢 U+5DA2, 嶢 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5DA2 ← 嶡 [U+5DA1] CJK Unified Ideographs 嶣 → [U+5DA3]

Translingual

Traditional	嶢
Shinjitai (extended)	𡸳
Simplified	峣

Han character

嶢 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 山土土山 (UGGU), four-corner 2471₁, composition ⿰山堯)

1. high or tall

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 320, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8491
• Dae Jaweon: page 620, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 796, character 7
• Unihan data for U+5DA2

Chinese

trad.		嶢
simp.		峣
alternative forms		嶤／𰎔

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 *ŋeːw) : semantic 山 (“mountain”) + phonetic 堯 (OC *ŋeːw).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yáo (yao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yáo
    • Wade–Giles: yao²
    • Yale: yáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yau
    • Palladius: яо (jao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jiu⁴
    • Yale: yìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: ngew

Rime
Character	嶢
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	五聊切
Baxter	ngew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋeu/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋeu/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋeu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɛw/
Li Rong	/ŋeu/
Wang Li	/ŋieu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋieu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yáo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jiu4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋeːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嶢
Reading #	1/1
No.	14692
Phonetic component	垚
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	堯
Old Chinese	/*ŋeːw/

Definitions

嶢

1. (literary) tall; high; lofty

   嶢嶢／峣峣  ―  yáoyáo  ―  high and steep

Compounds

• 岧嶢／岧峣
• 嶢屼／峣屼
• 嶢崎／峣崎
• 嶢崢／峣峥
• 嶕嶢／嶕峣
• 嶢嶢／峣峣 (yáoyáo)
• 嶢嶢易缺／峣峣易缺
• 嶢嶭／峣嶭
• 嶢闕／峣阙
• 嶢關／峣关
• 迢嶢／迢峣

 

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	𡸳
Kyūjitai	嶢

Kanji

嶢

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𡸳)

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Readings

• Go-on: ぎょう (gyō)^{←げう (geu, historical)}
• Kan-on: ぎょう (gyō)^{←げう (geu, historical)}
• Kun: けわしい (kewashii, 嶢しい)
• Nanori: たかし (takashi)

Korean

Hanja

嶢 (eum 요 (yo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

嶢: Hán Nôm readings: nghèo

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