軺

See also: 轺

軺 U+8EFA, 軺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8EFA ← 軹 [U+8EF9] CJK Unified Ideographs 軻 → [U+8EFB]

Translingual

Han character

軺 (Kangxi radical 159, 車+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 十十尸竹口 (JJSHR), four-corner 5706₂, composition ⿰車召)

1. a light horse cart
2. special car for envoy

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1242, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38272
• Dae Jaweon: page 1718, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3525, character 9
• Unihan data for U+8EFA

Chinese

trad.		軺
simp.		轺

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
刀	*taːw
忉	*taːw
魛	*taːw
舠	*taːw
朷	*taːw, *moːɡ
叨	*tuːw, *l̥ʰaːw
倒	*taːwʔ, *taːws
到	*taːws
菿	*taːws, *rtaːwɢ
鞀	*deːw
鳭	*rteːw, *teːw
灱	*hreːw
菬	*sdew, *tjewʔ
超	*tʰew
怊	*tʰew, *tʰjew
欩	*tʰew
召	*dews, *djews
昭	*tjew
招	*tjew
鉊	*tjew
沼	*tjewʔ
照	*tjews
詔	*tjews
炤	*tjews
弨	*tʰjew, *tʰjewʔ
眧	*tʰjewʔ
韶	*djew
佋	*djew, *djewʔ
軺	*djew, *lew
玿	*djew
柖	*djew
紹	*djewʔ
袑	*djewʔ
綤	*djewʔ
邵	*djews
劭	*djews
卲	*djews
刁	*teːw
芀	*teːw, *deːw
貂	*teːw
蛁	*teːw
迢	*deːw
苕	*deːw
髫	*deːw
岧	*deːw

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: yew, dzyew

Rime
Character	軺	軺
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	餘昭切	市昭切
Baxter	yew	dzyew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiᴇu/	/d͡ʑiᴇu/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɛu/	/d͡ʑiɛu/
Shao Rongfen	/jæu/	/d͡ʑjæu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiaw/	/d͡ʑiaw/
Li Rong	/iɛu/	/ʑiɛu/
Wang Li	/jĭɛu/	/ʑĭɛu/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ɛu/	/ʑi̯ɛu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yáo	cháo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jiu4	siu4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*djew/, /*lew/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	軺	軺
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	2141	2152
Phonetic component	刀	刀
Rime group	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	韶	遙
Old Chinese	/*djew/	/*lew/

Definitions

軺

1. small, light horse-drawn carriage

Compounds

• 軺車／轺车

 

Japanese

Kanji

軺

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. small light carriage

Readings

• On (unclassified): よう (yō); しょう (shō); じょう (jō); ちょう (chō)

Korean

Hanja

軺 • (cho) (hangeul 초, revised cho, McCune–Reischauer ch'o, Yale cho)

1. small light carriage

Vietnamese

Han character

軺: Hán Việt readings: diêu, dao

1. chữ Hán form of diêu (“a small horse-drawn carriage”).