鼯

鼯 U+9F2F, 鼯 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9F2F ← 鼮 [U+9F2E] CJK Unified Ideographs 鼰 → [U+9F30]

Translingual

Han character

鼯 (Kangxi radical 208, 鼠+7, 20 strokes, cangjie input 竹女一一口 (HVMMR), four-corner 7176₁, composition ⿰鼠吾)

1. flying squirrel

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1528, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48441
• Dae Jaweon: page 2065, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4775, character 9
• Unihan data for U+9F2F

Chinese

trad.		鼯
simp. #		鼯

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (五) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
吾	*ŋraː, *ŋaː
衙	*ŋraː, *ŋa, *ŋaʔ
鼯	*ŋaː
浯	*ŋaː
珸	*ŋaː
郚	*ŋaː
齬	*ŋaː, *ŋa, *ŋaʔ
鯃	*ŋaː
娪	*ŋaː
梧	*ŋaː
峿	*ŋaː
五	*ŋaːʔ
伍	*ŋaːʔ
寤	*ŋaːs
啎	*ŋaːs
晤	*ŋaːs
悟	*ŋaːs
逜	*ŋaːs
窹	*ŋaːs
捂	*ŋaːs
鋙	*ŋa, *ŋaʔ
語	*ŋaʔ, *ŋas
圄	*ŋaʔ
敔	*ŋaʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wú (wu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wú
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wú
    • Wade–Giles: wu²
    • Yale: wú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wu
    • Palladius: у (u)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ng⁴
    • Yale: ǹgh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: ngu

Rime
Character	鼯
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	五乎切
Baxter	ngu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋuo/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋuo/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋo/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɔ/
Li Rong	/ŋo/
Wang Li	/ŋu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ng4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鼯
Reading #	1/1
No.	13137
Phonetic component	五
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	吾
Old Chinese	/*ŋaː/

Definitions

鼯

1. A flying squirrel (Petaurista leucogenys)

Compounds

• 白面鼯鼠
• 鼯鼠 (wúshǔ)

 

Japanese

Kanji

鼯

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. flying squirrel

Readings

• On (unclassified): ご (go)
• Kun: むささび (musasabi)

Korean

Hanja

鼯 • (o) (hangeul 오, revised o, McCune–Reischauer o, Yale o)

1. 날다람쥐: flying squirrel