敖
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敖 (Kangxi radical 66, 攴+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 土尸人大 (GSOK) or 手尸人大 (QSOK), four-corner 48240, composition ⿰⿱士方攵)
Historical forms of the character 敖 | ||
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Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
Originally 𫠤, a pictogram (象形) depicting a person 人 with a headress similar to 屮 and then 丰 and 出 (but unrelated to these character). Later, the person was stylized as a shape similar to 夭 (a young man walking vigorously); 攴 was added next to the pictogram perhaps to convey the concept of authority, making it a phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声) and transforming it into 𢾍; the man under the headress then become stylized as 方 (or 万 in some fonts). See also 免, 冒, and 美.
As an alternative, according to 季旭昇 Ji Xusheng, it represents a man walking and travelling in the countryside, symbolized by a sprout 屮 on top. See also the original form of 每.
Shuowen Jiezi erroneously interprets it as an ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : 出 (“leave”) + 放 (“release”) due to the later stylization.
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From Middle Chinese 敖 (MC ngaw); compare Mandarin 敖 (áo):
From Middle Chinese 敖 (MC ngawH); compare Mandarin 敖 (ào):
From native Japanese roots:
敖 (eum 오 (o))
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.敖: Hán Nôm readings: ngào
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