敖

敖 U+6556, 敖 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6556 ← 敕 [U+6555] CJK Unified Ideographs 敗 → [U+6557]

敖 U+FA90, 敖 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA90 ← 摒 [U+FA8F] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 晴 → [U+FA91]

Translingual

Han character

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)

1. leisurely
2. a surname

Derived characters

• 獓 𫍵 傲 厫 骜 𠞪 𠢕 𪧜 㜜 㟼 㠂 㾲 嗷 嗸 嫯 嶅 廒 慠 滶 獒 隞 𡏼 𢕟 𢳆 𪵧 㥿 摮 熬 璈 遨 𢧴 𣊁 𣘢 𤘒 𪉑 𫆰 磝 𥂢 𥨆 𬑞 聱 蔜 螯 𦪈 𧑃 謷 謸 贅 (赘) 鳌 𨄨 𨅚 𨎞 䦋 鏊 𨫼 䫨 𩕀 𩘮 𩪕 𫗺 𫘀 䮯 驁 𩮯 𩱏 䵅 鰲 鷔 𪍮 鼇 𪙠

Synonyms

• 奢

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 471, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13226
• Dae Jaweon: page 824, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1456, character 13
• Unihan data for U+6556
• Unihan data for U+FA90

Chinese

trad.		敖
simp. #		敖
alternative forms		𫠤 𢾍 𢾕

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 敖
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

	Old Chinese
熬	*ŋaːw, *qaːw
敖	*ŋaːw
嗷	*ŋaːw
螯	*ŋaːw
聱	*ŋaːw, *ŋraːw, *ŋrɯw
驁	*ŋaːw, *ŋaːws
鰲	*ŋaːw
遨	*ŋaːw
獒	*ŋaːw
滶	*ŋaːw
蔜	*ŋaːw
鷔	*ŋaːw, *ŋaːws
鼇	*ŋaːw
謷	*ŋaːw, *ŋaːws, *ŋraːw
嶅	*ŋaːw
嗸	*ŋaːw
摮	*ŋaːw
嫯	*ŋaːw, *ŋaːws
鏊	*ŋaːw, *ŋaːws
傲	*ŋaːws
磝	*ŋraːw

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

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.

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character	敖
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	五勞切
Baxter	ngaw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋaw/
Li Rong	/ŋɑu/
Wang Li	/ŋɑu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	áo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngou4

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	敖	敖
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	áo	áo
Middle Chinese	‹ ngaw ›	‹ ngaw ›
Old Chinese	/*[ŋ]ˁaw/	/*ŋˁaw/
English	tall	saunter about
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	敖
Reading #	1/1
No.	39
Phonetic component	敖
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	敖
Old Chinese	/*ŋaːw/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): áo (ao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngou⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gô / ngô͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: áo
    • Zhuyin: ㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: áo
    • Wade–Giles: ao²
    • Yale: áu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aur
    • Palladius: ао (ao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ngou⁴
    • Yale: ngòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋou̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gô / ngô͘
    • Tâi-lô: gô / ngôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gooi, ngoo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡo²⁴/, /ŋɔ̃²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡo²⁴/, /ŋɔ̃²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡo¹³/, /ŋɔ̃¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡo²⁴/, /ŋɔ̃²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡɤ²³/, /ŋɔ̃²³/

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• Middle Chinese: ngaw

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ŋ]ˤaw/, /*ŋˤaw/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaːw/

Definitions

敖

1. (literary) Original form of 遨 (áo, “to ramble; to play about”).
2. ^† to tease; to joke; to flirt with
3. ^† to make an uproar
4. ^† someone who has not assumed the throne, and thus has no posthumous name, due to dying early [Chu]
5. ^† four-chi-high dog
6. ^† Original form of 廒 (áo, “granary”).
7. ^† Alternative form of 螯 (áo, “pincer; nipper; claw”)
8. ^† Alternative form of 熬 (“to cook on slow fire; to boil”)
9. (historical) An ancient place in the northwest of today Xingyang, Henan.
10. a surname

Compounds

• 孫叔敖／孙叔敖
• 打敖
• 敖不可長／敖不可长
• 敖包 (áobāo)
• 敖得薩／敖得萨
• 敖敖
• 敖曹
• 敖東／敖东 (Áodōng)
• 敖江 (Áojiāng)
• 敖盪／敖荡
• 敖遊／敖游
• 桀敖不馴／桀敖不驯
• 笑敖
• 若敖鬼餒／若敖鬼馁
• 謔浪笑敖／谑浪笑敖
• 讙敖／欢敖

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ào (ao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngou⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gō / ngō͘

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• 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: ngou⁶
    • Yale: ngouh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋou̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gō / ngō͘
    • Tâi-lô: gō / ngōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goi, ngo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡo²²/, /ŋɔ̃²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡo⁴¹/, /ŋɔ̃⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡo²²/, /ŋɔ̃²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡo³³/, /ŋɔ̃³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡɤ³³/, /ŋɔ̃³³/

Definitions

敖

1. ^† Alternative form of 傲 (“haughty; arrogant; conceited”)

References

• “敖”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 敖

敖

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. play
2. be proud

Readings

From Middle Chinese 敖 (MC ngaw); compare Mandarin 敖 (áo):

• Go-on: ごう (gō)^{←がう (gau, historical)}
• Kan-on: ごう (gō)^{←がう (gau, historical)}

From Middle Chinese 敖 (MC ngawH); compare Mandarin 敖 (ào):

• Go-on: ごう (gō)^{←がう (gau, historical)}
• Kan-on: ごう (gō)^{←がう (gau, historical)}

From native Japanese roots:

• Kun: あそぶ (asobu, 敖ぶ)、おごる (ogoru, 敖る)

Compounds

• 敖(ごう)敖(ごう) (gōgō)
• 敖(ごう)惰(だ) (gōda)
• 敖(ごう)盪(とう) (gōtō)
• 敖(ごう)慢(まん) (gōman) (傲(ごう)慢(まん))
• 敖(ごう)民(みん) (gōmin)
• 敖(ごう)遊(ゆう) (gōyū) (遨(ごう)遊(ゆう))
• 敖(オー)漢(ハン)旗(き) (Ōhanki)
• 讙(かん)敖(ごう) (kangō)
• 嬉(き)敖(ごう) (kigō) (嬉(き)遨(ごう))
• 驕(きょう)敖(ごう) (kyōgō) (驕(きょう)傲(ごう), 驕(きょう)慠(ごう))
• 倨(きょ)敖(ごう) (kyogō) (倨(きょ)傲(ごう))
• 踞(きょ)敖(ごう), 倨(きょ)敖(ごう) (kyogō) (踞(きょ)傲(ごう))
• 嘯(しゅう)敖(ごう) (shūgō) (嘯(しゅう)嗷(ごう))
• 笑(しょう)敖(ごう) (shōgō) (笑(しょう)傲(ごう))
• 怠(たい)敖(ごう) (taigō) (怠(たい)傲(ごう), 怠(たい)慠(ごう))
• 遊(ゆう)敖(ごう) (yūgō)

 

Korean

Hanja

敖 (eum 오 (o))

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Vietnamese

Han character

敖: Hán Nôm readings: ngào

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