聱

聱 U+8071, 聱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8071 ← 聰 [U+8070] CJK Unified Ideographs 聲 → [U+8072]

Translingual

Han character

聱 (Kangxi radical 128, 耳+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 土大尸十 (GKSJ) or 手大尸十 (QKSJ), four-corner 4840₁, composition ⿱敖耳)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 969, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29159
• Dae Jaweon: page 1420, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2793, character 4
• Unihan data for U+8071

Chinese

trad.		聱
simp. #		聱

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 聱
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

	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) 

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character	聱	聱
Reading #	1/3	2/3
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	I
Fanqie	五交切	五勞切
Baxter	ngaew	ngaw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋˠau/	/ŋɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋᵚau/	/ŋɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋau/	/ŋɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋaɨw/	/ŋaw/
Li Rong	/ŋau/	/ŋɑu/
Wang Li	/ŋau/	/ŋɑu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋau/	/ŋɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yáo	áo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngaau4	ngou4

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	聱	聱
Reading #	1/3	2/3
No.	42	64
Phonetic component	敖	敖
Rime group	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	敖	聱
Old Chinese	/*ŋaːw/	/*ŋraːw/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): áo (ao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngou⁴

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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/

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• Middle Chinese: ngaew, ngaw

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaːw/, /*ŋraːw/

Definitions

聱

1. ^† not taking others' advice
2. ^† uneven

Compounds

• 佶屈聱牙 (jíqū'áoyá)
• 聱牙
• 詰屈聱牙／诘屈聱牙 (jíqū'áoyá)

 

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character	聱
Reading #	3/3
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	幽 (138)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	語虯切
Baxter	ngjiw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋiɪu/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋɨu/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋieu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋjiw/
Li Rong	/ŋiĕu/
Wang Li	/ŋiəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋieu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yóu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngau4

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	聱
Reading #	3/3
No.	67
Phonetic component	敖
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	聱
Old Chinese	/*ŋrɯw/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yóu (you²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yóu
    • Wade–Giles: yu²
    • Yale: yóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: you
    • Palladius: ю (ju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: ngjiw

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋrɯw/

Definitions

聱

1. ^† mixed; (of sounds) noisy (see the compounds)

Compounds

• 聱耴
• 聱聱

 

Japanese

Kanji

聱

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. poor sentences
2. bent and twisted
3. too complicated

Readings

• Go-on: ぎゅう (gyū)、ごう (gō)
• Kan-on: ぎゅう (gyū)、ごう (gō)
• On: ぎょう (gyō)、ぐ (gu)
• Kun: きかない (kikanai)

Korean

Hanja

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

1. bent and twisted
2. too complicated