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U+87AF, 螯
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87AF

[U+87AE]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+87B0]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 142, +11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 土大中一戈 (GKLMI) or 手大中一戈 (QKLMI) or 難土大中一 (XGKLM), four-corner 48136, composition )

  1. nippers, pincers, claws (of crustaceans)

References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1094, character 53
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33496
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1559, character 27
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2875, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+87AF

Chinese

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trad.
simp. #

Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *ŋaːw) : phonetic (OC *ŋaːw) + semantic (insect) – part of an insect, its pincers.

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (31)
Final () (89)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter ngaw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋɑu/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋɑu/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋɑu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋaw/
Li
Rong
/ŋɑu/
Wang
Li
/ŋɑu/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ŋɑu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
áo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ngou4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 41
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ŋaːw/

Definitions

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  1. pincer; chela; nipper; claw
    Synonym: (qián)

Compounds

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. claws

Readings

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  • Go-on: ごう ()がう (gau, historical)
  • Kan-on: ごう ()がう (gau, historical)
  • Kun: はさみ (hasami, )

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(はさみ) or (ハサミ) (hasami

  1. chela

References

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  1. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: ngao

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