坳

坳	U+5773, 坳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5773

← 坲
[U+5772]

CJK Unified Ideographs

坴 →
[U+5774]

Translingual

Han character

坳 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 土女戈尸 (GVIS), four-corner 4412₇, composition ⿰土幼)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 226, character 33

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4988

Dae Jaweon: page 462, character 10

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 436, character 9

Unihan data for U+5773

Chinese

simp. and trad.		坳
alternative forms		㘭垇

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
黝	qliw, qrɯwʔ
坳	qrɯːw, qrɯːws
軪	qrɯːw, qrɯːws
眑	qrɯːw, qrɯwʔ
拗	qrɯːwʔ, qrɯːws
鴢	qrɯːwʔ, qɯːwʔ
靿	qrɯːwʔ, qrɯːws
狕	*qrɯːwʔ
袎	*qrɯːws
怮	qɯːw, qrɯw, qrɯw, qrɯwʔ
窈	*qiːwʔ
苭	*qɯːwʔ
泑	qrɯw, qrɯwʔ
呦	*qrɯw
蚴	*qrɯwʔ
幼	*qrɯws

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qrɯːw, *qrɯːws) : semantic 土 (“earth”) + phonetic 幼 (OC *qrɯws).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ào, āo (ao⁴, ao¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄠˋ, ㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): aau³, aau¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ào
  - Zhuyin: ㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ào
  - Wade–Giles: ao⁴
  - Yale: àu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aw
  - Palladius: ао (ao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan, variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: āo
  - Zhuyin: ㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ao
  - Wade–Giles: ao¹
  - Yale: āu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: au
  - Palladius: ао (ao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: aau³, aau¹
  - Yale: aau, āau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: aau³, aau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ao³, ao¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /aːu̯³³/, /aːu̯⁵⁵/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

Middle Chinese: 'aew

Rime
Character	坳
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	於交切
Baxter	'aew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠau/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚau/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔau/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔaɨw/
Li Rong	/ʔau/
Wang Li	/au/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔau/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	aau¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qrɯːw/, /*qrɯːws/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	坳	坳
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	15621	15632
Phonetic component	幼	幼
Rime group	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	䫜	靿
Old Chinese	/*qrɯːw/	/*qrɯːws/

Definitions

坳

flat land between mountains; col
a hollow in the ground; a cavity; depression

Usage notes

Xiandai Hanyu Guifan Cidian (《现代汉语规范词典》) proscribes the use of the pronunciation āo.

Synonyms

垇

Compounds

上馬坳／上马坳 (Shàngmǎ'ào)
北坳 (Běi'ào)
坳堂
坳塘 (āotáng)
塘坳
山坳 (shān'ào)
山溪坳 (Shānxī'ào)
松樹坳／松树坳 (Sōngshù'ào)
楊家坳／杨家坳 (Yángjiā'ào)
甘塘坳 (Gāntáng'ào)
白石坳 (Báishí'ào)
茅草坳 (Máocǎo'ào)
馬家坳／马家坳 (Mǎjiā'ào)

References

“坳”, 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

坳

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): おう (ō)^{←あう (au, historical)}; よう (yō)^{←えう (eu, historical)}

Kun: くぼみ (kubomi)

Korean

Hanja

坳 • (yo) (hangeul 요, revised yo, McCune–Reischauer yo)

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Vietnamese

Han character

坳: Hán Nôm readings: ao

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References

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