杳

See also: 杲
杳 U+6773, 杳
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6773
← 杲
[U+6772] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 杴 →
[U+6774]

Translingual

Han character

杳 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 木日 (DA), four-corner 40609, composition ⿱木日)

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 513, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14501
  • Dae Jaweon: page 901, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1169, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+6773

Chinese
trad. 杳
simp. # 杳
alternative forms 窅

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 木 (“tree”) + 日 (“sun”) - dark. Compare 杲 (gǎo, “bright”).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 杳
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 蕭 (93)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 烏皎切
Baxter 'ewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʔeuX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʔeuX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ʔeuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʔɛwX/
Li
Rong		 /ʔeuX/
Wang
Li		 /ieuX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ʔieuX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 yǎo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 jiu2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 杳
Reading # 1/1
No. 14728
Phonetic
component		 杳
Rime
group		 宵
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese		 /*ʔmeːwʔ/

Definitions

杳

  1. dim; dark; gloomy
  2. indistinct; distant
  3. quiet; secluded
  4. vast; expansive
  5. to disappear

Compounds
  • 人琴俱杳
  • 人跡杳然／人迹杳然
  • 杳冥
  • 杳如黃鶴／杳如黄鹤
  • 杳杳 (yǎoyǎo)
  • 杳渺
  • 杳漫
  • 杳然 (yǎorán)
  • 杳無人煙／杳无人烟 (yǎowúrényān)
  • 杳無人跡／杳无人迹
  • 杳無信息／杳无信息
  • 杳無消息／杳无消息
  • 杳然無蹤／杳然无踪
  • 杳無蹤影／杳无踪影
  • 杳無蹤跡／杳无踪迹
  • 杳無音信／杳无音信 (yǎowúyīnxìn)
  • 杳眇
  • 杳茫
  • 芳魂已杳
  • 雁杳魚沉／雁杳鱼沉 (yànyǎoyúchén)
  • 音信杳無／音信杳无
  • 音信杳然 (yīnxìnyǎorán)
  • 音問杳然／音问杳然
  • 音稀信杳
  • 魚沉雁杳／鱼沉雁杳 (yúchényànyǎo)
  • 鱗鴻杳絕／鳞鸿杳绝

References

Japanese

Kanji
杳

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Etymology
Kanji in this term
杳
よう
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 杳 (MC 'ewX).

Pronunciation

Adjective

杳(よう) • (yō) ←えう (eu)?†-tari (adnominal 杳(よう)とした (yō to shita) or 杳(よう)たる (yō taru), adverbial 杳(よう)と (yō to) or 杳(よう)として (yō to shite))

  1. dark and indistinct; unclear
    杳(よう)として知(し)れない
    yō to shite shirenai
    unknown

Inflection
Classical conjugation of "杳たり" (タリ活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 杳たらえうたらeutara
Continuative (連用形) 杳と[1]
杳たり[2]		えうと
えうたり		euto
eutari
Terminal (終止形) 杳たりえうたりeutari
Attributive (連体形) 杳たるえうたるeutaru
Realis (已然形) 杳たれえうたれeutare
Imperative (命令形) 杳たれえうたれeutare
Key constructions
Negative 杳たらずえうたらずeutarazu
Contrasting conjunction 杳たれどえうたれどeutaredo
Causal conjunction 杳たればえうたればeutareba
Conditional conjunction 杳たらばえうたらばeutaraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 杳たりきえうたりきeutariki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 杳たりけりえうたりけりeutarikeri
Adverbial 杳とえうとeuto
[1]Without auxiliary verb.
[2]With auxiliary verb.

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

杳 • (myo, yo) (hangeul 묘, 요, revised myo, yo, McCune–Reischauer myo, yo, Yale myo, yo)

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Vietnamese

Han character

杳: Hán Nôm readings: diểu, yểu

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