㸸

㸸	U+3E38, 㸸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-3E38

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[U+3E37]

CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A

㸹 →
[U+3E39]

Translingual

Han character

㸸 (Kangxi radical 93, 牛+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹手竹一口 (HQHMR), composition ⿰牜后)

calf
bull, bullock, ox (castrated)
(a variant) domesticated animals

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 700, character 17
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1809, character 7
Unihan data for U+3E38

Chinese

simp. and trad.		㸸

Glyph origin

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hǒu, ǒu, kǒu (hou³, ou³, kou³)

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˇ, ㄡˇ, ㄎㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haau³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hǒu
  - Wade–Giles: hou³
  - Yale: hǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hoou
  - Palladius: хоу (xou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ǒu
  - Wade–Giles: ou³
  - Yale: ǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: oou
  - Palladius: оу (ou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀoʊ̯²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kǒu
  - Wade–Giles: kʻou³
  - Yale: kǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koou
  - Palladius: коу (kou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: haau³
  - Yale: haau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haau³
  - Guangdong Romanization: hao³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːu̯³³/

Middle Chinese: xuwX, 'uwX, khuwX

Rime
Character	㸸	㸸	㸸
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	影 (34)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)	侯 (137)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	I
Fanqie	呼后切	烏后切	苦后切
Baxter	xuwX	'uwX	khuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/həu^X/	/ʔəu^X/	/kʰəu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/həu^X/	/ʔəu^X/	/kʰəu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/xəu^X/	/ʔəu^X/	/kʰəu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/həw^X/	/ʔəw^X/	/kʰəw^X/
Li Rong	/xu^X/	/ʔu^X/	/kʰu^X/
Wang Li	/xəu^X/	/əu^X/	/kʰəu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xə̯u^X/	/ʔə̯u^X/	/kʰə̯u^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hǒu	ǒu	kǒu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hau²	au²	hau²

Definitions

㸸

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) calf
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) castrated bull