仸

仸	U+4EF8, 仸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4EF8

← 价
[U+4EF7]

CJK Unified Ideographs

仹 →
[U+4EF9]

Translingual

Han character

仸 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 人竹大 (OHK), composition ⿰亻夭)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 94, character 21
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 413
Dae Jaweon: page 200, character 12
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 123, character 2
Unihan data for U+4EF8

Chinese

simp. and trad.		仸

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
笑	*sqʰows
夭	qoːwʔ, qrow, *qrowʔ
镺	qoːwʔ, qoːws
芺	qoːwʔ, qrowʔ
妖	*qrow
祅	*qrow
枖	*qrow
訞	*qrow
殀	*qrowʔ
仸	*qrowʔ
妋	pa, qu
飫	*qos
沃	*qoːwɢ
鋈	*qoːwɢ

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǎo (yao³)

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǎo
  - Wade–Giles: yao³
  - Yale: yǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeau
  - Palladius: яо (jao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jiu²
  - Yale: yíu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jiu²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yiu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯³⁵/

Middle Chinese: 'jewX

Rime
Character	仸
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	宵 (92)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於兆切
Baxter	'jewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠiᴇu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚiɛu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiæu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔiaw^X/
Li Rong	/ʔjɛu^X/
Wang Li	/ĭɛu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔi̯ɛu^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jiu²

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qrowʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	仸
Reading #	1/1
No.	14634
Phonetic component	夭
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	夭
Old Chinese	/*qrowʔ/

Definitions

仸

thin and weak; feeble
bent; distorted; crooked

Compounds

仸僑 / 仸侨

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 仸 – see 佛 (“Buddha; The Enlightened One; statue of Buddha; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 佛).