皫

皫	U+76AB, 皫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-76AB

← 皪
[U+76AA]

CJK Unified Ideographs

皬 →
[U+76AC]

Translingual

Han character

皫 (Kangxi radical 106, 白+15, 20 strokes, cangjie input 竹日戈心火 (HAIPF), four-corner 2063₁, composition ⿰白麃)

white

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 790, character 2
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22807
Dae Jaweon: page 1204, character 32
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2653, character 1
Unihan data for U+76AB

Chinese

trad.		皫
simp. ^#		皫
alternative forms		麃

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
藨	pʰaːw, praw, *brawʔ
麃	braːw, pʰrawʔ
臕	*prew
鑣	*prew
儦	*prew
瀌	prew, biw
犥	pʰew, pʰewʔ
皫	pʰrewʔ, pʰewʔ

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Compare Burmese ဖြူ”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): piǎo (piao³)

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): piu³ / piu² / piu⁵
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): pieo³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phiáu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: piǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: piǎo
  - Wade–Giles: pʻiao³
  - Yale: pyǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: peau
  - Palladius: пяо (pjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: piu³ / piu² / piu⁵
  - Yale: piu / píu / píuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: piu³ / piu² / piu⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: piu³ / piu² / piu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiːu̯³³/, /pʰiːu̯³⁵/, /pʰiːu̯¹³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: pieo³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰieu⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: pieo³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰieu³³²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiáu
  - Tâi-lô: phiáu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phiao
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰiau⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰiau⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰiau⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰiau⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰiau⁴¹/

Middle Chinese: phjiewX

Rime
Character	皫
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	敷沼切
Baxter	phjiewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰiᴇu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰiɛu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰjæu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰiaw^X/
Li Rong	/pʰiɛu^X/
Wang Li	/pʰĭɛu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pʰi̯ɛu^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	piǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	piu²

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*pʰrewʔ/, /*pʰewʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	皫	皫
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	806	808
Phonetic component	麃	麃
Rime group	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	麃	縹
Old Chinese	/*pʰrewʔ/	/*pʰewʔ/

Definitions

皫

(archaic, especially of feathers) faded; having lost color and luster
(archaic) white

References

莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “皫”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 177.