鏖

鏖	U+93D6, 鏖 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-93D6

← 鏕
[U+93D5]

CJK Unified Ideographs

鏗 →
[U+93D7]

Translingual

Han character

鏖 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+11, 19 strokes, cangjie input 戈心金 (IPC), four-corner 0010₉, composition ⿸鹿金)

Derived characters

𤓍

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1319, character 30
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40799
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4250, character 9
Unihan data for U+93D6

Chinese

trad.		鏖
simp. ^#		鏖
alternative forms		鏕／𰾲䥝／𰿁

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
鏖	*quː
𤏶	*quː
麀	*qɯw

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): áo (ao²)

(Zhuyin): ㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ou¹ / ngou¹ / ngou⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): o

(Teochew, Peng'im): ao¹ / o¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ngau
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ngau²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: áo
  - Zhuyin: ㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: áo
  - Wade–Giles: ao²
  - Yale: áu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aur
  - Palladius: ао (ao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ou¹ / ngou¹ / ngou⁴
  - Yale: ōu / ngōu / ngòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ou¹ / ngou¹ / ngou⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ou¹ / ngou¹ / ngou⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ou̯⁵⁵/, /ŋou̯⁵⁵/, /ŋou̯²¹/

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

Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o
  - Tâi-lô: o
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oy
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /o⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /o³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /o⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /o⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɤ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ao¹ / o¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: au / o
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /au³³/, /o³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶ngau
  - MiniDict: ngau^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ngau
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ŋɔ²³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: ngau²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɒu̯¹³/

Middle Chinese: 'aw

Rime
Character	鏖
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	於刀切
Baxter	'aw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔaw/
Li Rong	/ʔɑu/
Wang Li	/ɑu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	āo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ou¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*quː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鏖
Reading #	1/1
No.	15490
Phonetic component	麀
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	𤏶
Old Chinese	/*quː/
Notes	同䥝漢書

Definitions

鏖

(literary) to fight to the end; to engage in a fierce battle
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) fierce
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) clamorous
(obsolete) kettle

Compounds

赤壁鏖兵
鏖兵 (áobīng)
鏖兵赤壁
鏖戰 / 鏖战 (áozhàn)
鏖糟

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Definitions

鏖 (Ningbonese)

unclean; unkempt
dust; waste; rubbish

References

“鏖”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

鏖

(Hyōgai kanji)

massacre, annihilation, wholesale slaughter
Alternative form: 鏕

Readings

Go-on: おう (ō)^{←あう (au, historical)}
Kan-on: おう (ō)^{←あう (au, historical)}
Kun: みなごろし (minagoroshi, 鏖)

Compounds

鏖(おう)殺(さつ) (ōsatsu)
鏖(おう)戦(せん) (ōsen)
鏖(おう)闘(とう) (ōtō)

Definitions

Kanji in this term
鏖
みなごろし Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 鏖 – see the following entry.

【みなごろし】

[noun] massacre; slaughter

Alternative spellings
皆殺し, 37564

(This term, 鏖, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

“^▲鏖”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja

鏖 • (o) (hangeul 오, revised o, McCune–Reischauer o, Yale o)

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