| obscure; mysterious | dark; deep; southeast corner of room | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (奧窔) | 奧 | 窔 | |
| simp. (奥窔) | 奥 | 窔 | |
| alternative forms | 奧窔／奥窔 窔奧／窔奥 穾奧／穾奥 | ||
| Rime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 奧 | 窔 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 豪 (89) | 蕭 (93) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | IV |
| Fanqie | 烏到切 | 烏叫切 |
| Baxter | 'awH | 'ewH |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ʔɑuH/ | /ʔeuH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ʔɑuH/ | /ʔeuH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ʔɑuH/ | /ʔeuH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ʔawH/ | /ʔɛwH/ |
| Li Rong |
/ʔɑuH/ | /ʔeuH/ |
| Wang Li |
/ɑuH/ | /ieuH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ʔɑuH/ | /ʔieuH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
ào | yào |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex |
ou3 | jiu3 |
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 奧 | 奧 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
ào | yù |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ ʔawH › | ‹ ʔjuwk › |
| Old Chinese |
/*ʔˁuk-s/ | /*ʔ(r)uk/ |
| English | southwest corner of a house | cove in the bank of a stream |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | ||
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 奧 | 窔 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 72 | 6338 |
| Phonetic component |
奧 | 交 |
| Rime group |
奧 | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
奥 | 窔 |
| Old Chinese |
/*quːɡs/ | /*qeːws/ |