# 弨

| 弨 | U+5F28, &#24360; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F28 |
| ← 弧 [U+5F27] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 弩 → [U+5F29] |

## Translingual
### Han character

弨 (Kangxi radical 57, 弓+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 弓尸竹口 (NSHR), four-corner 1726$_2$, composition ⿰弓召)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 358, character 1
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9758
* Dae Jaweon: page 674, character 18
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 994, character 6
* Unihan data for U+5F28

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 刀 | *taːw |
| 忉 | *taːw |
| 魛 | *taːw |
| 舠 | *taːw |
| 朷 | *taːw, *moːɡ |
| 叨 | *tuːw, *l̥ʰaːw |
| 倒 | *taːwʔ, *taːws |
| 到 | *taːws |
| 菿 | *taːws, *rtaːwɢ |
| 鞀 | *deːw |
| 鳭 | *rteːw, *teːw |
| 灱 | *hreːw |
| 菬 | *sdew, *tjewʔ |
| 超 | *tʰew |
| 怊 | *tʰew, *tʰjew |
| 欩 | *tʰew |
| 召 | *dews, *djews |
| 昭 | *tjew |
| 招 | *tjew |
| 鉊 | *tjew |
| 沼 | *tjewʔ |
| 照 | *tjews |
| 詔 | *tjews |
| 炤 | *tjews |
| 弨 | *tʰjew, *tʰjewʔ |
| 眧 | *tʰjewʔ |
| 韶 | *djew |
| 佋 | *djew, *djewʔ |
| 軺 | *djew, *lew |
| 玿 | *djew |
| 柖 | *djew |
| 紹 | *djewʔ |
| 袑 | *djewʔ |
| 綤 | *djewʔ |
| 邵 | *djews |
| 劭 | *djews |
| 卲 | *djews |
| 刁 | *teːw |
| 芀 | *teːw, *deːw |
| 貂 | *teːw |
| 蛁 | *teːw |
| 迢 | *deːw |
| 苕 | *deːw |
| 髫 | *deːw |
| 岧 | *deːw |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chāo (chao$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄠ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ciu$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chāo
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄠ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chao
*** Wade–Giles: chʻao$^1$
*** Yale: chāu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chau
*** Palladius: чао (čao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ciu$^1$
*** Yale: chīu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsiu$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: qiu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiːu̯⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: tsyhew, tsyhewX
Rime :
| Character | 弨 | 弨 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 昌 (24) | 昌 (24) |
| Final (韻) | 宵 (91) | 宵 (91) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 尺招切 | 尺沼切 |
| Baxter | tsyhew | tsyhewX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ɕʰiᴇu/ | /t͡ɕʰiᴇu$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡ɕʰiɛu/ | /t͡ɕʰiɛu$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ɕʰjæu/ | /t͡ɕʰjæu$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /cʰiaw/ | /cʰiaw$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ɕʰiɛu/ | /t͡ɕʰiɛu$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ɕʰĭɛu/ | /t͡ɕʰĭɛu$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛu/ | /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛu$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | chāo | chǎo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ciu$^1$ | ciu$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*tʰjew/, /*tʰjewʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 弨 | 弨 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 2136 | 2137 |
| Phonetic component | 刀 | 刀 |
| Rime group | 宵 | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 怊 | 𪍑 |
| Old Chinese | /*tʰjew/ | /*tʰjewʔ/ |

### Definitions

弨
* (literary) slack (of bow string)
* (literary) bow

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B01005

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): せう (seu)
* Kun: そりかえる (sorikaeru)