# 坳

| 坳 | U+5773, &#22387; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5773 |
| ← 坲 [U+5772] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 坴 → [U+5774] |

## Translingual
### Han character

坳 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 土女戈尸 (GVIS), four-corner 4412$_7$, composition ⿰土幼)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 226, character 33
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4988
* Dae Jaweon: page 462, character 10
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 436, character 9
* Unihan data for U+5773

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 黝 | *qliw, *qrɯwʔ |
| 坳 | *qrɯːw, *qrɯːws |
| 軪 | *qrɯːw, *qrɯːws |
| 眑 | *qrɯːw, *qrɯwʔ |
| 拗 | *qrɯːwʔ, *qrɯːws |
| 鴢 | *qrɯːwʔ, *qɯːwʔ |
| 靿 | *qrɯːwʔ, *qrɯːws |
| 狕 | *qrɯːwʔ |
| 袎 | *qrɯːws |
| 怮 | *qɯːw, *qrɯw, *qrɯw, *qrɯwʔ |
| 窈 | *qiːwʔ |
| 苭 | *qɯːwʔ |
| 泑 | *qrɯw, *qrɯwʔ |
| 呦 | *qrɯw |
| 蚴 | *qrɯwʔ |
| 幼 | *qrɯws |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qrɯːw, *qrɯːws) : semantic 土 (“earth”) + phonetic 幼 (OC *qrɯws).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): ào, āo (ao$^4$, ao$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄠˋ, ㄠ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): aau$^3$ / aau$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ào
*** Zhuyin: ㄠˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ào
*** Wade–Giles: ao$^4$
*** Yale: àu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aw
*** Palladius: ао (ao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan, variant in Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: āo
*** Zhuyin: ㄠ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ao
*** Wade–Giles: ao$^1$
*** Yale: āu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: au
*** Palladius: ао (ao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: aau$^3$ / aau$^1$
*** Yale: aau / āau
*** Cantonese Pinyin: aau$^3$ / aau$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ao$^3$ / ao$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /aːu̯³³/, /aːu̯⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: 'aew
Rime :
| Character | 坳 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 肴 (90) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 於交切 |
| Baxter | 'aew |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔˠau/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔᵚau/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔau/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔaɨw/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔau/ |
| Wang Li | /au/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ʔau/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yāo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | aau$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*qrɯːw/, /*qrɯːws/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 坳 | 坳 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 15621 | 15632 |
| Phonetic component | 幼 | 幼 |
| Rime group | 幽 | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 䫜 | 靿 |
| Old Chinese | /*qrɯːw/ | /*qrɯːws/ |

### Definitions

坳
* flat land between mountains; col
* a hollow in the ground; a cavity; depression

#### Usage notes

* Xiandai Hanyu Guifan Cidian (《现代汉语规范词典》) proscribes the use of the pronunciation āo.

#### Synonyms

* 垇

### Compounds

* 上馬坳／上马坳 (Shàngmǎ'ào)
* 北坳 (Běi'ào)
* 坳堂
* 坳塘 (āotáng)
* 塘坳
* 山坳 (shān'ào)
* 山溪坳 (Shānxī'ào)
* 松樹坳／松树坳 (Sōngshù'ào)
* 楊家坳／杨家坳 (Yángjiā'ào)
* 甘塘坳 (Gāntáng'ào)
* 白石坳 (Báishí'ào)
* 茅草坳 (Máocǎo'ào)
* 馬家坳／马家坳 (Mǎjiā'ào)

### References

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

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): おう (ō)、よう (yō)
* Kun: くぼみ (kubomi)

## Korean
### Hanja

坳 • (yo) (hangeul 요, revised yo, McCune–Reischauer yo)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

坳: Hán Nôm readings: ao
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#### References

* Nom Foundation