# 鏖

| 鏖 | U+93D6, &#37846; 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 0010$_9$, 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
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 鏖 | *quː |
| 𤏶 | *quː |
| 麀 | *qɯw |

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): áo (ao$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄠˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ou$^1$ / ngou$^1$ / ngou$^4$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$ngau
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: áo
*** Zhuyin: ㄠˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: áo
*** Wade–Giles: ao$^2$
*** Yale: áu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aur
*** Palladius: ао (ao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀɑʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ou$^1$ / ngou$^1$ / ngou$^4$
*** Yale: ōu / ngōu / ngòuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ou$^1$ / ngou$^1$ / ngou$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ou$^1$ / ngou$^1$ / ngou$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /ou̯⁵⁵/, /ŋou̯⁵⁵/, /ŋou̯²¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$ngau
*** MiniDict: ngau$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$ngau
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ŋɔ²³/
* 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 | ou$^1$ |
* 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

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some! Particularly: “Ningbonese: tsɔ53”

#### Definitions

鏖 (Ningbonese)
* unclean; unkempt
* dust; waste; rubbish

### References

* “鏖”, 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)
* massacre, annihilation, wholesale slaughter

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): おう (ō)
* Kun: みなごろし (minagoroshi, 鏖)

### Etymology

* 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.) :

## Korean
### Hanja

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