# 嶅

| 嶅 | U+5D85, &#23941; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5D85 |
| ← 嶄 [U+5D84] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 嶆 → [U+5D86] |

## Translingual
### Han character

嶅 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 土大山 (GKU) or 手大山 (QKU), composition ⿱敖山)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 318, character 31
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8414
* Dae Jaweon: page 619, character 2
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 792, character 20
* Unihan data for U+5D85

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 熬 | *ŋaːw, *qaːw |
| 敖 | *ŋaːw |
| 嗷 | *ŋaːw |
| 螯 | *ŋaːw |
| 聱 | *ŋaːw, *ŋraːw, *ŋrɯw |
| 驁 | *ŋaːw, *ŋaːws |
| 鰲 | *ŋaːw |
| 遨 | *ŋaːw |
| 獒 | *ŋaːw |
| 滶 | *ŋaːw |
| 蔜 | *ŋaːw |
| 鷔 | *ŋaːw, *ŋaːws |
| 鼇 | *ŋaːw |
| 謷 | *ŋaːw, *ŋaːws, *ŋraːw |
| 嶅 | *ŋaːw |
| 嗸 | *ŋaːw |
| 摮 | *ŋaːw |
| 嫯 | *ŋaːw, *ŋaːws |
| 鏊 | *ŋaːw, *ŋaːws |
| 傲 | *ŋaːws |
| 磝 | *ŋraːw |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ŋaːw): phonetic 敖 (OC *ŋaːw) + semantic 山 (“mountain”).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): áo (ao$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄠˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ngou$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): gô / ngô͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ngao$^5$
* 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: ngou$^4$
*** Yale: ngòuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ngou$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ngou$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋou̯²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gô
*** Tâi-lô: gô
*** Phofsit Daibuun: gooi
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡo¹³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ɡo²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngô͘
*** Tâi-lô: ngôo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ngoo
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ŋɔ̃²⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ngao$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngâu
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋau⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$ngau
*** MiniDict: ngau$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$ngau
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ŋɔ²³/
* Middle Chinese: ngaw
Rime :
| Character | 嶅 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 疑 (31) |
| Final (韻) | 豪 (89) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 五勞切 |
| Baxter | ngaw |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ŋɑu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ŋɑu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ŋɑu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ŋaw/ |
| Li Rong | /ŋɑu/ |
| Wang Li | /ŋɑu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ŋɑu/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | áo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ngou$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaːw/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 嶅 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 52 |
| Phonetic component | 敖 |
| Rime group | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 敖 |
| Old Chinese | /*ŋaːw/ |

#### Definitions

嶅
* (historical dictionaries only) (alt. form 磝) mountain full of small stones
* (～山) Name of a mountain in Guangdong.

#### Compounds

* 嶅陰 / 嶅阴
* 稠嶅

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): ào (ao$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄠˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ào
*** Zhuyin: ㄠˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ào
*** Wade–Giles: ao$^4$
*** Yale: àu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aw
*** Palladius: ао (ao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹/

#### Definitions

嶅
* (historical dictionaries only, of a mountain) high

## Zhuang
### Noun

嶅
* Sawndip form of ngaux