# 鰲

| 鰲 | U+9C32, &#39986; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9C32 |
| ← 鰱 [U+9C31] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 鰳 → [U+9C33] |

## Translingual
### Han character

鰲 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+11, 22 strokes, cangjie input 土大弓田火 (GKNWF), four-corner 4833$_6$, composition ⿱敖魚)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1476, character 27
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46416
* Dae Jaweon: page 2008, character 12
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4704, character 16
* Unihan data for U+9C32

## Chinese

* 鰲 (Written Standard Chinese)
* Ao (turtle) (English)

### 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 魚 (“fish”)

### Etymology

Possibly a back-formation from 黿 (OC *ŋoːn, *ŋon, “large turtle”) with final -n discarded due to folk etymology (Schuessler, 2007).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): áo (ao$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄠˊ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ngou$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): ngau$^3$
* Gan (Wiktionary): ngau$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): ngàu
    (Meixian, Guangdong): ngau$^2$
* Northern Min (KCR): ngâu / ngǎu
* Eastern Min (BUC): ngò̤
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): gô / gô͘
    (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/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: ngau$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ᵑɡau²²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: ngau$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋau³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngàu
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngau$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ngau$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋau̯¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: ngau$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋau¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ngâu / ngǎu
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋau³³/, /ŋau²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ngò̤
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋo⁵³/
* 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: gô͘
*** Tâi-lô: gôo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: goo
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡɔ²⁴/
** (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 | 鰲 |
| 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 | 鰲 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 44 |
| Phonetic component | 敖 |
| Rime group | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 敖 |
| Old Chinese | /*ŋaːw/ |
| Notes | 鼇後起字 |

### Definitions

鰲
* (Chinese mythology) large mythological sea turtle
* (～江) Ao (a river in Zhejiang, China)

#### Synonyms

* (river): 青龍 / 青龙 (Qīnglóng) (lower reaches)

### Compounds

* 占鰲頭 / 占鳌头
* 溫鰲妝燕 / 温鳌妆燕
* 獨佔鰲頭 / 獨占鰲頭 / 独占鳌头 (dúzhàn'áotóu)
* 金鰲玉蝀 / 金鳌玉𬟽
* 鰲山 / 鳌山 (áoshān)
* 鰲嶼 / 鳌屿 (Áoyǔ)
* 鰲裡奪尊 / 鳌里夺尊
* 鰲頭 / 鳌头 (áotóu)
* 鰲頭獨占 / 鳌头独占
* 鰲魚 / 鳌鱼

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* huge mythological sea turtle

#### Readings

* Go-on: ごう (gō)
* Kan-on: ごう (gō)
* Kun: おおがめ (ōgame, 鰲)

#### Compounds

* 鼇頭(ごうとう) (gōtō)

## Korean
### Hanja

鰲 (eum 오 (o))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

鰲: Hán Nôm readings: ngao
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#### References

* Nom Foundation