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おもね U+963F, 阿
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-963F

[U+963E]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+9640]

Translingual

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Stroke order
 

Han character

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おもね (Kangxi radical 170, +5, 8 strokes, cangjie input ゆみちゅういちゆみこう (NLMNR), four-corner 71220, composition )

Derived characters

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Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1348, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41599
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1850, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4119, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+963F

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
おもね

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character おもね
Warring States
Bronze inscriptions
 

Phono-semantic compound (形聲けいせい形声けいせい, OC *qaːl) : semantic + phonetic (OC *kʰaːlʔ): Originally meaning a big mound.

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ʔa(ŋ/k)- (noun prefix) (STEDT). Compare possibly Burmese အ- (a.-, idem).

“atto-”
Borrowed from English atto-.

Pronunciation

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Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
Note:
  • ă - vernacular;
  • ŏ̤ - literary.
Note:
  • a - vernacular;
  • o - literary.
Note: 4aq - senses 1, 2, 3 only.

Definitions

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おもね

  1. Prefix used in front of the surname or last character of someone’s given name to express familiarity or friendliness (traditionally used in rural or southern Chinese dialects).
    Alternative forms: (dated) , (Hong Kong Cantonese neologism) きば
    おもね  ―  ā  ―  dad
    おもねひらた  ―  Ā Biǎn  ―  Ah Bian (Chen Shui-bian)
    おもねQ正傳せいでんおもねQせい  ―  Āqiū Zhèngzhuàn”  ―  The True Story of Ah Q
  2. (Hokkien, honorific) Prefix to rank seniority for kinship terms.
    おもねあに [Hokkien]  ―  a-hiaⁿ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  eldest brother
  3. (Nanjing Mandarin, Northern Wu, including Suzhounese) Interrogative particle
    おもねせいちょう [Suzhounese, trad.]
    おもねせい [Suzhounese, simp.]
    From: 1993, 蘇州そしゅう方言ほうげんてん, page 20
    Is your surname Chao?
    おもねこれ先生せんせい [Nanjing Mandarin, trad. and simp.]
    Lǐ åq shiī siènsen? [Nankinese Pinyin]
    Are you a teacher?
  4. Alternative form of (ā, á, ǎ, à, a, particle)
  5. Short for おもねとみあせ (Āfùhàn, “Afghanistan”).
  6. Short for おもねしかともえおもね尔巴あま (Ā'ěrbāníyà, “Albania”).
  7. Short for おもねひしげはく (Ālābó, “Arabic”).
  8. atto- (SI unit prefix)

Compounds

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SI prefix
Last Next
(fēi) おもね かい/

Descendants

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  • English: Ah

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
Note:
  • Quanzhou:
    • o - vernacular;
    • o͘ - literary.

Rime
Character おもね
Reading # 1/1
Initial (こえ) かげ (34)
Final (いん) うた (94)
Tone (調しらべ) Level (Ø)
Openness (ひらきあい) Open
Division (ひとし) I
Fanqie がらすなにきり
Baxter 'a
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔɑ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔɑ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔɑ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔa/
Li
Rong
/ʔɑ/
Wang
Li
/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔɑ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
ē
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
o1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character おもね おもね
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
ē ē
Middle
Chinese
‹ ʔa › ‹ ʔa ›
Old
Chinese
/*qˁa[j]/ /*ʔˁa/ (< *qˁaj)
English slope, river bank おもねかいわたる ēhuìxuān: Skt. ābhāsvara “shining” (E. Hàn)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character おもね
Reading # 1/1
No. 7468
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
うた
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
おもね
Old
Chinese
/*qaːl/

Definitions

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おもね

  1. big mound; mountain
  2. hillside
  3. fine silks
  4. (literary, of a mountain or stream) bend; corner
  5. waterside
  6. nearby; near
  7. to flatter; to pander to
    おもね諛奉うけたまわおもね谀奉うけたまわ  ―  ēyúfèngchéng  ―  sweet-talking
  8. to be unfairly partial to
  9. Alternative form of (ē, to excrete)
  10. a surname

Compounds

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (おもね):

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Kanji

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おもね

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

Readings

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
おもね

Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese おもね (MC 'a).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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おもね() (a

  1. The first letter of Sanskrit, (a).
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Affix

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おもね() (a

  1. to flatter; to pander to
  2. ridge (of roof); eaves
  3. A prefix expressing familiarity.
  4. Used as a phonetic element, especially in words from Sanskrit.
  5. Short for アフリカ (Afurika, Africa).
  6. Short for 阿波あわこく (Awa no kuni, Awa Province).
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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
おもね
くま
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of おもね – see the following entry.
くま
[noun] くま, きょく, おもね: corner, nook, recess
[noun] くま, きょく, おもね: shade, shadow, dark area
[noun] くま, きょく, おもね: dark circles under one's eyes. often clarified as したのくま.
Alternative spellings
くま, きょく
(This term, おもね, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

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Hanja

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おもね (eumhun 언덕 (eondeok a))
おもね (eumhun 호칭 (hoching ok))

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Compounds

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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おもね: Hán Việt readings: a, á
おもね: Nôm readings: a, à

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