捂

See also: 摀

捂 U+6342, 捂 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6342 ← 捁 [U+6341] CJK Unified Ideographs 捃 → [U+6343]

Translingual

Han character

捂 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 手一一口 (QMMR), four-corner 5106₁, composition ⿰扌吾)

1. resist

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 432, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12124
• Dae Jaweon: page 782, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1878, character 9
• Unihan data for U+6342

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (五) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
吾	*ŋraː, *ŋaː
衙	*ŋraː, *ŋa, *ŋaʔ
鼯	*ŋaː
浯	*ŋaː
珸	*ŋaː
郚	*ŋaː
齬	*ŋaː, *ŋa, *ŋaʔ
鯃	*ŋaː
娪	*ŋaː
梧	*ŋaː
峿	*ŋaː
五	*ŋaːʔ
伍	*ŋaːʔ
寤	*ŋaːs
啎	*ŋaːs
晤	*ŋaːs
悟	*ŋaːs
逜	*ŋaːs
窹	*ŋaːs
捂	*ŋaːs
鋙	*ŋa, *ŋaʔ
語	*ŋaʔ, *ŋas
圄	*ŋaʔ
敔	*ŋaʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋaːs) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 吾 (OC *ŋraː, *ŋaː).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		捂
alternative forms		摀／𰓆

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǔ (wu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu² / ng⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ngō͘ / oⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǔ
    • Wade–Giles: wu³
    • Yale: wǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuu
    • Palladius: у (u)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wu² / ng⁶
    • Yale: wú / ngh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu² / ng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu² / ng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː³⁵/, /ŋ̍²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngō͘
    • Tâi-lô: ngōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ngo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ŋɔ̃⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ŋɔ̃²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: onn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: vof
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ɔ̃⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: nguH

Rime
Character	捂
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	五故切
Baxter	nguH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋuoH/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋuoH/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋoH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɔH/
Li Rong	/ŋoH/
Wang Li	/ŋuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋuoH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ng6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	捂
Reading #	1/1
No.	13155
Phonetic component	五
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	誤
Old Chinese	/*ŋaːs/
Notes	見儀禮

Definitions

捂

1. to cover

   捂臉／捂脸  ―  wǔliǎn  ―  to cover one's face with hands

Compounds

• 捂捂蓋蓋／捂捂盖盖 (wǔwǔgàigài)
• 捂蓋子／捂盖子

 

See also

• 蓋／盖 (gài)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wú (wu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wú
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wú
    • Wade–Giles: wu²
    • Yale: wú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wu
    • Palladius: у (u)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵/

Definitions

捂

1. Only used in 枝捂.

References

• “捂”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• https://web.archive.org/web/20180420210431/http://www.guoxuedashi.com/

Japanese

Kanji

捂

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ご (go)
• Kun: ふれる (fureru)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

捂: Hán Nôm readings: ô

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References

• Nom Foundation