渥

渥 U+6E25, 渥 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6E25 ← 渤 [U+6E24] CJK Unified Ideographs 渦 → [U+6E26]

Translingual

Han character

渥 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水尸一土 (ESMG) or 難難水尸一 (XXESM), four-corner 3711₄, composition ⿰氵屋)

Derived characters

• 𩅵

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 634, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17770
• Dae Jaweon: page 1041, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1689, character 6
• Unihan data for U+6E25

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
握	*qroːɡ
幄	*qroːɡ
偓	*qroːɡ
渥	*qroːɡ
齷	*qroːɡ
楃	*qroːɡ
喔	*qroːɡ
腛	*qroːɡ
媉	*qroːɡ
屋	*qoːɡ
剭	*qoːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qroːɡ) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 屋 (OC *qoːɡ).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		渥

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wò (wo⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ak¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ak / ok

  (Teochew, Peng'im): og⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wò
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wò
    • Wade–Giles: wo⁴
    • Yale: wò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woh
    • Palladius: во (vo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ak¹
    • Yale: āk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: eg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐk̚⁵/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ak
    • Tâi-lô: ak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ak̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ak̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ok
    • Tâi-lô: ok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: og
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔk̚⁵/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: og⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ok
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ok̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: 'aewk

Rime
Character	渥
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	江 (10)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	於角切
Baxter	'aewk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠʌk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚɔk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɔk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔaɨwk̚/
Li Rong	/ʔɔk̚/
Wang Li	/ɔk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔɔk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yue
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ok3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*qˤrok/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qroːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	渥
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wò
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔæwk ›
Old Chinese	/*qˁrok/ (or *ʔˁrok ?)
English	moisten, smear
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	渥
Reading #	1/1
No.	13069
Phonetic component	屋
Rime group	屋
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	渥
Old Chinese	/*qroːɡ/

Definitions

渥

1. (literary) to moisten; to soak
2. (literary) deep; rich; strong; thick
3. (archaic) glossy; dyed
4. (literary) to enrich

Compounds

• 丹渥
• 乾渥／干渥
• 優渥／优渥 (yōuwò)
• 周渥
• 奇渥溫／奇渥温
• 富渥
• 寵渥／宠渥
• 平渥
• 恩渥
• 慈渥
• 慶渥／庆渥
• 新渥
• 朴渥
• 榮渥／荣渥
• 殊渥
• 殷渥
• 沛渥
• 沾渥
• 深渥
• 渥丹
• 渥刑
• 渥厚
• 渥味
• 渥太華／渥太华 (Wòtàihuá)
• 渥寵／渥宠
• 渥彩
• 渥恩
• 渥惠
• 渥摯／渥挚
• 渥朱
• 渥水精
• 渥水駒／渥水驹
• 渥汗
• 渥沃
• 渥沛
• 渥洼
• 渥洽
• 渥流
• 渥渙／渥涣
• 渙渥／涣渥
• 渥漉
• 渥潤／渥润
• 渥澤／渥泽
• 渥然
• 渥盛
• 渥眄
• 渥眷
• 渥窪／渥洼
• 渥絳／渥绛
• 渥耀
• 渥赭
• 渥采
• 渥集
• 渥須／渥须
• 渥飾／渥饰
• 濡渥
• 獎渥／奖渥
• 眷渥
• 睿渥
• 神渥
• 聖渥／圣渥
• 茂渥
• 蕃渥
• 融渥
• 親渥／亲渥
• 豐渥／丰渥
• 醰渥
• 隆渥
• 霑渥／沾渥
• 鬱渥／郁渥
• 鴻渥／鸿渥

 

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		渥

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ak

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ak
    • Tâi-lô: ak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ag
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ak̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ak̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ak̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ak̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ak̚³²/

Definitions

渥

1. (Hokkien) Alternative form of 沃
   • 2007, “感恩的花蕊”, 詹雅雯 (lyrics), 劉清池 (music)‎^[1]performed by 詹雅雯:

     渥思源頭的泉水　開感恩的花蕊 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     渥思源头的泉水　开感恩的花蕊 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     ak su goân-thâu ê chôaⁿ-chúi, khui kám-un ê hoe-lúi [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Japanese

Kanji

渥

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. moisten, make moist
2. kind, cordial
3. glossy

Readings

• Go-on: あく (aku)
• Kan-on: あく (aku)
• Kun: あつい (atsui, 渥い)

Korean

Hanja

渥 (eum 악 (ak))

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Vietnamese

Han character

渥: Hán Nôm readings: ốc

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