九烏

Chinese

		nine	a crow; black; not a crow; black; not; empty; void
trad. (九烏)		九	烏
simp. (九乌)		九	乌
Literally: “nine crows”.

Etymology

See 九日. Figurative use of 烏 (“crow”) is from the three-legged crow living in the sun in Chinese mythology.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiǔwū

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gau² wu¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiǔwū
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiǒuwu
  - Wade–Giles: chiu³-wu¹
  - Yale: jyǒu-wū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeouu
  - Palladius: цзюу (czjuu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ u⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gau² wu¹
  - Yale: gáu wū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gau² wu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: geo² wu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³⁵ wuː⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: kjuwX 'u

Rime
Character	九	烏
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	舉有切	哀都切
Baxter	kjuwX	'u
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨu^X/	/ʔuo/
Pan Wuyun	/kiu^X/	/ʔuo/
Shao Rongfen	/kiəu^X/	/ʔo/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kuw^X/	/ʔɔ/
Li Rong	/kiu^X/	/ʔo/
Wang Li	/kĭəu^X/	/u/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯ə̯u^X/	/ʔuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiǔ	wū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gau²	wu¹

Noun

九烏

(literary, figuratively) nine suns

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