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Translingual

Han character

(radical 40 +12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 十大金火 (JKCF), four-corner 30906, composition)

  1. shanty, hut, shack

References

  • KangXi: page 292, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7325
  • Dae Jaweon: page 578, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 953, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+5BEE

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*reːw, *reːw
*reːwʔ, *reːws
*reːwʔ, *ʔr'eːwʔ, *reːw
*reːwʔ
*reːwʔ, *reːw
*rew, *rewʔ, *rews
*rewʔ, *reːw, *reːwʔ
*rewʔ, *reːw, *reːws
*rewʔ, *reːw, *reːwʔ
*rewʔ, *reːwʔ
*rewʔ, *reːw
*rewʔ, *reːw, *reːws
*rews
*rews, *reːw
*rews, *reːw
*reːw
*reːw, *reːwʔ
*reːw, *reːw, *reːws
*reːw
*reːw
*reːw
*reːw, *reːws
*reːw
*reːw, *reːwʔ
*reːw
*reːwʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *reːw) : semantic  + phonetic .

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (37)
Final () (93)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/leu/
Pan
Wuyun
/leu/
Shao
Rongfen
/leu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/lɛw/
Li
Rong
/leu/
Wang
Li
/lieu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/lieu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
liáo
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 8097
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*reːw/
Notes

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. dormitory
  2. hostel
  3. villa
  4. tea pavilion

Readings

Etymology

Kanji in this term
りょう
Grade: S
on'yomi

From Sinitic.

Noun

(hiragana りょう, romaji ryō, historical hiragana れう)

  1. dormitory, student accommodation, barracks

Korean

Hanja

(ryo) (hangeul , revised ryo, McCune-Reischauer ryo)

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Vietnamese

Han character

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