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榴
榴
Translingual
Han character
榴 (radical 75 木+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 木竹竹田 (DHHW), four-corner 47962, composition ⿰木留)
References
- KangXi: page 544, character 24
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15280
- Dae Jaweon: page 932, character 8
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1267, character 5
- Unihan data for U+69B4
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
榴 | |
|---|---|---|
Opened pomegranate
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (卯) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 卯 | *mruːʔ |
| 昴 | *mruːʔ |
| 泖 | *mruːʔ |
| 茆 | *mruːʔ, *m·ruʔ |
| 奅 | *m̥ʰruːs |
| 窌 | *m̥ʰruːs, *m·ruː, *m·rus |
| 聊 | *m·rɯːw |
| 貿 | *mlus |
| 鄮 | *mlus |
| 劉 | *m·ru |
| 留 | *m·ru, *m·rus |
| 蒥 | *m·ru |
| 鶹 | *m·ru |
| 騮 | *m·ru |
| 榴 | *m·ru |
| 瑠 | *ru |
| 瘤 | *m·ru, *m·rus |
| 遛 | *m·ru |
| 鎦 | *m·ru |
| 飀 | *m·ru |
| 鰡 | *m·ru |
| 嵧 | *m·ru |
| 餾 | *m·ru, *m·rus |
| 瀏 | *m·ru, *m·ruʔ |
| 懰 | *m·ru, *m·ruʔ |
| 柳 | *m·ruʔ |
| 珋 | *m·ruʔ |
| 罶 | *m·ruʔ |
| 嬼 | *m·ruʔ, *m·rus |
| 溜 | *m·rus |
| 霤 | *m·rus |
| 廇 | *m·rus |
| 塯 | *m·rus |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *m·ru) : semantic 木 + phonetic 留 (OC *m·ru, *m·rus).
Etymology
The botanist Li Shizhen suggests that 榴 is the same as 瘤 (OC *m·ru, *m·rus, “lump, tumour”), as the pomegranate fruit resembles cancerous outgrowths on the body.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): lau4
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): liù
- Min Dong (BUC): liù
- Min Nan (POJ): liû
- Wu (Wiktionary): lieu (T3)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ
- Wade-Giles: liu2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liou
- IPA (key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: lau4
- Yale: làuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: lau4
- IPA (key): /lɐu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liù
- Hakka Romanization System: liuˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: liu2
- IPA: /li̯u¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: liù
- IPA (key): /l̃ieu⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liû
- Tâi-lô: liû
- Phofsit Daibuun: liuu
- IPA (Xiamen): /liu²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /liu²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /liu¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /liu²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /liu²³/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: lieu (T3)
- IPA (key): /liɜ²³/
- (Shanghainese)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 榴 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 尤 (136) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 力求切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/lɨu/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/liu/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/liəu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/luw/ |
| Li Rong |
/liu/ |
| Wang Li |
/lĭəu/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/li̯ə̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
liú |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 榴 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 8886 |
| Phonetic component |
卯 |
| Rime group |
幽 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
劉 |
| Old Chinese |
/*m·ru/ |
Definitions
榴
- Short for 石榴 (shíliú, “pomegranate”).
- A surname.
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
榴
Readings
Compounds
Compounds with 榴
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Korean
Hanja
榴 • (ryu>yu) (hangeul 류>유, revised ryu>yu, McCune-Reischauer ryu>yu, Yale lyu>yu)
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Vietnamese
Han character
榴 (lựu)
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