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Translingual

Han character

(radical 85 +10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 水竹竹田 (EHHW), four-corner 37162, composition)

See also

References

  • KangXi: page 639, character 33
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17943
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1046, character 21
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1703, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+6E9C

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*mruːʔ
*mruːʔ
*mruːʔ
*mruːʔ, *m·ruʔ
*m̥ʰruːs
*m̥ʰruːs, *m·ruː, *m·rus
*m·rɯːw
貿 *mlus
*mlus
*m·ru
*m·ru, *m·rus
*m·ru
*m·ru
*m·ru
*m·ru
*ru
*m·ru, *m·rus
*m·ru
*m·ru
*m·ru
*m·ru
*m·ru
*m·ru, *m·rus
*m·ru, *m·ruʔ
*m·ru, *m·ruʔ
*m·ruʔ
*m·ruʔ
*m·ruʔ
*m·ruʔ, *m·rus
*m·rus
*m·rus
*m·rus
*m·rus

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *m·rus) : semantic  (water) + phonetic  (OC *m·ru, *m·rus) – to slip on water.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (37)
Final () (136)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/lɨuH/
Pan
Wuyun
/liuH/
Shao
Rongfen
/liəuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/luwH/
Li
Rong
/liuH/
Wang
Li
/lĭəuH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/li̯ə̯uH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
liù
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 8906
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*m·rus/

Definitions

  1. slide, glide, slip
  2. slippery

Compounds


Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(ryu>yu) (hangeul >, revised ryu>yu, McCune-Reischauer ryu>yu, Yale lyu>yu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(lưu, lựu, rượu)

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