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獠
獠
Translingual
Han character
獠 (radical 94 犬+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 大竹大金火 (KHKCF), four-corner 44296, composition ⿰犭尞)
References
- KangXi: page 718, character 29
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20692
- Dae Jaweon: page 1130, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1368, character 3
- Unihan data for U+7360
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
獠 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (尞) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 簝 | *reːw, *reːw |
| 潦 | *reːwʔ, *reːws |
| 獠 | *reːwʔ, *ʔr'eːwʔ, *reːw |
| 轑 | *reːwʔ |
| 橑 | *reːwʔ, *reːw |
| 燎 | *rew, *rewʔ, *rews |
| 繚 | *rewʔ, *reːw, *reːwʔ |
| 璙 | *rewʔ, *reːw, *reːws |
| 憭 | *rewʔ, *reːw, *reːwʔ |
| 爒 | *rewʔ, *reːwʔ |
| 僚 | *rewʔ, *reːw |
| 嫽 | *rewʔ, *reːw, *reːws |
| 療 | *rews |
| 膫 | *rews, *reːw |
| 鷯 | *rews, *reːw |
| 遼 | *reːw |
| 撩 | *reːw, *reːwʔ |
| 嘹 | *reːw, *reːw, *reːws |
| 寮 | *reːw |
| 飉 | *reːw |
| 竂 | *reːw |
| 鐐 | *reːw, *reːws |
| 蟟 | *reːw |
| 瞭 | *reːw, *reːwʔ |
| 嶚 | *reːw |
| 镽 | *reːwʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *reːwʔ, *ʔr'eːwʔ, *reːw) : semantic 犬 (“beast”) + phonetic 尞.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˊ
- Wade-Giles: liao2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liau
- IPA (key): /li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ
- Wade-Giles: lao3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lao
- IPA (key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: liu4, lou5
- Yale: lìuh, lóuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: liu4, lou5
- IPA (key): /liːu̯²¹/, /lou̯¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Character | 獠 | 獠 | 獠 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) | 知 (9) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 蕭 (93) | 肴 (90) | 豪 (89) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | IV | II | I |
| Fanqie | 落蕭切 | 張絞切 | 盧晧切 |
| Reconstructions | |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/leu/ | /ʈˠauX/ | /lɑuX/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/leu/ | /ʈᵚauX/ | /lɑuX/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/leu/ | /ȶauX/ | /lɑuX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/lɛw/ | /ʈaɨwX/ | /lawX/ |
| Li Rong |
/leu/ | /ȶauX/ | /lɑuX/ |
| Wang Li |
/lieu/ | /ȶauX/ | /lɑuX/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/lieu/ | /ȶauX/ | /lɑuX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
liáo | zhǎo | lǎo |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Character | 獠 | 獠 | 獠 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| No. | 8073 | 8077 | 8096 |
| Phonetic component |
尞 | 尞 | 尞 |
| Rime group |
宵 | 宵 | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
老 | 䝤 | 聊 |
| Old Chinese |
/*reːwʔ/ | /*ʔr'eːwʔ/ | /*reːw/ |
Definitions
獠
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Japanese
Kanji
獠
- to hunt at night by torches
Readings
Korean
Hanja
獠 • (ryo>yo) (hangeul 료>요, revised ryo>yo, McCune-Reischauer ryo>yo, Yale lyo>yo)
- hunt at night
Vietnamese
Han character
獠 (liêu, lão)
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