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琉

琉

Translingual

Han character

琉 (radical 96 玉+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 一土卜戈山 (MGYIU), four-corner 1011₃, composition ⿰⺩㐬)

sparkling stone
glazed, opaque

References

KangXi: page 733, character 8

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20978

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1118, character 9

Unihan data for U+7409

Chinese

simp. and trad.		琉

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (流) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
流	*ru
硫	*ru
琉	*ru
旒	*ru
瑬	*ru
裗	*ru

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): liú (liu²)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: liú
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ
  - Wade-Giles: liu²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liou
  - IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lau⁴
  - Yale: làuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹/

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*ru/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	琉
Reading #	1/1
No.	8337
Phonetic component	流
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	劉
Old Chinese	/*ru/
Notes	同瑠

Definitions

琉

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Compounds

琉璃 (liúlí)

Japanese

Kanji

琉

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

On: りゅう (ryū), る (ru)

Compounds

琉璃: lapis lazuli

Korean

Hanja

琉 • ‎(ryu>yu) (hangeul 류>유, revised ryu>yu, McCune-Reischauer ryu>yu, Yale lyu>yu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

Hán Việt: lưu

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