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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 96 +12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 一土大金火 (MGKCF), composition)

  1. a kind of jade
  2. (classical) fetters or leg irons made of pure silver

References

  • KangXi: page 742, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21238
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1151, character 15
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1137, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+7499

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 *rewʔ, *reːw, *reːws) : semantic  (jade) + phonetic .

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Initial () (37) (37) (37)
Final () (93) (91) (93)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () IV III IV
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/leu/ /liᴇuX/ /leuH/
Pan
Wuyun
/leu/ /liɛuX/ /leuH/
Shao
Rongfen
/leu/ /ljæuX/ /leuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/lɛw/ /liawX/ /lɛwH/
Li
Rong
/leu/ /liɛuX/ /leuH/
Wang
Li
/lieu/ /lĭɛuX/ /lieuH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/lieu/ /li̯ɛuX/ /lieuH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
liáo liǎo liào
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
No. 8081 8104 8120
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
𩕐
Old
Chinese
/*rewʔ/ /*reːw/ /*reːws/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings