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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 75 +5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 木竹竹中 (DHHL), four-corner 47920, composition)

References


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·ruʔ) : semantic  + phonetic  (OC *mruːʔ).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (37)
Final () (136)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/lɨuX/
Pan
Wuyun
/liuX/
Shao
Rongfen
/liəuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/luwX/
Li
Rong
/liuX/
Wang
Li
/lĭəuX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/li̯ə̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
liǔ
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
liǔ
Middle
Chinese
‹ ljuwX ›
Old
Chinese
/*([m]ə.)ruʔ/
English willow

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 8897
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*m·ruʔ/

Definitions

  1. A member of the genus Salix: the willow.
  2. (astronomy) One of the constellations of the Twenty-Eight Mansions (二十八宿 (Èrshíbā Xiù)).
  3. A surname.

References


Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

Compounds

Noun

(hiragana やなぎ, katakana ヤナギ, romaji yanagi)

  1. willow (tree)

Proper noun

(hiragana やなぎ, romaji Yanagi)

  1. A surname.

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

(liễu)

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