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Translingual

Han character

(radical 85 +12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 水火火尸 (EFFS), four-corner 39127)

  1. inundate, flood
  2. torrent

References

  • KangXi: page 651, character 28
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18318
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1061, character 29
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1747, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+6F87

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*raːw, *raːws
*raːw, *reːw
*ruːw, *hr'aːw
*raːw, *raːw, *raːws
*raːw
*raːw, *reːw
*raːw
*raːwʔ, *raːws
*raːws
*raːws
*reːw
*rraːwɢ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Initial () (37) (37) (37)
Final () (89) (89) (89)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () I I I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/lɑu/ /lɑuX/ /lɑuH/
Pan
Wuyun
/lɑu/ /lɑuX/ /lɑuH/
Shao
Rongfen
/lɑu/ /lɑuX/ /lɑuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/law/ /lawX/ /lawH/
Li
Rong
/lɑu/ /lɑuX/ /lɑuH/
Wang
Li
/lɑu/ /lɑuX/ /lɑuH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/lɑu/ /lɑuX/ /lɑuH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
láo lǎo lào
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 7655 7656
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*raːwʔ/ /*raːws/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings