Definify.com

Definition 2024


Translingual

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*ru
*ru
*ru
*ru
*ru
*ru

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ru) : semantic  + phonetic .

Han character

(radical 112 +7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一口卜戈山 (MRYIU), four-corner 10613, composition)

References

  • KangXi: page 831, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24229
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1247, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2435, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+786B

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (37)
Final () (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/lɨu/
Pan
Wuyun
/liu/
Shao
Rongfen
/liəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/luw/
Li
Rong
/liu/
Wang
Li
/lĭəu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/li̯ə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
liú
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 8336
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ru/

Definitions

  1. sulfur

Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. sulfur

Readings

Compounds


Korean

Hanja

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

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Vietnamese

Han character

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.