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聊

聊

Translingual

Han character

聊 (radical 128 耳+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 尸十竹竹中 (SJHHL), four-corner 17120, composition ⿰耳卯)

  1. somewhat, slightly, at least

References

  • KangXi: page 967, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29049
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1415, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2787, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+804A

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 聊

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (卯) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
卯 *mruːʔ
昴 *mruːʔ
泖 *mruːʔ
茆 *mruːʔ, *m·ruʔ
奅 *m̥ʰruːs
窌 *m̥ʰruːs, *m·ruː, *m·rus
聊 *m·rɯːw
貿 *mlus
鄮 *mlus
劉 *m·ru
留 *m·ru, *m·rus
蒥 *m·ru
鶹 *m·ru
騮 *m·ru
榴 *m·ru
瑠 *ru
瘤 *m·ru, *m·rus
遛 *m·ru
鎦 *m·ru
飀 *m·ru
鰡 *m·ru
嵧 *m·ru
餾 *m·ru, *m·rus
瀏 *m·ru, *m·ruʔ
懰 *m·ru, *m·ruʔ
柳 *m·ruʔ
珋 *m·ruʔ
罶 *m·ruʔ
嬼 *m·ruʔ, *m·rus
溜 *m·rus
霤 *m·rus
廇 *m·rus
塯 *m·rus

Pronunciation

  • Dialectal data▼
Variety Location 聊
Mandarin Beijing /liau³⁵/
Harbin /liau²⁴/
Tianjin /liɑu⁴⁵/
Jinan /liɔ⁴²/
Qingdao /liɔ⁴²/
Zhengzhou /liau⁴²/
Xi'an /liau²⁴/
Xining /liɔ²⁴/
Yinchuan /liɔ⁵³/
Lanzhou /liɔ⁵³/
Ürümqi /liɔ⁵¹/
Wuhan /niau²¹³/
Chengdu /niau³¹/
Guiyang /niao²¹/
Kunming /liɔ³¹/
Nanjing /liɔo²⁴/
Hefei /liɔ⁵⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /liau¹¹/
Pingyao /liɔ¹³/
Hohhot /liɔ³¹/
Wu Shanghai /liɔ²³/
Suzhou /liæ¹³/
Hangzhou /liɔ²¹³/
Wenzhou /liɛ³¹/
Hui Shexian /liɔ⁴⁴/
Tunxi /liu⁴⁴/
Xiang Changsha /liau¹³/
Xiangtan /niaɯ¹²/
Gan Nanchang /liɛu⁴⁵/
Hakka Meixian /liau¹¹/
Taoyuan /liɑu¹¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /liu²¹/
Nanning /liu²¹/
Hong Kong /liu²¹/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /liau³⁵/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /lieu⁵³/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /liau²¹/
Shantou (Min Nan) /liau⁵⁵/
Haikou (Min Nan) /liau³¹/
Rime
Character 聊
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 蕭 (93)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 落蕭切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /leu/
Pan
Wuyun		 /leu/
Shao
Rongfen		 /leu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /lɛw/
Li
Rong		 /leu/
Wang
Li		 /lieu/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /lieu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 liáo
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 聊
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 liáo
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ lew ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[r]ˤiw/
English rely on

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 聊
Reading # 1/1
No. 8878
Phonetic
component		 卯
Rime
group		 幽
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 聊
Old
Chinese		 /*m·rɯːw/

Definitions

聊

  1. to chat
  2. to talk about

Compounds

  • 不聊
  • 人不聊生
  • 何聊賴／何聊赖
  • 椒聊
  • 民不聊生
  • 海說神聊／海说神聊
  • 無聊／无聊 (wúliáo)
  • 無聊賴／无聊赖
  • 無聊透頂／无聊透顶
  • 百無聊賴／百无聊赖
  • 瞎聊
  • 神聊
  • 神聊大王
  • 窮極無聊／穷极无聊
  • 線上聊天／线上聊天
  • 聊且
  • 聊以卒歲／聊以卒岁
  • 聊以塞責／聊以塞责
  • 聊以自慰
  • 聊以解嘲
  • 聊備一格／聊备一格
  • 聊勝一籌／聊胜一筹
  • 聊勝於無／聊胜于无 (liáo shèng yú wú)
  • 聊城射書／聊城射书
  • 聊城縣／聊城县
  • 聊天 (liáotiān)
  • 聊天區／聊天区
  • 聊天室
  • 聊復備數／聊复备数
  • 聊復爾爾／聊复尔尔
  • 聊復爾耳／聊复尔耳
  • 聊施小計／聊施小计
  • 聊生
  • 聊聊 (liáoliao)
  • 聊表寸心
  • 聊表心意
  • 聊賴／聊赖
  • 聊齋志異／聊斋志异
  • 苦不聊生
  • 閒聊／闲聊 (xiánliáo)

Japanese

Kanji

聊

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

聊 • ‎(ryo, yo) (hangeul 료, 요, revised ryo, yo, McCune-Reischauer ryo, yo, Yale lyo, yo)

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Vietnamese

Han character

聊 (liêu)

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