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Translingual

Han character

(radical 130 +12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 月大金火 (BKCF), four-corner 24296, composition)

  1. (archaic variant of ) fat covering the intestines
  2. omentum
  3. male genitals
  4. name of a state during the Han dynasty

References

  • KangXi: page 994, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29865
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1445, character 21
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2111, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+81AB

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 *rews, *reːw) : semantic  (body) + phonetic .

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (37) (37)
Final () (93) (91)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/leu/ /liᴇuH/
Pan
Wuyun
/leu/ /liɛuH/
Shao
Rongfen
/leu/ /ljæuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/lɛw/ /liawH/
Li
Rong
/leu/ /liɛuH/
Wang
Li
/lieu/ /lĭɛuH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/lieu/ /li̯ɛuH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
liáo liào
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 8088 8098
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
𤊽
Old
Chinese
/*rews/ /*reːw/
Notes

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Vietnamese

Han character

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References