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Translingual

Han character

(radical 164 +11, 18 strokes, cangjie input 一田尸一竹 (MWSMH), four-corner 17622)

References

  • KangXi: page 1287, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40004
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1787, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3597, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+91AA

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Etymology

Sino-Tibetan: Tibetan རུ་མ (ru ma, curdled milk), Jingpho ru31- (liquor). Similar-looking words in Tai-Kadai may be Han or post-Han loans; cf. Proto-Tai *ʰlawᶜ (liquor) (Thai เหล้า (lâo)).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (37)
Final () (89)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/lɑu/
Pan
Wuyun
/lɑu/
Shao
Rongfen
/lɑu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/law/
Li
Rong
/lɑu/
Wang
Li
/lɑu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/lɑu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
láo
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 8343
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ruːw/

Definitions

  1. unclear wine, wine with dregs
  2. Jiuniang (sweet, soup- or pudding-like dish in Chinese cuisine)
    Synonyms: 醪糟
  3. (TCM) poisonous wine
    Synonyms: 醪醴
  4. full-bodied wine

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(ryo>yo) (hangeul >, revised ryo>yo, McCune-Reischauer ryo>yo, Yale lyo>yo)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(lao)

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