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驢
驢
See also: 驴
Translingual
Alternative forms
Han character
驢 (radical 187 馬+16, 26 strokes, cangjie input 尸火卜心廿 (SFYPT), four-corner 71317, composition ⿰馬盧)
References
- KangXi: page 1446, character 40
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45069
- Dae Jaweon: page 1972, character 13
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4583, character 7
- Unihan data for U+9A62
Chinese
| trad. | 驢 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 驴 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄩˊ
- Wade-Giles: lü2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liu
- IPA (key): /ly³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: leoi4, lou4
- Yale: lèuih, lòuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: loey4, lou4
- IPA (key): /lɵy̯²¹/, /lou̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 驢 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ly³⁵/ |
| Harbin | /ly²⁴/ | |
| Tianjin |
/luei⁴⁵/ /ly⁴⁵/ |
|
| Jinan | /ly⁴²/ | |
| Qingdao | /ly⁴²/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /ly⁴²/ | |
| Xi'an | /ly²⁴/ | |
| Xining | /l̩ʷ²⁴/ | |
| Yinchuan | /ly⁵³/ | |
| Lanzhou | /ly⁵³/ | |
| Ürümqi | /ly⁵¹/ | |
| Wuhan | /ny²¹³/ | |
| Chengdu |
/nu³¹/ /ny³¹/ |
|
| Guiyang | /ni²¹/ | |
| Kunming | /lu³¹/ | |
| Nanjing | /ly²⁴/ | |
| Hefei | /zz̩ʷ⁵⁵/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /ly¹¹/ |
| Pingyao | /luei¹³/ | |
| Hohhot | /ly³¹/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /lu²³/ |
| Suzhou | /li¹³/ | |
| Hangzhou | /lu²¹³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /løy³¹/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /ly⁴⁴/ |
| Tunxi | /li⁴⁴/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /li¹³/ |
| Xiangtan | /ni¹²/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /li⁴⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /lu¹¹/ |
| Taoyuan | ||
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /løy²¹/ |
| Nanning | /ly²¹/ | |
| Hong Kong |
/løy²¹/ /lou²¹/ |
|
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) | /lu³⁵/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /lœ⁵³/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /ly³³/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /lɯ⁵⁵/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) | /lu³¹/ |
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 驢 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 魚 (22) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 力居切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/lɨʌ/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/liɔ/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/liɔ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/lɨə̆/ |
| Li Rong |
/liɔ/ |
| Wang Li |
/lĭo/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/li̯wo/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
lǘ |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 驢 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 5236 |
| Phonetic component |
虍 |
| Rime group |
魚 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
臚 |
| Old Chinese |
/*b·ra/ |
Definitions
驢
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Japanese
Kanji
驢
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
驢 • (ryeo>yeo) (hangeul 려>여, revised ryeo>yeo, McCune-Reischauer ryŏ>yŏ, Yale lye>ye)
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Vietnamese
Han character
驢 (lư, lừa)
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Etymology
| Historical forms of the character 驢
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| Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (虍) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 唬 | *qʰraːs, *kʷraːɡ |
| 戲 | *qʰral, *qʰrals, *qʰaː |
| 巇 | *qʰra |
| 隵 | *qʰra |
| 嚱 | *qʰras |
| 盧 | *b·raː |
| 鑪 | *raː |
| 壚 | *raː |
| 籚 | *raː |
| 蘆 | *raː, *ra |
| 顱 | *b·raː |
| 髗 | *b·raː |
| 鱸 | *raː |
| 攎 | *raː |
| 櫨 | *raː |
| 轤 | *raː |
| 黸 | *raː |
| 獹 | *raː |
| 鸕 | *raː |
| 艫 | *raː |
| 纑 | *raː |
| 瀘 | *raː |
| 瓐 | *raː |
| 爐 | *raː |
| 嚧 | *raː |
| 矑 | *b·raː |
| 罏 | *raː |
| 蠦 | *raː |
| 虜 | *raːʔ |
| 擄 | *raːʔ |
| 艣 | *raːʔ |
| 鐪 | *raːʔ |
| 虖 | *qʰaː, *qʰʷa, *qʰaː, *qʰʷa |
| 虍 | *qʰaː |
| 雐 | *qʰʷlaː |
| 虎 | *qʰlaːʔ |
| 琥 | *qʰlaːʔ |
| 萀 | *qʰlaːʔ |
| 臚 | *b·ra |
| 廬 | *ra |
| 驢 | *b·ra |
| 藘 | *ra |
| 爈 | *ra, *ras |
| 櫖 | *ra, *ras |
| 儢 | *raʔ |
| 慮 | *ras |
| 勴 | *ras |
| 鑢 | *ras |
| 濾 | *ras |
| 攄 | *r̥ʰa |
| 處 | *kʰljaʔ, *kʰljas |
| 豦 | *kas, *ɡa |
| 據 | *kas |
| 鐻 | *kas, *ɡa, *ɡaʔ |
| 澽 | *kas, *ɡas |
| 虛 | *kʰa, *qʰa |
| 墟 | *kʰa |
| 懅 | *ɡa |
| 蘧 | *ɡa, *ɡʷa |
| 籧 | *ɡa |
| 醵 | *ɡa, *ɡas, *ɡaɡ |
| 璩 | *ɡa |
| 虡 | *ɡaʔ |
| 遽 | *ɡas |
| 勮 | *ɡas |
| 嘘 | *qʰa, *qʰas |
| 驉 | *qʰa |
| 歔 | *qʰa |
| 魖 | *qʰa |
| 膚 | *pla |
| 虧 | *kʰʷral |
| 噱 | *ɡaɡ |
| 臄 | *ɡaɡ |
| 劇 | *ɡaɡ |
| 諕 | *qʰʷraːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *b·ra) : phonetic 盧 (OC *b·raː) + semantic 馬 (“horse”).