嫪

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嫪 U+5AEA, 嫪
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Translingual

Han character

嫪 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 女尸一竹 (VSMH), four-corner 47422, composition ⿰女翏)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 270, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6669
  • Dae Jaweon: page 538, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1078, character 15
  • Unihan data for U+5AEA

Chinese

trad. 嫪
simp. # 嫪

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (翏) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
醪 *ruːw
嫪 *ruːw, *rɯːws
嘐 *ɡ·ruːw, *krɯːw, *qʰrɯːw
賿 *rrɯːw, *rrɯːwʔ
顟 *rrɯːw
膠 *krɯːw, *krɯːws, *kʰrɯːw
轇 *krɯːw
摎 *krɯːw, *rɯw
髎 *riw, *rɯːw
熮 *riws, *rɯːw, *rɯwʔ
廖 *rɯːw, *rɯːws, *rɯws
憀 *rɯːw, *rɯw
豂 *rɯːw
漻 *rɯːw
翏 *ɡ·rɯːw, *ɡ·rɯws
寥 *rɯːw, *rɯːwɢ
蓼 *rɯːwʔ, *rɯwɢ
鄝 *rɯːwʔ
鷚 *mɡlɯw, *rɯwɢs, *mɡrɯw, *ɡrɯw
繆 *mlɯw, *mɡrɯw, *mrɯws, *mlɯwɢ
勠 *rɯw, *rɯwɢs, *rɯwɢ
疁 *rɯw
飂 *rɯw, *rɯws
鏐 *rɯw, *rɯw
僇 *rɯwɢs, *rɯwɢ
瘳 *r̥ʰɯw
璆 *ɡlɯw, *ɡrɯw
謬 *mrɯws
蟉 *ɡ·rɯw, *ɡrɯw, *ɡrɯwʔ
樛 *krɯw
磟 *ruːwɢ, *rɯwɢ
戮 *rɯwɢ
剹 *rɯwɢ
穋 *rɯwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ruːw, *rɯːws) : semantic 女 + phonetic 翏 (OC *ɡ·rɯːw, *ɡ·rɯws).

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character 嫪
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 豪 (89)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 郎到切
Baxter lawH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/lɑuH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/lɑuH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/lɑuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/lawH/
Li
Rong 		/lɑuH/
Wang
Li 		/lɑuH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/lɑuH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		lào
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		lou6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 嫪
Reading # 2/2
No. 8346
Phonetic
component 		翏
Rime
group 		幽
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		嫪
Old
Chinese 		/*rɯːws/

Definitions

嫪

  1. † to long for, to pine for
  2. a surname

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character 嫪
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 豪 (89)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 魯刀切
Baxter law
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		lou4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 嫪
Reading # 1/2
No. 8344
Phonetic
component 		翏
Rime
group 		幽
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		勞
Old
Chinese 		/*ruːw/

Definitions

嫪

  1. ‡ to envy

References

Japanese

Kanji

嫪

(Hyōgai kanji)

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