潦

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潦 U+6F66, 潦
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6F66
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 潧 →

Translingual

Han character

潦 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 水大金火 (EKCF), four-corner 34196, composition ⿰氵尞)

  1. to flood
  2. a puddle
  3. without care

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 650, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18259
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1060, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1738, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+6F66

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (尞) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
簝 *reːw, *reːw
潦 *reːwʔ, *reːws
獠 *reːwʔ, *ʔr'eːwʔ, *reːw
轑 *reːwʔ
橑 *reːwʔ, *reːw
燎 *rew, *rewʔ, *rews
繚 *rewʔ, *reːw, *reːwʔ
璙 *rewʔ, *reːw, *reːws
憭 *rewʔ, *reːw, *reːwʔ
爒 *rewʔ, *reːwʔ
僚 *rewʔ, *reːw
嫽 *rewʔ, *reːw, *reːws
療 *rews
膫 *rews, *reːw
鷯 *rews, *reːw
遼 *reːw
撩 *reːw, *reːwʔ
嘹 *reːw, *reːw, *reːws
寮 *reːw
飉 *reːw
竂 *reːw
鐐 *reːw, *reːws
蟟 *reːw
瞭 *reːw, *reːwʔ
嶚 *reːw
镽 *reːwʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *reːwʔ, *reːws): semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 尞.

Pronunciation 1

simp. and trad.
 潦
2nd round simp. 了
alternative forms 𣱾 2nd round simp. (1981)
Note:
  • láu - vernacular;
  • liáu/liâu - literary.

    Definitions

    潦

    1. Used in 潦倒 (liáodǎo) and 潦草 (liáocǎo).
    2. Alternative form of 燎 (“to burn; to scald”)

    Compounds

    Pronunciation 2

    simp. and trad.
    		 潦
    Rime
    Character 潦
    Reading # 1/2
    Initial (聲) 來 (37)
    Final (韻) 豪 (89)
    Tone (調) Rising (X)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) I
    Fanqie 盧晧切
    Baxter lawX
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/lɑuX/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/lɑuX/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/lɑuX/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/lawX/
    Li
    Rong         		/lɑuX/
    Wang
    Li         		/lɑuX/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren         		/lɑuX/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		lǎo
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		lou5
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 潦
    Reading # 1/2
    No. 8072
    Phonetic
    component         		尞
    Rime
    group         		宵
    Rime
    subdivision         		2
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		老
    Old
    Chinese         		/*reːwʔ/

    Definitions

    潦

    1. heavy rain
    2. (of rain) heavy; torrential
    3. puddle; accumulated water

    Compounds

    Pronunciation 3

    simp. and trad.
    		 潦
    2nd round simp. 涝
    alternative forms 澇／涝
    Rime
    Character 潦
    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/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren         		/lɑuH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		lào
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		lou6
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 潦
    Reading # 2/2
    No. 8076
    Phonetic
    component         		尞
    Rime
    group         		宵
    Rime
    subdivision         		2
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		嫪
    Old
    Chinese         		/*reːws/
    Notes 同澇

    Definitions

    潦

    1. flooded; inundated
    2. flooding
    3. to flood

    Compounds

    Japanese

    Kanji

    潦

    (Hyōgai kanji)

    1. heavy rain

    Readings

    Korean

    Hanja

    潦 • (ryo>yo) (hangeul 료>요, revised ryo>yo, McCune–Reischauer ryo>yo, Yale lyo>yo)

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    Vietnamese

    Han character

    潦: Hán Nôm readings: lẻo

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