獠
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Translingual
Han character
獠 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 大竹大金火 (KHKCF), four-corner 44296, composition ⿰犭尞)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 718, character 29
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20692
- Dae Jaweon: page 1130, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1368, character 3
- Unihan data for U+7360
Chinese
| simp. and trad. |
獠 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| 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, *ʔr'eːwʔ, *reːw) : semantic 犬 (“beast”) + phonetic 尞 ().
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “see Schuessler P357”)
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: liáo
- Wade–Giles: liao2
- Yale: lyáu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liau
- Palladius: ляо (ljao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: liu4
- Yale: lìuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: liu4
- Guangdong Romanization: liu4
- Sinological IPA (key): /liːu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Middle Chinese: lew
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*reːw/
Definitions
獠
Compounds
Etymology 2
From a Tai language. See Wikipedia for more.
This form, 獠, was replaced by 僚 (liáo) due to the radical at the character's left referring to animals, making it offensive as a name of an ethnicity.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: lǎo
- Wade–Giles: lao3
- Yale: lǎu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lao
- Palladius: лао (lao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: lou5
- Yale: lóuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: lou5
- Guangdong Romanization: lou5
- Sinological IPA (key): /lou̯¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Middle Chinese: traewX, lawX
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*reːwʔ/, /*ʔr'eːwʔ/
Definitions
獠
- (historical, derogatory) General names for ethnic groups in southwestern China.
- (offensive) Rau peoples, ancestors of the Zhuang and other Kra-Tai-speaking peoples.
Japanese
Kanji
獠
- to hunt at night by torches
Readings
Korean
Hanja
獠 • (ryo>yo) (hangeul 료>요, revised ryo>yo, McCune–Reischauer ryo>yo, Yale lyo>yo)
- hunt at night
Vietnamese
Han character
獠: Hán Nôm readings: liêu, lão
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