琉
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Translingual
Han character
琉 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 一土卜戈山 (MGYIU), four-corner 10113, composition ⿰𤣩㐬)
Further reading
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 733, character 8
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20978
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1118, character 9
- Unihan data for U+7409
Chinese
| trad. | 琉 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 琉 | |
| alternative forms | 瑠 璢 𤥗 𤩾 | |
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ru) : semantic 𤣩 (“jade”) + phonetic 㐬 ().
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): lau4
- Eastern Min (BUC): liù
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: lióu
- Wade–Giles: liu2
- Yale: lyóu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liou
- Palladius: лю (lju)
- Sinological IPA (key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: lau4
- Yale: làuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: lau4
- Guangdong Romanization: leo4
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɐu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: liù
- Sinological IPA (key): /l̃ieu⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- Middle Chinese: ljuw
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*ru/
Definitions
琉
- Used in compounds.
Compounds
References
- “琉”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese
Kanji
琉
Readings
Compounds
- 琉璃 (ruri): lapis lazuli
- 琉球 (ryūkyū): Ryūkyū
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 琉 (MC ljuw). Recorded as Middle Korean 류 (lyu) (Yale: lyu) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Hanja
琉 (eumhun 유리 류 (yuri ryu), word-initial (South Korea) 유리 유 (yuri yu))
Compounds
References
Vietnamese
Han character
琉: Hán Việt readings: lưu
琉: Nôm readings: lưu
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