癆

癆 (Kangxi radical 104, 疒+12, 17 strokes, cangjie input 大火火尸 (KFFS), four-corner 0012₇, composition ⿸疒勞)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 780, character 32
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22512
• Dae Jaweon: page 1190, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2698, character 10
• Unihan data for U+7646

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *raːw, *raːw, *raːws) : semantic 疒 (“sickness”) + phonetic 勞 (OC *raːw, *raːws).

From 勞 (OC *raːw, *raːws, “to toil”) (Wang, 1982).

癆

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) internal injury caused by overstraining
2. tuberculosis; pulmonary tuberculosis
3. (Southwestern Mandarin, dialectal Gan) to have an upset stomach because of the lack of fats in one's diet; to crave meat
4. (Xiang, of plants) to wither (in the sun)
5. (Xiang, of a person) to be dispirited; depressed

Possibly related to 療 (OC *rews, “to cure”) (Schuessler, 2007). Compare ancient Chu dialect 瘌 (OC *raːd, “to be poisoned by medication”). Cognate to Mizo ru (“bark, roots, leaves or fruit which can be used to poison fish”), Jingpho mə-rau (“fishing by stupefying fish by poisonous vines”), Burmese ရိုး (rui:, “fish poison”) (Starostin).

癆

1. (ancient Northern Yan and Joseon region) to be poisoned (by medication)
2. (Jianghuai and Southwestern Mandarin, Gan, Xiang, transitive) to poison
3. ^† painful

(Hyōgai kanji)

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• Go-on: ろう (rō)^{←らう (rau, historical)}
• Kan-on: ろう (rō)^{←らう (rau, historical)}
• Kun: いたむ (itamu, 癆む)

癆 • (ro>no) (hangeul 로>노, revised ro>no, McCune–Reischauer ro>no, Yale lo>no)

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癆: Hán Nôm readings: lao

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