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U+91AA, 醪
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-91AA

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 164, +11, 18 strokes, cangjie input 一田尸一竹 (MWSMH), four-corner 17622, composition )

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1287, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40004
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1787, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3597, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+91AA

Chinese

trad.
simp. #
alternative forms Min Nan colloquial

Glyph origin

Etymology

Sino-Tibetan: Tibetan རུ་མ (ru ma, curdled milk), Jingpho ru31- (liquor). Similar-looking words in Tai-Kadai may be Han or post-Han loans; cf. Proto-Tai *ʰlawꟲ (liquor) (Thai เหล้า (lâo)) (Schuessler, 2007).

Compare also Proto-Vietic *raːwʔ, whence Vietnamese rượu, Muong Bi rão, Tho riɛw⁴, Proto-Pong *riɛw⁴.

Pronunciation


Note:
  • lo5 - vernacular;
  • lao5, liao5/liou5 - literary.
    • (Leizhou)
      • Leizhou Pinyin: lo5
      • Sinological IPA: /lɔ²²/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (37)
Final () (89)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter law
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/lɑu/
Pan
Wuyun
/lɑu/
Shao
Rongfen
/lɑu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/law/
Li
Rong
/lɑu/
Wang
Li
/lɑu/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/lɑu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
láo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
lou4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 8343
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ruːw/

Definitions

  1. alcohol with dregs
  2. jiuniang (sweet, soup- or pudding-like dish in Chinese cuisine)
    Synonym: 醪糟 (láozāo)
  3. alcoholic beverage in general
  4. (Southern Min) murky; muddy; turbid; unclear
  5. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) thick; viscous

Synonyms

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. unrefined sake or shoyu

Readings

  • On (unclassified): ろう ()
  • Kun: どぶろく (doburoku)にごりざけ (nigorizake)もろみ (moromi)

Korean

Hanja

(ryo>yo) (hangeul >, revised ryo>yo, McCune–Reischauer ryo>yo, Yale lyo>yo)

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Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: lao

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