榴
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Opened pomegranate
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Translingual
Han character
榴 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 木竹竹田 (DHHW), four-corner 47962, composition ⿰木留)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 544, character 24
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15280
- Dae Jaweon: page 932, character 8
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1267, character 5
- Unihan data for U+69B4
Chinese
| simp. and trad. |
榴 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd round simp. | 𰗶 | |
| alternative forms | 橊 | |
Glyph origin
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| 卯 | *mruːʔ |
| 昴 | *mruːʔ |
| 泖 | *mruːʔ |
| 茆 | *mruːʔ, *m·ruʔ |
| 奅 | *m̥ʰruːs |
| 窌 | *m̥ʰruːs, *m·ruː, *m·rus |
| 聊 | *m·rɯːw |
| 貿 | *mlus |
| 鄮 | *mlus |
| 劉 | *m·ru |
| 留 | *m·ru, *m·rus |
| 蒥 | *m·ru |
| 鶹 | *m·ru |
| 騮 | *m·ru |
| 榴 | *m·ru |
| 瑠 | *ru |
| 瘤 | *m·ru, *m·rus |
| 遛 | *m·ru |
| 鎦 | *m·ru |
| 飀 | *m·ru |
| 鰡 | *m·ru |
| 嵧 | *m·ru |
| 餾 | *m·ru, *m·rus |
| 瀏 | *m·ru, *m·ruʔ |
| 懰 | *m·ru, *m·ruʔ |
| 柳 | *m·ruʔ |
| 珋 | *m·ruʔ |
| 罶 | *m·ruʔ |
| 嬼 | *m·ruʔ, *m·rus |
| 溜 | *m·rus |
| 霤 | *m·rus |
| 廇 | *m·rus |
| 塯 | *m·rus |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *m·ru) : semantic 木 + phonetic 留 (OC *m·ru, *m·rus).
Etymology
The botanist Li Shizhen suggests that 榴 is the same as 瘤 (OC *m·ru, *m·rus, “lump, tumour”), as the pomegranate fruit resembles cancerous outgrowths on the body.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): niu1
- Cantonese (Jyutping): lau4
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): liù
- Eastern Min (BUC): liù
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6lieu
- 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/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: niu1
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: liu
- Sinological IPA (key): /niəu⁵⁵/
- (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)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liù
- Hakka Romanization System: liuˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: liu2
- Sinological IPA: /li̯u¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: liù
- Sinological IPA (key): /l̃ieu⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- Wu
- Middle Chinese: ljuw
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*m·ru/
Definitions
榴
- Short for 石榴 (shíliú, “pomegranate”).
- a surname
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
榴
Readings
Compounds
Compounds with 榴
- 崖石榴 (itabikazura)
- 若榴 (zakuro)
- 柘榴 (zakuro); or 柘榴 (jakuro)
- 石榴 (zakuro); or 石榴 (sekiryū); or 石榴 (jakuro)
- 石榴石 (zakuroishi)
- 石榴口 (zakuroguchi)
- 石榴鼻 (zakurobana)
- 手榴弾 (shuryūdan); or 手榴弾 (teryūdan)
- 海石榴 (tsubaki)
- 花柘榴 (hanazakuro)
- 蕃石榴 (banjirō)
- 榴輝岩 (ryūkigan)
- 榴散弾 (ryūsandan)
- 榴霰弾 (ryūsandan)
- 榴弾 (ryūdan)
- 榴弾砲 (ryūdanhō)
Korean
Hanja
榴 • (ryu>yu) (hangeul 류>유, revised ryu>yu, McCune–Reischauer ryu>yu, Yale lyu>yu)
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Vietnamese
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