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U+6F87, 澇
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6F87

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 85, +12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 水火火尸 (EFFS), four-corner 39127, composition )

  1. inundate, flood
  2. torrent

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 651, character 28
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18318
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1061, character 29
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1747, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+6F87

Chinese

trad.
simp. *
alternative forms

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *raːwʔ, *raːws) : semantic (water) + phonetic (OC *raːw, *raːws)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Initial () (37) (37) (37)
Final () (89) (89) (89)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () I I I
Fanqie
Baxter law lawX lawH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/lɑu/ /lɑuX/ /lɑuH/
Pan
Wuyun
/lɑu/ /lɑuX/ /lɑuH/
Shao
Rongfen
/lɑu/ /lɑuX/ /lɑuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/law/ /lawX/ /lawH/
Li
Rong
/lɑu/ /lɑuX/ /lɑuH/
Wang
Li
/lɑu/ /lɑuX/ /lɑuH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/lɑu/ /lɑuX/ /lɑuH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
láo lǎo lào
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
lou4 lou5 lou6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 7655 7656
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*raːwʔ/ /*raːws/

Definitions

  1. (of land or crops) inundated; flooded
    莊稼庄稼  ―  Zhuāngjià dōu lào le.  ―  The crops were all waterlogged.
  2. flood water in waterlogged agricultural fields
      ―  páilào  ―  to drain waterlogged fields

Synonyms

  • (inundated):

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of inundated): (hàn)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: lạo, rạo

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References