Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word . In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word , but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word you have here. The definition of the word will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also:
U+93D0, 鏐
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-93D0

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 167, +11, 19 strokes, cangjie input 金尸一竹 (CSMH), four-corner 87122, composition )

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1319, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40789
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1819, character 20
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4253, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+93D0

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *rɯw, *rɯw) : semantic (gold) + phonetic (OC *ɡ·rɯːw, *ɡ·rɯws).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (37) (37)
Final () (136) (138)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter ljuw liw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/lɨu/ /liɪu/
Pan
Wuyun
/liu/ /lɨu/
Shao
Rongfen
/liəu/ /lieu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/luw/ /ljiw/
Li
Rong
/liu/ /liĕu/
Wang
Li
/lĭəu/ /liəu/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/li̯ə̯u/ /lieu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
liú liú
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
lau4 lau4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
liú liú
Middle
Chinese
‹ ljiw › ‹ ljuw ›
Old
Chinese
/*iw/ /*iw/
English fine gold fine gold

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 8378 8392
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*rɯw/ /*rɯw/

Definitions

  1. (literary) gold of high purity

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. gold

Readings

  • On (unclassified): りゅう (ryū)