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Translingual
Han character
饒 (Kangxi radical 184, 食+12, 21 strokes, cangjie input 人戈土土山 (OIGGU), four-corner 84711, composition ⿰飠堯)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1425, character 40
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44400
- Dae Jaweon: page 1951, character 18
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4472, character 2
- Unihan data for U+9952
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 撓
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*hŋaːw, *rŋaːw, *rnaːwʔ
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| 鐃
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*rŋaːw
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| 譊
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*rŋaːw
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| 橈
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*rŋaːws, *ŋjew
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| 磽
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*ŋ̊ʰreːw, *ŋreːws, *ŋ̊ʰeːwʔ
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| 墝
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*ŋ̊ʰreːw
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| 穘
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*hŋreːw
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| 顤
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*hŋreːw, *ŋeːws
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| 燒
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*hŋjew, *hŋjaws
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| 饒
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*ŋjew, *ŋjaws
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| 蟯
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*ŋjew, *ʔŋew
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| 蕘
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*ŋjew
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| 襓
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*ŋjew
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| 繞
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*ŋjewʔ, *ŋjaws
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| 遶
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*ŋjewʔ
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| 嬈
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*njewʔ, *neːwʔ, *hŋeːws
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| 趬
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*ŋ̊ʰew, *ŋ̊ʰews
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| 蹺
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*ŋ̊ʰew
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| 翹
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*ɡew, *ɡews
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| 澆
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*ŋkeːw, *ŋeːws
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| 驍
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*ŋkeːw
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| 僥
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*kŋeːwʔ, *ŋeːw
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| 堯
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*ŋeːw
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| 垚
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*ŋeːw
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| 嶢
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*ŋeːw
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| 獟
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*ŋeːws
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| 膮
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*hŋeːw, *hŋeːwʔ
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| 嘵
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*hŋeːw
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| 憢
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*hŋeːw
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| 曉
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*hŋeːwʔ
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| 皢
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*hŋeːwʔ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋjew, *ŋjaws) : semantic 食 (“food”) + phonetic 堯 (OC *ŋeːw).
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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饒
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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ráo
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ nyew ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ew/ (< uvular?)
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| English
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abundant
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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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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饒
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饒
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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| No.
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14668
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14677
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Phonetic
component
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垚
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垚
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Rime
group
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宵
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宵
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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饒
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饒
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Old
Chinese
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/*ŋjew/
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/*ŋjaws/
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Definitions
饒
- abundant; plentiful
- to forgive; to have mercy on; to let off; to spare
- 請饒我一命吧！／请饶我一命吧！ ― Qǐng ráo wǒ yīmìng ba! ― Please spare my life!
- (Mandarin, colloquial, often of the vendor) to give as a giveaway, or as an extra
甲：「姐姐，看好了，這魚四斤高高的。」乙：「嘛高高的！再給饒一條。」 [Tianjin Mandarin, trad.]
甲：「姐姐，看好了，这鱼四斤高高的。」乙：「嘛高高的！再给饶一条。」 [Tianjin Mandarin, simp.]- Jiǎ: “Jiějie, kàn hǎo le, zhèi yú sì jīn gāogāor de.” Yǐ: “Mà gāogāor de! Zài gěi ráo yī tiáo.”
- A: “Look, ma'am, all this fish is heavier than two kilos already! (pointing to the steelyard balance which is tilted towards the fish side)”
B: “What are you talking about! Add another fish please (so that it is actually ‘two kilos' worth of fish’).”
- (colloquial) even though; though; despite
- a surname
- 饒宗頤／饶宗颐 ― Ráo Zōngyí ― Jao Tsung-I
Synonyms
- 包容 (bāoróng)
- 原 (yuán) (literary, or in compounds)
- 原宥 (yuányòu) (literary)
- 原情 (Xiamen Hokkien)
- 原諒／原谅 (yuánliàng)
- 寬大／宽大 (kuāndà)
- 寬容／宽容 (kuānróng)
- 寬恕／宽恕 (kuānshù)
- 諒情／谅情 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 諒解／谅解 (liàngjiě)
- 貸／贷 (literary, or in compounds)
- 饒恕／饶恕 (ráoshù)
- 饒赦／饶赦 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
- even (Hong Kong Cantonese)
- 不怕 (bùpà)
- 任憑／任凭 (rènpíng)
- 作哩 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 作算 (zo6 sonn4) (Xiang)
- 儘管／尽管
- 即令 (jílìng)
- 即使 (jíshǐ)
- 即便 (jíbiàn)
- 哪怕 (nǎpà) (informal)
- 就 (jiù)
- 就使 (Hokkien)
- 就算 (jiùsuàn) (colloquial)
- 就若 (Hokkien)
- 就若是 (Hokkien)
- 怕不 (pàbù) (literary or dialectal)
- 縱／纵 (formal)
- 縱使／纵使 (zòngshǐ)
- 縱然／纵然 (zòngrán)
- 設令／设令 (shèlìng)
Compounds
Descendants
Others:
Japanese
Kanji
饒
(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𩜙)
- abundant
Readings
Korean
Hanja
饒 • (yo) (hangeul 요, revised yo, McCune–Reischauer yo, Yale yo)
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Vietnamese
Han character
饒: Hán Nôm readings: nhiêu, nhau, nheo, nhiều, sèo, xèo
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