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Translingual [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic  + phonetic 

Han character [edit]

(radical 85 +7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 水卜戈山 (EYIU), four-corner 34113, composition)

  1. flow, circulate, drift
  2. class
  3. stream of water or something resembling one

Descendants [edit]

References [edit]

  • KangXi: page 623, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17572
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1019, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1631, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+6D41

Cantonese [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(Yale lau4)


Japanese [edit]

Kanji [edit]

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings [edit]

Compounds [edit]


Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]

(hangeul 류>유, revised ryu>yu, McCune-Reischauer ryu>yu, Yale lyu>yu)


Mandarin [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(pinyin liú (liu2), Wade-Giles liu2)

Compounds [edit]


Vietnamese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(lưu)