潦

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 尞

Han character

潦 (radical 85 水+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 水大金火 (EKCF), four-corner 3419₆)

1. to flood
2. a puddle
3. without care

References

• KangXi: page 650, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18259
• Dae Jaweon: page 1060, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1738, character 11
• Unihan data for U+6F66

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Cantonese

Hanzi

潦 (Yale liu4, lou5)

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Japanese

Kanji

潦

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: ろう (rō)
• Kun: にわたずみ (niwatazumi)

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Korean

Hanja

潦 (ryo>yo) (hangeul 료>요, revised ryo>yo, McCune-Reischauer ryo>yo, Yale lyo>yo)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

潦 (Pinyin liáo (liao2), Wade-Giles liao²)

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