俍

俍 U+4FCD, 俍 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4FCD ← 俌 [U+4FCC] CJK Unified Ideographs 俎 → [U+4FCE]

Translingual

Han character

俍 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人戈日女 (OIAV) or 難人戈日女 (XOIAV), four-corner 2323₂, composition ⿰亻良)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 104, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 678
• Dae Jaweon: page 221, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 166, character 9
• Unihan data for U+4FCD

Chinese

simp. and trad.		俍

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (良) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
剆	*raːl, *raːlʔ
郎	*raːŋ
稂	*raːŋ
桹	*raːŋ
鋃	*raːŋ
硠	*raːŋ
浪	*raːŋ, *raːŋs
蜋	*raːŋ, *raŋ
琅	*raːŋ
狼	*raːŋ
欴	*raːŋ
踉	*raːŋ, *raŋ, *raŋs
莨	*raːŋ, *raːŋs
艆	*raːŋ
駺	*raːŋ
躴	*raːŋ
筤	*raːŋ
閬	*raːŋ, *raːŋs
哴	*raːŋ, *raŋs
蓈	*raːŋ
廊	*raːŋ
榔	*raːŋ, *raːŋʔ
螂	*raːŋ
瑯	*raːŋ
朗	*raːŋʔ
朖	*raːŋʔ
誏	*raːŋʔ
俍	*raːŋʔ
崀	*raːŋʔ
埌	*raːŋs
蒗	*raːŋs
娘	*naŋ
良	*raŋ
粮	*raŋ
悢	*raŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *raːŋʔ): semantic 亻 (“person”) + phonetic 良 (OC *raŋ).

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liáng (liang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liáng
    • Wade–Giles: liang²
    • Yale: lyáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liang
    • Palladius: лян (ljan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: loeng⁴
    • Yale: lèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lœːŋ²¹/

Definitions

俍

1. obsolete form of 良: good, skilled
2. (historical dictionaries only) skilled craftsperson
3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) used in 俍倡 (liángchāng)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): làng (lang⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄤˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: làng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: làng
    • Wade–Giles: lang⁴
    • Yale: làng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lanq
    • Palladius: лан (lan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑŋ⁵¹/

Definitions

俍

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Used in compounds.

Compounds

• 伉俍 (kànglàng)
• 俍傍 (làngbàng)

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎng (lang³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄤˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎng
    • Wade–Giles: lang³
    • Yale: lǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laang
    • Palladius: лан (lan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑŋ²¹⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: langX

Rime
Character	俍
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	盧黨切
Baxter	langX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɑŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/lɑŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/lɑŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/laŋX/
Li Rong	/lɑŋX/
Wang Li	/lɑŋX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lɑŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lǎng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	long5

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]aŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*raːŋʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	俍
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	láng
Middle Chinese	‹ ljang ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]aŋ/
English	skillful
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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	俍
Reading #	1/1
No.	8037
Phonetic component	良
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	朗
Old Chinese	/*raːŋʔ/

Definitions

俍

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Used in compounds.

Compounds

• 俍偒 / 俍𱎟 (lǎngtǎng)
• 儣俍 / 𠆲俍 (kuǎnglǎng)

References

• 羅竹風 [Luo, Zhufeng], editor (1986–1994), “俍”, in 漢語大詞典 [Hanyu Da Cidian] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Shanghai: Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House, →ISBN
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B00071

Japanese

Kanji

俍

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): りょう (ryō)、ろう (rō)
• Kun: さまよう (samayou, 俍う)

Korean

Hanja

俍 • (ryang) (hangeul 량, revised ryang, McCune–Reischauer ryang)

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