嫪

Translingual

Han character

嫪 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 女尸一竹 (VSMH), four-corner 4742₂, composition ⿰女翏)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 270, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6669
• Dae Jaweon: page 538, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1078, character 15
• Unihan data for U+5AEA

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Chinese

trad.		嫪
simp. #		嫪

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
醪	*ruːw
嫪	*ruːw, *rɯːws
嘐	*ɡ·ruːw, *krɯːw, *qʰrɯːw
賿	*rrɯːw, *rrɯːwʔ
顟	*rrɯːw
膠	*krɯːw, *krɯːws, *kʰrɯːw
轇	*krɯːw
摎	*krɯːw, *rɯw
髎	*riw, *rɯːw
熮	*riws, *rɯːw, *rɯwʔ
廖	*rɯːw, *rɯːws, *rɯws
憀	*rɯːw, *rɯw
豂	*rɯːw
漻	*rɯːw
翏	*ɡ·rɯːw, *ɡ·rɯws
寥	*rɯːw, *rɯːwɢ
蓼	*rɯːwʔ, *rɯwɢ
鄝	*rɯːwʔ
鷚	*mɡlɯw, *rɯwɢs, *mɡrɯw, *ɡrɯw
繆	*mlɯw, *mɡrɯw, *mrɯws, *mlɯwɢ
勠	*rɯw, *rɯwɢs, *rɯwɢ
疁	*rɯw
飂	*rɯw, *rɯws
鏐	*rɯw, *rɯw
僇	*rɯwɢs, *rɯwɢ
瘳	*r̥ʰɯw
璆	*ɡlɯw, *ɡrɯw
謬	*mrɯws
蟉	*ɡ·rɯw, *ɡrɯw, *ɡrɯwʔ
樛	*krɯw
磟	*ruːwɢ, *rɯwɢ
戮	*rɯwɢ
剹	*rɯwɢ
穋	*rɯwɢ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lào (lao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lào
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lào
    • Wade–Giles: lao⁴
    • Yale: làu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: law
    • Palladius: лао (lao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lou⁶
    • Yale: louh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: law, lawH

Rime
Character	嫪	嫪
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	魯刀切	郎到切
Baxter	law	lawH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɑu/	/lɑuH/
Pan Wuyun	/lɑu/	/lɑuH/
Shao Rongfen	/lɑu/	/lɑuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/law/	/lawH/
Li Rong	/lɑu/	/lɑuH/
Wang Li	/lɑu/	/lɑuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/lɑu/	/lɑuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	láo	lào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lou4	lou6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ruːw/, /*rɯːws/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嫪	嫪
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	8344	8346
Phonetic component	翏	翏
Rime group	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	1	2
Corresponding MC rime	勞	嫪
Old Chinese	/*ruːw/	/*rɯːws/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 嫪

1. to long for, to pine for
2. a surname

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Japanese

Kanji

嫪

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ろう (rō)^{←らう (rau, historical)}
• Kun: こいしたう (koishitau, 嫪う)^{←こひしたふ (kofisitafu, 嫪ふ, historical)}; なやむ (nayamu, 嫪む)