撩

Translingual

Han character

撩 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 手大金火 (QKCF), four-corner 5409₆, composition ⿰扌尞)

Derived characters

• 𡃔

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 456, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12741
• Dae Jaweon: page 805, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1955, character 2
• Unihan data for U+64A9

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Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
簝	*reːw, *reːw
潦	*reːwʔ, *reːws
獠	*reːwʔ, *ʔr'eːwʔ, *reːw
轑	*reːwʔ
橑	*reːwʔ, *reːw
燎	*rew, *rewʔ, *rews
繚	*rewʔ, *reːw, *reːwʔ
璙	*rewʔ, *reːw, *reːws
憭	*rewʔ, *reːw, *reːwʔ
爒	*rewʔ, *reːwʔ
僚	*rewʔ, *reːw
嫽	*rewʔ, *reːw, *reːws
療	*rews
膫	*rews, *reːw
鷯	*rews, *reːw
遼	*reːw
撩	*reːw, *reːwʔ
嘹	*reːw, *reːw, *reːws
寮	*reːw
飉	*reːw
竂	*reːw
鐐	*reːw, *reːws
蟟	*reːw
瞭	*reːw, *reːwʔ
嶚	*reːw
镽	*reːwʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *reːw, *reːwʔ) : semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 尞 ().

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		撩

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liáo (liao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): liu⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): liàu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liâu / liô

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liáo
    • Wade–Giles: liao²
    • Yale: lyáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liau
    • Palladius: ляо (ljao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: liu⁴
    • Yale: lìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: liu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: liu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːu̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liàu
    • Hakka Romanization System: liauˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: liau²
    • Sinological IPA: /li̯au̯¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liâu / liô
    • Tâi-lô: liâu / liô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liaau, liooi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liau²⁴/, /lio²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liau²⁴/, /lio²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liau¹³/, /lio¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liau²⁴/, /lio²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liau²³/, /liɤ²³/

Note:

• liâu - literary;
• liô - vernacular.

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• Middle Chinese: lew

Rime
Character	撩
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	落蕭切
Baxter	lew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/leu/
Pan Wuyun	/leu/
Shao Rongfen	/leu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛw/
Li Rong	/leu/
Wang Li	/lieu/
Bernard Karlgren	/lieu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liáo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	liu4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*reːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	撩
Reading #	1/2
No.	8091
Phonetic component	尞
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	聊
Old Chinese	/*reːw/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 撩

1. to arrange
2. to wind
3. to pick up
4. to tease; to incite
5. to banter
6. (originally dialectal, slang) to flirt with; to pick up
7. (Cantonese) to provoke

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liāo (liao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): liu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liao
    • Wade–Giles: liao¹
    • Yale: lyāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lhiau
    • Palladius: ляо (ljao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: liu¹
    • Yale: līu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: liu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: liu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːu̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 撩

1. to raise
2. to sprinkle

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liào (liao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): liu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liào
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liào
    • Wade–Giles: liao⁴
    • Yale: lyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liaw
    • Palladius: ляо (ljao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: liu⁶
    • Yale: liuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: liu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: liu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːu̯²²/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 撩

1. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 撂 (liào).
2. to glance
3. Used in 撩峭.

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		撩
alternative forms		了

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liǎo (liao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): liu² / liu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liǎo
    • Wade–Giles: liao³
    • Yale: lyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leau
    • Palladius: ляо (ljao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: liu² / liu¹
    • Yale: líu / līu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: liu² / liu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: liu² / liu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːu̯³⁵/, /liːu̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: lewX

Rime
Character	撩
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	盧鳥切
Baxter	lewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/leuX/
Pan Wuyun	/leuX/
Shao Rongfen	/leuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛwX/
Li Rong	/leuX/
Wang Li	/lieuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/lieuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	liu5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*reːwʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	撩
Reading #	2/2
No.	8116
Phonetic component	尞
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	了
Old Chinese	/*reːwʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 撩

1. (literary or Cantonese) to pick at; to dig at

   撩鼻屎 [Cantonese]  ―  liu² bei⁶ si² [Jyutping]  ―  to pick one's boogers

See also

• 挖 (wā)

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 撩 – see 撈 (“to dredge up; to scoop out of water; to fish for; to grab; to take up; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 撈).

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01669
• “撩”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

撩

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. to raise; to lift
2. to make orderly

Readings

• Go-on: りょう (ryō)^{←れう (reu, historical)}
• Kan-on: りょう (ryō)^{←れう (reu, historical)}
• Kun: おさめる (osameru, 撩める); いどむ (idomu, 撩む)

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Korean

Hanja

撩 • (ryo>yo) (hangeul 료>요, revised ryo>yo, McCune–Reischauer ryo>yo, Yale lyo>yo)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 撩 (lêu, bêu, leo, liệu, liêu, treo, trêu, cheo, đeo, gieo)

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References

• Nom Foundation