潦

潦 U+6F66, 潦 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6F66 ← 潥 [U+6F65] CJK Unified Ideographs 潧 → [U+6F67]

Translingual

Han character

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

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

Derived characters

• 𧀪

References

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

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 *reːwʔ, *reːws): semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 尞.

Pronunciation 1

simp. and trad.		潦
2nd round simp.		了
alternative forms		𣱾 2nd round simp. (1981)

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liáo, liǎo (liao², liao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˊ, ㄌㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): liu² / liu⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ló / láu / liáu / liâu

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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/
      
  • (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 / liu⁴
    • Yale: líu / lìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: liu² / liu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: liu² / liu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːu̯³⁵/, /liːu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ló
    • Tâi-lô: ló
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loir
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /lo⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láu
    • Tâi-lô: láu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lao
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /lau⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /lau⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liáu
    • Tâi-lô: liáu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liao
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /liau⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /liau⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liâu
    • Tâi-lô: liâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liaau
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /liau²⁴/

Note:

• láu - vernacular;
• liáu/liâu - literary.

Definitions

潦

1. used in 潦倒 (liáodǎo) and 潦草 (liáocǎo)
2. alternative form of 燎 (“to burn; to scald”)
3. (Cantonese, of handwriting) messy; illegible

   佢手字太潦，冇人睇得明。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   keoi⁵ sau² zi⁶ taai³ liu², mou⁵ jan⁴ tai² dak¹ ming⁴. [Jyutping]

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

4. (Cantonese) to scribble

   潦隻龜／潦只龟 [Cantonese]  ―  liu² zek³ gwai¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to draw a signature

Compounds

• 浮皮潦草
• 潦亂 / 潦乱
• 潦倒
• 潦泡 (liáopào)
• 潦洌
• 潦漿泡 / 潦浆泡
• 潢潦可薦 / 潢潦可荐
• 潦潦草草
• 潦草
• 潦草塞責 / 潦草塞责
• 窮愁潦倒 / 穷愁潦倒
• 窮途潦倒 / 穷途潦倒
• 龍鍾潦倒 / 龙钟潦倒

Pronunciation 2

simp. and trad.		潦

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎo (lao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎo
    • Wade–Giles: lao³
    • Yale: lǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lao
    • Palladius: лао (lao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lou⁵
    • Yale: lóuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: lawX

Rime
Character	潦
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	盧晧切
Baxter	lawX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɑuX/
Pan Wuyun	/lɑuX/
Shao Rongfen	/lɑuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lawX/
Li Rong	/lɑuX/
Wang Li	/lɑuX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lɑuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lou5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*reːwʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	潦
Reading #	1/2
No.	8072
Phonetic component	尞
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	老
Old Chinese	/*reːwʔ/

Definitions

潦

1. heavy rain
2. (of rain) heavy; torrential
3. puddle; accumulated water

Compounds

• 行潦

Pronunciation 3

simp. and trad.		潦
2nd round simp.		涝
alternative forms		澇／涝

• 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: lawH

Rime
Character	潦
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	郎到切
Baxter	lawH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɑuH/
Pan Wuyun	/lɑuH/
Shao Rongfen	/lɑuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lawH/
Li Rong	/lɑuH/
Wang Li	/lɑuH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lɑuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lou6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*reːws/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	潦
Reading #	2/2
No.	8076
Phonetic component	尞
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	嫪
Old Chinese	/*reːws/
Notes	同澇

Definitions

潦

1. flooded; inundated
2. flooding
3. to flood

Compounds

• 停潦
• 塗潦 / 涂潦
• 旱潦
• 泥潦
• 淫潦

Japanese

Kanji

潦

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. heavy rain

Readings

• Go-on: ろう (rō)^{←らう (rau, historical)}
• Kan-on: ろう (rō)^{←らう (rau, historical)}
• Kun: にわたずみ (niwatazumi)^{←にはたづみ (nifatadumi, historical)}

References

• “^▲潦”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

潦: Hán Nôm readings: lẻo

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