琉

Translingual

Han character

琉 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 一土卜戈山 (MGYIU), four-corner 1011₃, composition ⿰⺩㐬)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 733, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20978
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1118, character 9
• Unihan data for U+7409

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Chinese

trad.		琉
simp. #		琉

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
流	*ru
硫	*ru
琉	*ru
旒	*ru
瑬	*ru
裗	*ru

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liú (liu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liú
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lióu
    • Wade–Giles: liu²
    • Yale: lyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liou
    • Palladius: лю (lju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lau⁴
    • Yale: làuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: leo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liû
    • Tâi-lô: liû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liu²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liu¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liu²³/

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• Middle Chinese: ljuw

Rime
Character	琉
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	力求切
Baxter	ljuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/liu/
Shao Rongfen	/liəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/luw/
Li Rong	/liu/
Wang Li	/lĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lau4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ru/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	琉
Reading #	1/1
No.	8337
Phonetic component	流
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	劉
Old Chinese	/*ru/
Notes	同瑠

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 琉

1. Only used in 琉璃 (liúlí).

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Japanese

Kanji

琉

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. precious stone
2. gem
3. lapis lazuli

Readings

• Go-on: る (ru)
• Kan-on: りゅう (ryū)^{←りう (riu, historical)}

Compounds

• 琉璃(るり) (ruri): lapis lazuli
• 琉球(りゅうきゅう) (ryūkyū): Ryūkyū

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Korean

Hanja

琉 • (ryu>yu)

• Eumhun:
  • Sound (hangeul): 류>유 (revised: ryu>yu, McCune–Reischauer: ryu>yu, Yale: lyu>yu)
  • Name (hangeul): 유리
    (revised: yuri, McCune–Reischauer: yuri, Yale: yuli)

1. glass

Compounds

• 琉璃 (유리, yuri) : glass

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 琉 (lưu)

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