瘤

Translingual

Han character

瘤 (Kangxi radical 104, 疒+10, 15 strokes, cangjie input 大竹竹田 (KHHW), four-corner 0016₂, composition ⿸疒留)

1. tumor, lump, goiter

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 778, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22408
• Dae Jaweon: page 1188, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2690, character 8
• Unihan data for U+7624

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		瘤
alternative forms		⿸疒畄 (second-round simplified)

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
卯	*mruːʔ
昴	*mruːʔ
泖	*mruːʔ
茆	*mruːʔ, *m·ruʔ
奅	*m̥ʰruːs
窌	*m̥ʰruːs, *m·ruː, *m·rus
聊	*m·rɯːw
貿	*mlus
鄮	*mlus
劉	*m·ru
留	*m·ru, *m·rus
蒥	*m·ru
鶹	*m·ru
騮	*m·ru
榴	*m·ru
瑠	*ru
瘤	*m·ru, *m·rus
遛	*m·ru
鎦	*m·ru
飀	*m·ru
鰡	*m·ru
嵧	*m·ru
餾	*m·ru, *m·rus
瀏	*m·ru, *m·ruʔ
懰	*m·ru, *m·ruʔ
柳	*m·ruʔ
珋	*m·ruʔ
罶	*m·ruʔ
嬼	*m·ruʔ, *m·rus
溜	*m·rus
霤	*m·rus
廇	*m·rus
塯	*m·rus

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liú (liu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴ / lau^4-2
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): liù
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lâu / 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 / lau^4-2
    • Yale: làuh / láu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴ / lau^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: leo⁴ / leo^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹/, /lɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liù
    • Hakka Romanization System: liu^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: liu²
    • Sinological IPA: /li̯u¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâu
    • Tâi-lô: lâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: laau
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /lau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lau¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liû
    • Tâi-lô: liû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liuu
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /liu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liu²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liu¹³/

Note:

• lâu - vernacular;
• liû - literary.

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• Middle Chinese: ljuw, ljuwH

Rime
Character	瘤	瘤
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	力求切	力救切
Baxter	ljuw	ljuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨu/	/lɨuH/
Pan Wuyun	/liu/	/liuH/
Shao Rongfen	/liəu/	/liəuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/luw/	/luwH/
Li Rong	/liu/	/liuH/
Wang Li	/lĭəu/	/lĭəuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯ə̯u/	/li̯ə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liú	liù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lau4	lau6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*m·ru/, /*m·rus/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	瘤	瘤
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	8888	8909
Phonetic component	卯	卯
Rime group	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	劉	溜
Old Chinese	/*m·ru/	/*m·rus/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 瘤

1. tumor

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Japanese

Kanji

瘤

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. bump
2. swelling or tumor

Readings

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

Noun

瘤(こぶ) • (kobu) 

1. lump or bump on the skin
2. knot in a tree
3. someone in the way
4. a child

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Korean

Hanja

瘤 • (ryu>yu) (hangeul 류>유, revised ryu>yu, McCune–Reischauer ryu>yu, Yale lyu>yu)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 瘤 (lựu)

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