癆

See also: 痨

Translingual

Han character

癆 (Kangxi radical 104, 疒+12, 17 strokes, cangjie input 大火火尸 (KFFS), four-corner 0012₇, composition ⿸疒勞)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 780, character 32
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22512
• Dae Jaweon: page 1190, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2698, character 10
• Unihan data for U+7646

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Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
勞	*raːw, *raːws
撈	*raːw, *reːw
嘮	*ruːw, *hr'aːw
癆	*raːw, *raːw, *raːws
簩	*raːw
蟧	*raːw, *reːw
憥	*raːw
澇	*raːwʔ, *raːws
僗	*raːws
髝	*raːws
膋	*reːw
犖	*rraːwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *raːw, *raːw, *raːws) : semantic 疒 (“sickness”) + phonetic 勞 (OC *raːw, *raːws).

Etymology 1

trad.		癆
simp.		痨
alternative forms		勞／劳 Sichuan sense 撈／捞 Sichuan sense

From 勞 (OC *raːw, *raːws, “to toil”) (Wang, 1982).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 癆

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) internal injury caused by overstraining
2. tuberculosis; pulmonary tuberculosis
3. (Southwestern Mandarin, dialectal Gan) to have an upset stomach because of the lack of fats in one's diet; to crave meat
4. (Xiang, of plants) to wither (in the sun)
5. (Xiang, of a person) to be dispirited; depressed

Etymology 2

trad.		癆
simp.		痨
alternative forms		澇／涝 Sichuan

Possibly related to 療 (OC *rews, “to cure”) (Schuessler, 2007). Compare ancient Chu dialect 瘌 (OC *raːd, “to be poisoned by medication”). Cognate to Mizo ru (“bark, roots, leaves or fruit which can be used to poison fish”), Jingpho mə-rau (“fishing by stupefying fish by poisonous vines”), Burmese ရိုး (rui:, “fish poison”) (Starostin).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): lào (lao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nao⁴

• Gan (Wiktionary): lau⁵
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): lau⁵

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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/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: nao⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: lao
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nau²¹³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: lau⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lau¹¹/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: lau⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɒu̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: lawH

Rime
Character	癆
Reading #	1/1
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/
Bernard Karlgren	/lɑuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lou6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*raːw/, /*raːws/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	癆	癆
Reading #	1/3	3/3
No.	7650	7659
Phonetic component	勞	勞
Rime group	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime		嫪
Old Chinese	/*raːw/	/*raːws/
Notes	中毒

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 癆

1. (ancient Northern Yan and Joseon region) to be poisoned (by medication)
2. (Jianghuai Mandarin, Southwestern Mandarin, Gan, Xiang, transitive) to poison
3. ^† painful

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Japanese

Kanji

癆

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ろう (rō)^{←らう (rau, historical)}
• Kan-on: ろう (rō)^{←らう (rau, historical)}
• Kun: いたむ (itamu, 癆む)

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Korean

Hanja

癆 • (ro>no) (hangeul 로>노, revised ro>no, McCune–Reischauer ro>no, Yale lo>no)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 癆 (lao)

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