硫

Translingual

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ru) : semantic 石 + phonetic 㐬 ().

Han character

硫 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一口卜戈山 (MRYIU), four-corner 1061₃, composition ⿰石㐬)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 831, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24229
• Dae Jaweon: page 1247, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2435, character 1
• Unihan data for U+786B

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Chinese

trad.		硫
simp. #		硫

Chemical element
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Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ru) : semantic 石 (“stone”) + phonetic 㐬.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liú (liu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): liû

  (Teochew, Peng'im): liu⁵

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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/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: liu⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liû
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liu⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: ljuw

Rime
Character	硫
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	硫
Reading #	1/1
No.	8336
Phonetic component	流
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	劉
Old Chinese	/*ru/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 硫

1. (chemistry) sulfur

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Japanese

Kanji

硫

(Jōyō kanji)

1. sulfur

Readings

• Go-on: る (ru)
• Kan-on: りゅう (ryū, Jōyō)^{←りう (riu, historical)}
• Kun: いおう (iō, 硫)^{←いわう (iwau, 硫, historical)}

Compounds

Compounds

• 硫黄(いおう) (iō): sulfur
• 硫黄島(いおうじま) (Iōjima): Iwo Jima (Satsunan island chain)
• 硫黄島(いおうとう) (Iōtō): Iwo Jima (Ogasawara island chain)
• 硫安(りゅうあん) (ryūan): ammonium sulphate
• 硫化(りゅうか) (ryūka): sulphuration
• 硫酸(りゅうさん) (ryūsan): sulphuric acid

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

硫: Hán Nôm readings: lưu

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