聊

Translingual

Han character

聊 (Kangxi radical 128, 耳+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 尸十竹竹中 (SJHHL), four-corner 1712₀, composition ⿰耳卯)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 967, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29049
• Dae Jaweon: page 1415, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2787, character 7
• Unihan data for U+804A

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Chinese

trad.		聊
simp. #		聊

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *m·rɯːw) : semantic 耳 (“ear”) + phonetic 卯 (OC *mruːʔ).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 聊

1. to chat
2. to talk about
3. somewhat; slightly; at least

   聊勝於無／聊胜于无  ―  liáoshèngyúwú  ―  slightly better than nothing

4. for the time being; tentatively

   聊且  ―  liáoqiě  ―  for the time being

   • 聊乘化以歸盡。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     聊乘化以归尽。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: <span class="deprecated" title="Template:w2 is deprecated. Use Template:lw.">(deprecated template usage) 陶淵明, 《歸去來辭並序》

     Liáo chéng huà yǐ guī jìn. [Pinyin]

     For the time being, I go along with nature's course when living the rest of my life.

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

聊

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. slightly

Readings

• Go-on: りょう (ryō)^{←れう (reu, historical)}
• Kan-on: りょう (ryō)^{←れう (reu, historical)}
• Kun: いささか (isasaka, 聊か)

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Korean

Hanja

聊 • (ryo, yo) (hangeul 료, 요)

1. somewhat
2. slightly, at least

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 聊 (liêu)

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