蓼

Translingual

Han character

蓼 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 廿尸一竹 (TSMH), four-corner 4420₂, composition ⿱艹翏)

1. smartweed, polygonum

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1053, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31744
• Dae Jaweon: page 1515, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3286, character 8
• Unihan data for U+84FC

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Chinese

trad.		蓼
simp. #		蓼

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
醪	*ruːw
嫪	*ruːw, *rɯːws
嘐	*ɡ·ruːw, *krɯːw, *qʰrɯːw
賿	*rrɯːw, *rrɯːwʔ
顟	*rrɯːw
膠	*krɯːw, *krɯːws, *kʰrɯːw
轇	*krɯːw
摎	*krɯːw, *rɯw
髎	*riw, *rɯːw
熮	*riws, *rɯːw, *rɯwʔ
廖	*rɯːw, *rɯːws, *rɯws
憀	*rɯːw, *rɯw
豂	*rɯːw
漻	*rɯːw
翏	*ɡ·rɯːw, *ɡ·rɯws
寥	*rɯːw, *rɯːwɢ
蓼	*rɯːwʔ, *rɯwɢ
鄝	*rɯːwʔ
鷚	*mɡlɯw, *rɯwɢs, *mɡrɯw, *ɡrɯw
繆	*mlɯw, *mɡrɯw, *mrɯws, *mlɯwɢ
勠	*rɯw, *rɯwɢs, *rɯwɢ
疁	*rɯw
飂	*rɯw, *rɯws
鏐	*rɯw, *rɯw
僇	*rɯwɢs, *rɯwɢ
瘳	*r̥ʰɯw
璆	*ɡlɯw, *ɡrɯw
謬	*mrɯws
蟉	*ɡ·rɯw, *ɡrɯw, *ɡrɯwʔ
樛	*krɯw
磟	*ruːwɢ, *rɯwɢ
戮	*rɯwɢ
剹	*rɯwɢ
穋	*rɯwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *rɯːwʔ, *rɯwɢ) : semantic 艹 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 翏 (OC *ɡ·rɯːw, *ɡ·rɯws).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liǎo, lù (liao³, lu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˇ, ㄌㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): liu⁵ / luk⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): láu / liáu / lio̍k / ló

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liǎo
    • Wade–Giles: liao³
    • Yale: lyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leau
    • Palladius: ляо (ljao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lù
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lù
    • Wade–Giles: lu⁴
    • Yale: lù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luh
    • Palladius: лу (lu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: liu⁵ / luk⁶
    • Yale: líuh / luhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: liu⁵ / luk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: liu⁵ / lug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːu̯¹³/, /lʊk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láu / liáu / lio̍k / ló
    • Tâi-lô: láu / liáu / lio̍k / ló
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lao, liao, liok, loir
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lau⁵³/, /liau⁵³/, /liɔk̚⁴/, /lo⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lau⁵⁵⁴/, /liau⁵⁵⁴/, /liɔk̚²⁴/, /lo⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lau⁵³/, /liau⁵³/, /liɔk̚¹²¹/, /lo⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lau⁵³/, /liau⁵³/, /liɔk̚⁴/, /lo⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau⁴¹/, /liau⁴¹/, /liɔk̚⁴/, /lɤ⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: lewX, ljuwk

Rime
Character	蓼	蓼
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)	屋 (4)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	盧鳥切	力竹切
Baxter	lewX	ljuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/leuX/	/lɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/leuX/	/liuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/leuX/	/liuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛwX/	/luwk̚/
Li Rong	/leuX/	/liuk̚/
Wang Li	/lieuX/	/lĭuk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/lieuX/	/li̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liǎo	lù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	liu5	luk6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*rɯːwʔ/, /*rɯwɢ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蓼	蓼
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	8367	8405
Phonetic component	翏	翏
Rime group	幽	覺
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	了	六
Old Chinese	/*rɯːwʔ/	/*rɯwɢ/
Notes		見詩

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 蓼

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References

• “蓼”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

蓼

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: りょう (ryō)^{←れう (reu, historical)}; ろく (roku)
• Kan-on: りく (riku); りょう (ryō)^{←れう (reu, historical)}
• Kun: たで (tade, 蓼)

Noun

蓼(たで) or 蓼(タデ) • (tade) 

1. knotweed

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Korean

Hanja

蓼 • (ryo>yo) (hangeul 료>요, revised ryo>yo, McCune–Reischauer ryo>yo, Yale lyo>yo)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 蓼 (liễu)

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References

• Nom Foundation