謠

See also: 谣 and 謡

謠 U+8B20, 謠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8B20 ← 謟 [U+8B1F] CJK Unified Ideographs 謡 → [U+8B21]

Translingual

Traditional	謠
Shinjitai	謡
Simplified	谣

Han character

謠 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+10, 17 strokes, Cangjie input 卜口月人山 (YRBOU), four-corner 0767₂, composition ⿰訁⿱𱼀缶 or ⿰訁䍃)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1176, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35832
• Dae Jaweon: page 1641, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 6, page 4007, character 13
• Unihan data for U+8B20

Chinese

trad.		謠/謡
simp.		谣
2nd round simp.		𫍚

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
搖	*lews, *lew
遙	*lew
瑤	*lew
徭	*lew
鰩	*lew
媱	*lew
傜	*lew
颻	*lew
窰	*luː
愮	*lew
鷂	*lew, *lews
榣	*lew
嗂	*lew
猺	*lew
謠	*lew
鎐	*ʔsloːwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *lew): semantic 言 + phonetic 䍃.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yáo (yao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): yèu

  (Hailu, HRS): rhau

• Eastern Min (BUC): ièu
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ieo²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): iâu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): iao⁵ / iou⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yáo
    • Wade–Giles: yao²
    • Yale: yáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yau
    • Palladius: яо (jao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yáor
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yáor
    • Wade–Giles: yao²-ʼrh
    • Yale: yáur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yaul
    • Palladius: яор (jaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jaʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jiu⁴
    • Yale: yìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yèu
    • Hakka Romanization System: ieu^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yeu²
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯eu̯¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yèu
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)ieu^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yeu²
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯eu̯¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: rhau
    • Sinological IPA: /ʒau⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ièu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ieu⁵³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ieo²
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: á̤u
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ieu¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ieo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ieu²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iâu
    • Tâi-lô: iâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iaau
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /iau¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /iau²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen): /iau²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: iao⁵ / iou⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iâu / iôu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iau⁵⁵/, /iou⁵⁵/

Note:

• iao5 - Shantou;
• iou5 - Chaozhou.

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• Middle Chinese: yew

Rime
Character	謠
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	餘昭切
Baxter	yew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiᴇu/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɛu/
Shao Rongfen	/jæu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiaw/
Li Rong	/iɛu/
Wang Li	/jĭɛu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯ɛu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yáo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jiu4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*law/

  (Zhengzhang): /*lew/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	謠
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yáo
Middle Chinese	‹ yew ›
Old Chinese	/*law/
English	sing; song
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	謠
Reading #	1/1
No.	14718
Phonetic component	謠
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	遙
Old Chinese	/*lew/
Notes	說文言上從肉會意徒歌， 通作謠，肉非聲

Definitions

謠

1. (alt. form 䚻, 繇, 猶 / 犹 (yóu)(historical dictionaries only)) to sing without instruments
2. (alt. form 䚻, 繇) folk song; ballad
3. fake circulating words; false rumour

Compounds

• 歌謠 / 歌谣 (gēyáo)
• 民謠 / 民谣 (mínyáo)
• 民謠歌手 / 民谣歌手
• 民謠歌曲 / 民谣歌曲
• 民謠風 / 民谣风
• 童謠 / 童谣 (tóngyáo)
• 詬誶謠諑 / 诟谇谣诼
• 謠俗 / 谣俗
• 謠傳 / 谣传 (yáochuán)
• 謠言 / 谣言 (yáoyán)
• 謠言惑眾 / 谣言惑众
• 謠言紛飛 / 谣言纷飞
• 謠諑 / 谣诼 (yáozhuó)
• 謠諑紛傳 / 谣诼纷传
• 造謠 / 造谣 (zàoyáo)
• 造謠惑眾 / 造谣惑众 (zàoyáo huòzhòng)
• 造謠生事 / 造谣生事 (zàoyáoshēngshì)
• 闢謠 / 辟谣 (pìyáo)
• 風謠 / 风谣 (fēngyáo)

Japanese

Shinjitai	謡
Kyūjitai	謠

Kanji

謠

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 謡)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): よう (yō)
• Kun: うたう (utau, 謠う)

Korean

Hanja

謠 (eumhun 노래 요 (norae yo))

1. hanja form^? of 요 (“a song”)

Compounds

• 가요 (歌謠, gayo, “song”)

Vietnamese

Han character

謠: Hán Nôm readings: dao

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