澇

See also: 涝

Translingual

Han character

澇 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 水火火尸 (EFFS), four-corner 3912₇, composition ⿰氵勞)

1. inundate, flood
2. torrent

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 651, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18318
• Dae Jaweon: page 1061, character 29
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1747, character 11
• Unihan data for U+6F87

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Chinese

trad.		澇
simp.		涝*

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lào (lao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁶ / lou⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lō͘ / làu / lō

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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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lou⁶ / lou⁴
    • Yale: louh / lòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁶ / lou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁶ / lou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯²²/, /lou̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lō͘
    • Tâi-lô: lōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: làu
    • Tâi-lô: làu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: laux
    • IPA (Taipei): /lau¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lō
    • Tâi-lô: lō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loi
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /lo²²/

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• Middle Chinese: law, lawX, lawH

Rime
Character	澇	澇	澇
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)	豪 (89)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	I
Fanqie	魯刀切	盧晧切	郎到切
Baxter	law	lawX	lawH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɑu/	/lɑuX/	/lɑuH/
Pan Wuyun	/lɑu/	/lɑuX/	/lɑuH/
Shao Rongfen	/lɑu/	/lɑuX/	/lɑuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/law/	/lawX/	/lawH/
Li Rong	/lɑu/	/lɑuX/	/lɑuH/
Wang Li	/lɑu/	/lɑuX/	/lɑuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/lɑu/	/lɑuX/	/lɑuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	láo	lǎo	lào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lou4	lou5	lou6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*raːwʔ/, /*raːws/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	澇	澇
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	7655	7656
Phonetic component	勞	勞
Rime group	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	老	嫪
Old Chinese	/*raːwʔ/	/*raːws/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 澇

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

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Japanese

Kanji

澇

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. inundate
2. flood
3. torrent

Readings

• Go-on: ろう (rō)^{←らう (rau, historical)}
• Kan-on: ろう (rō)^{←らう (rau, historical)}
• Kun: おおなみ (ōnami, 澇)^{←おほなみ (ofonami, 澇, historical)}

Noun

澇(おおなみ) • (ōnami) ^{←おほなみ (ofonami)?}

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Alternative spelling of 大波 (“billow, surge”)