料

料 U+6599, 料 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6599 ← 斘 [U+6598] CJK Unified Ideographs 斚 → [U+659A]

料 U+F9BE, 料 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9BE ← 尿 [U+F9BD] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 樂 → [U+F9BF]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

料 (Kangxi radical 68, 斗+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 火木卜十 (FDYJ), four-corner 9490₀, composition ⿰米斗)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 478, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13501
• Dae Jaweon: page 836, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2253, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6599

• Unihan data for U+F9BE

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Chinese

trad.		料
simp. #		料

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 料
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
料	*reːw, *reːws
炓	*reːws

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 米 (“rice”) + 斗 (“dipper”) – to measure; to gauge.

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 料

1. to anticipate; to predict; to foresee; to expect
   • 1979, “我是癡情無限”, in 黃沾 (lyrics), 知己同心, performed by 關菊英:

     將來難料會如何 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     将来难料会如何 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     zoeng¹ loi⁴ naan⁴ liu⁶ wui⁵ jyu⁴ ho⁴ [Jyutping]

     how the future will be is difficult to predict

2. to oversee; to manage; to deal with
3. material; matter; substance
4. ingredient; constituent; component
5. material (person or thing suited for a certain purpose); makings

   他不是當兵的料。 [MSC, trad.]
   他不是当兵的料。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā bùshì dāngbīng de liào. [Pinyin]

   He is not born to be a soldier.

Synonyms

• (material; makings): 料子 (liàozi)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liáo (liao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liáo
    • Wade–Giles: liao²
    • Yale: lyáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liau
    • Palladius: ляо (ljao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: lew

Rime
Character	料
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	落蕭切
Baxter	lew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/leu/
Pan Wuyun	/leu/
Shao Rongfen	/leu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛw/
Li Rong	/leu/
Wang Li	/lieu/
Bernard Karlgren	/lieu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liáo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	liu4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*reːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	料
Reading #	1/2
No.	8068
Phonetic component	料
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	聊
Old Chinese	/*reːw/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 料

1. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 撩 (liáo, “to tease; to provoke”).

(deprecated template usage)

Pronunciation 3

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): liau

  (Meixian, Guangdong): liau⁴

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liau
    • Hakka Romanization System: liau
    • Hagfa Pinyim: liau⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /li̯au̯⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: liau⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /liau⁵³/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 料

1. (Hakka) (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 嫽.

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Japanese

Kanji

料

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. fee
2. materials

Readings

• Go-on: りょう (ryō, Jōyō)^{←れう (reu, historical)}
• Kan-on: りょう (ryō, Jōyō)^{←れう (reu, historical)}
• Kun: はかる (hakaru, 料る)

Compounds

• 料(りょう)金(きん) (ryōkin)
• 原(げん)料(りょう) (genryō)
• 料(りょう)理(り) (ryōri)
• 材(ざい)料(りょう) (zairyō)
• 調(ちょう)味(み)料(りょう) (chōmiryō)
• 無(む)料(りょう) (muryō)

• 飲(いん)料(りょう) (inryō)
• 賃(ちん)料(りょう) (chinryō)
• 有(ゆう)料(りょう) (yūryō)
• 香(こう)料(りょう) (kōryō)
• 史(し)料(りょう) (shiryō)
• 材(ざい)料(りょう)費(ひ) (zairyōhi)

• みかじめ料(りょう) (mikajimeryō)
• 挨(あい)拶(さつ)料(りょう) (aisatsuryō)
• 立(たち)退(のき)料(りょう) (tachinokiryō)
• 料(りょう)額(がく)印(いん)面(めん) (ryōgakuinmen)

Kanji in this term
料
りょう Grade: 4
on'yomi

Suffix

料(りょう) • (-ryō) 

1. fee, cost
2. material of something

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Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 料 (MC lew|lewH).

Historical readings

Recorded as Middle Korean 뇨 (nyo) (Yale: nyo) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.

From Middle Chinese 料 (MC lew)

• Recorded as Middle Korean 료ᇢ (Yale: lyow) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.

From Middle Chinese 料 (MC lewH)

• Recorded as Middle Korean 료ᇢ〮 (Yale: lyów) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.

Pronunciation

• (initial position)
  • (material; to predict; etc.):
    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [jo]
    • Phonetic hangul: [요]
  • (fee; price; etc.):
    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [jo(ː)]
    • Phonetic hangul: [요(ː)]
      • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
• (non-initial position)
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɾjo]
  • Phonetic hangul: [료]

Hanja

Wikisource

料 (eumhun 헤아릴 료 (hearil ryo), word-initial (South Korea) 헤아릴 요 (hearil yo))

1. hanja form^? of 료/요 (“fee; price; cost; count”)
2. hanja form^? of 료/요 (“material; ingredient”)
3. hanja form^? of 료/요 (“to predict; to anticipate”)

Compounds

Compounds

• 요리 (料理, yori)
• 요금 (料金, yogeum)
• 자료 (資料, jaryo)
• 재료 (材料, jaeryo)
• 원료 (原料, wollyo)
• 연료 (燃料, yeollyo)
• 무료 (無料, muryo)
• 유료 (有料, yuryo)
• 음료 (飮料, eumnyo)
• 비료 (肥料, biryo)
• 과료 (科料, gwaryo)
• 사료 (史料, saryo)
• 염료 (染料, yeomnyo)
• 사료 (飼料, saryo)
• 과료 (過料, gwaryo)
• 사료 (思料, saryo)
• 도료 (塗料, doryo)
• 향신료 (香辛料, hyangsillyo)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

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Vietnamese

Han character

料: Hán Nôm readings: liệu, liều, xệu, lẽo, liêu

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