獠

獠 U+7360, 獠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7360 ← 獟 [U+735F] CJK Unified Ideographs 獡 → [U+7361]

Translingual

Han character

獠 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 大竹大金火 (KHKCF), four-corner 4429₆, composition ⿰犭尞)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 718, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20692
• Dae Jaweon: page 1130, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1368, character 3
• Unihan data for U+7360

Chinese

simp. and trad.		獠

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
簝	*reːw, *reːw
潦	*reːwʔ, *reːws
獠	*reːwʔ, *ʔr'eːwʔ, *reːw
轑	*reːwʔ
橑	*reːwʔ, *reːw
燎	*rew, *rewʔ, *rews
繚	*rewʔ, *reːw, *reːwʔ
璙	*rewʔ, *reːw, *reːws
憭	*rewʔ, *reːw, *reːwʔ
爒	*rewʔ, *reːwʔ
僚	*rewʔ, *reːw
嫽	*rewʔ, *reːw, *reːws
療	*rews
膫	*rews, *reːw
鷯	*rews, *reːw
遼	*reːw
撩	*reːw, *reːwʔ
嘹	*reːw, *reːw, *reːws
寮	*reːw
飉	*reːw
竂	*reːw
鐐	*reːw, *reːws
蟟	*reːw
瞭	*reːw, *reːwʔ
嶚	*reːw
镽	*reːwʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *reːwʔ, *ʔr'eːwʔ, *reːw) : semantic 犬 (“beast”) + phonetic 尞 ().

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “see Schuessler P357”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liáo (liao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): liu⁴

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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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: liu⁴
    • Yale: lìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: liu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: liu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːu̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: lew

Rime
Character	獠
Reading #	1/3
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	獠
Reading #	3/3
No.	8096
Phonetic component	尞
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	聊
Old Chinese	/*reːw/

Definitions

獠

1. to hunt (especially at night)
2. savage

Compounds

• 獠丁
• 獠子
• 獠牙 (liáoyá)
• 獠面
• 長嘴獠牙／长嘴獠牙
• 青臉獠牙／青脸獠牙
• 青面獠牙 (qīngmiànliáoyá)
• 饞獠／馋獠

 

Etymology 2

From a Tai language. See Wikipedia for more.

This form, 獠, was replaced by 僚 (liáo) due to the radical at the character's left referring to animals, making it offensive as a name of an ethnicity.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎo (lao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎo
    • Wade–Giles: lao³
    • Yale: lǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lao
    • Palladius: лао (lao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵
    • Yale: lóuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: traewX, lawX

Rime
Character	獠	獠
Reading #	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	知 (9)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	I
Fanqie	張絞切	盧晧切
Baxter	traewX	lawX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈˠauX/	/lɑuX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈᵚauX/	/lɑuX/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶauX/	/lɑuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈaɨwX/	/lawX/
Li Rong	/ȶauX/	/lɑuX/
Wang Li	/ȶauX/	/lɑuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶauX/	/lɑuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhǎo	lǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zaau2	lou5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*reːwʔ/, /*ʔr'eːwʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	獠	獠
Reading #	1/3	2/3
No.	8073	8077
Phonetic component	尞	尞
Rime group	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	老	䝤
Old Chinese	/*reːwʔ/	/*ʔr'eːwʔ/

Definitions

獠

1. (historical, derogatory) General names for ethnic groups in southwestern China.
2. (offensive) Rau peoples, ancestors of the Zhuang and other Kra-Tai-speaking peoples.

Japanese

Kanji

獠

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. to hunt at night by torches

Readings

• On (unclassified): りょう (ryō); ろう (rō); とう (tō)
• Kun: かり (kari)

Korean

Hanja

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

1. hunt at night

Vietnamese

Han character

獠: Hán Nôm readings: liêu, lão

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