嘹

嘹 U+5639, 嘹 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5639 ← 嘸 [U+5638] CJK Unified Ideographs 嘺 → [U+563A]

Translingual

Han character

嘹 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 口大金火 (RKCF), four-corner 6409₆, composition ⿰口尞)

1. used to describe clarity of voice
2. resonant

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 207, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4270
• Dae Jaweon: page 430, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 682, character 13
• Unihan data for U+5639

Chinese

simp. and trad.		嘹
2nd round simp.		𠮩

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liáo (liao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): liu⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liâu

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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/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liâu
    • Tâi-lô: liâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liau²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liau¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liau²³/

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• Middle Chinese: lew, lewH

Rime
Character	嘹	嘹
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	落蕭切	力弔切
Baxter	lew	lewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/leu/	/leuH/
Pan Wuyun	/leu/	/leuH/
Shao Rongfen	/leu/	/leuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛw/	/lɛwH/
Li Rong	/leu/	/leuH/
Wang Li	/lieu/	/lieuH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lieu/	/lieuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liáo	liào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	liu4	liu6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*reːw/, /*reːws/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嘹	嘹	嘹
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	8092	8110	8119
Phonetic component	尞	尞	尞
Rime group	宵	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	2	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	聊	聊	𩕐
Old Chinese	/*reːw/	/*reːw/	/*reːws/

Definitions

嘹

1. (of sound) clear and melodious

   嘹亮  ―  liáoliàng  ―  loud and clear

Compounds

• 嘹亮 (liáoliàng)
• 嘹唳
• 嘹喨 (liáoliàng)
• 嘹嚦 / 嘹呖

Japanese

Kanji

嘹

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. used to describe clearness of voice

Readings

• On (unclassified): りょう (ryō)

Korean

Hanja

嘹 • (ryo) (hangeul 료, revised ryo, McCune–Reischauer ryo)

1. used describe clarity of voice
2. resonant

Vietnamese

Han character

嘹: Hán Nôm readings: rêu

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