嫽

嫽 U+5AFD, 嫽 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5AFD ← 嫼 [U+5AFC] CJK Unified Ideographs 嫾 → [U+5AFE]

Translingual

Han character

嫽 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 女大金火 (VKCF), four-corner 4449₆, composition ⿰女尞)

1. play with

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 271, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6717
• Dae Jaweon: page 539, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1080, character 6
• Unihan data for U+5AFD

Chinese

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 *rewʔ, *reːw, *reːws): semantic 女 (“female”) + phonetic 尞.

Pronunciation 1

trad.		嫽
simp. #		嫽

• 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–Macau)
    • Jyutping: liu⁴
    • Yale: lìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: liu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: liu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːu̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: lew, ljewX, lewH

Rime
Character	嫽	嫽	嫽
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)	宵 (91)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	III	IV
Fanqie	落蕭切	力小切	力弔切
Baxter	lew	ljewX	lewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/leu/	/liᴇuX/	/leuH/
Pan Wuyun	/leu/	/liɛuX/	/leuH/
Shao Rongfen	/leu/	/ljæuX/	/leuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛw/	/liawX/	/lɛwH/
Li Rong	/leu/	/liɛuX/	/leuH/
Wang Li	/lieu/	/lĭɛuX/	/lieuH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lieu/	/li̯ɛuX/	/lieuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liáo	liǎo	liào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	liu4	liu5	liu6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*rewʔ/, /*reːw/, /*reːws/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嫽	嫽	嫽
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	8085	8105	8118
Phonetic component	尞	尞	尞
Rime group	宵	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	2	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	繚	聊	𩕐
Old Chinese	/*rewʔ/	/*reːw/	/*reːws/

Definitions

嫽

1. to play with

Pronunciation 2

trad.		嫽
simp. #		嫽
alternative forms		嬲 Hakka 料 Hakka 尞 Hakka

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): liu⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): lau⁴

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): liau

  (Hailu, HRS): liau^˖

  (Meixian, Guangdong): liau⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: liu⁶
    • Yale: liuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: liu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: liu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːu̯²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: lau⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lau²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liau
    • Hakka Romanization System: liau
    • Hagfa Pinyim: liau⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /li̯au̯⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: liau^˖
    • Sinological IPA: /liau³³/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: liau⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /liau⁵³/

Definitions

嫽

1. (Cantonese, Hakka) to play
2. (Hakka) to chat; to kill time (with someone)

   得閒過來同𠊎嫽。 [Meixian Hakka, trad.]
   得闲过来同𠊎嫽。 [Meixian Hakka, simp.]

   Dêd⁵ han² guo⁴ loi² tung² ngai² liau⁴. [Hakka Transliteration Scheme]

   When you are free, come and chat with me.

3. (Hakka) to rest, to relax

Compounds

• 偷嫽
• 嫽涼 / 嫽凉

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 玩 (“to play; to play with”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		嬉, 戲
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		玩, 玩耍
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	玩兒
	Taiwan	玩
	Malaysia	玩
	Singapore	玩
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	玩兒
	Jinan	玩兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	站, 耍1
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	耍1
	Wanrong	翻倒
	Wanrong (Ronghe)	子奇
	Xi'an	耍1
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	耍1
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	耍1
	Wuhan	玩
	Guilin	耍1
	Liuzhou	玩
	Dagudi (Maliba)	玩
	Reshuitang (Longling)	玩
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	玩
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	玩
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	玩
	Hefei	玩
Mandarin	Nanping (Yanping)	耍1
Cantonese	Guangzhou	玩, 嫽
	Hong Kong	玩
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	嫽
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	玩
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	嫽
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	嫽
	Macau	玩
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	玩, 仙
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	去嫽
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	玩, 嫽
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	嫽
	Foshan	嫽
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	成人, 玩
	Foshan (Shunde)	玩
	Foshan (Sanshui)	耍1, 玩
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	耍1
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	耍1
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	玩
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	玩
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	嫽
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	嫽
	Taishan	嫽, 戀
	Kaiping (Chikan)	嫽
	Enping (Niujiang)	嫽
	Heshan (Yayao)	耍1
	Dongguan	嫽
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	嫽
	Qingyuan	耍1
	Fogang	嫽
	Yingde (Hanguang)	嫽
	Yangshan	耍1
	Lianshan (Butian)	耍極
	Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)	耍1
	Shaoguan	玩
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	玩
	Renhua	玩
	Lechang	玩
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	耍1
	Sihui	玩耍
	Guangning	耍1
	Deqing	蕩
	Huaiji	耍1
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	耍1
	Yunfu	耍1, 搞
	Xinxing	轉
	Luoding	玩, 耍1
	Yunan (Pingtai)	蕩
	Yangjiang	搞
	Xinyi	嫽, 蕩
	Maoming (Xinpo)	嫽
	Lianjiang	嫽
	Nanning	耍1
	Wuzhou	去嫽
	Beihai	嘢
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	耍1
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	玩
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	耍1
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	玩, 嫽
	Penang (Guangfu)	玩
	Singapore (Guangfu)	玩, 嫽
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	玩, 嫽
	Móng Cái	耍1
Gan	Nanchang	暱, 玩
	Lichuan	猥
	Pingxiang	耍1
Hakka	Meixian	嫽, 搞
	Xingning	嫽
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	嫽
	Huiyang	嫽
	Huidong (Daling)	嫽
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	嫽
	Boluo (Bendihua)	嫽
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	嫽
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	嫽
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	嫽
	Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua)	嫽
	Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua)	嫽
	Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua)	嫽
	Wengyuan	嫽
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	嫽
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	嫽
	Liannan	嫽
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	嫽
	Jiexi	搣
	Luhe	搞
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	嫽
	Changting	嫽
	Wuping	嫽
	Wuping (Pingyu)	嫽
	Liancheng	嫽
	Ninghua	嬉
	Yudu	嫽, 搞
	Shicheng	嬉
	Shangyou (Shexi)	嫽
	Tonggu (Sandu)	嫽
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	嫽
	Dayu	搞, 嫽
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	尞, 搞
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	尞, 搞
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	尞, 搞
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	尞, 搞
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	尞, 爽
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	尞, 搞
	Hong Kong	嫽, 搞
	Mengshan (Xihe)	嫽, 搞
	Luchuan	嫽
	Senai (Huiyang)	嫽
	Kuching (Hepo)	搞
Huizhou	Jixi	嬉
Jin	Taiyuan	耍1
Northern Min	Jian'ou	嬉
	Songxi	嬉
	Zhenghe	嬉
	Jianyang	嬉
	Wuyishan	嬉
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	客佻
	Fuzhou (Changle)	客佻
	Lianjiang	客佻
	Fuqing	客佻
	Pingtan	客佻
	Yongtai	客佻
	Minqing	客佻
	Gutian	客佻
	Pingnan	他佻
	Luoyuan	客佻
	Fu'an	宅佻
	Ningde	客佻
	Xiapu	客佻
	Zherong	宅佻
	Shouning	宅佻
	Zhouning	宅佻
	Fuding	宅佻
	Matsu	客佻
	Singapore (Fuqing)	客佻
	Sitiawan (Gutian)	客佻
Southern Min	Xiamen	耍2, 𨑨迌, 奕
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	𨑨迌
	Quanzhou	𨑨, 𨑨迌
	Jinjiang	𨑨迌
	Nan'an	𨑨迌
	Shishi	𨑨迌, 𨑨
	Hui'an	𨑨迌
	Anxi	𨑨迌
	Yongchun	𨑨迌
	Dehua	𨑨迌
	Zhangzhou	耍2, 𨑨迌, 奕
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	𨑨迌
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	耍2, 𨑨迌
	Hua'an	𨑨迌
	Nanjing	𨑨迌
	Pinghe	𨑨迌
	Zhangpu	𨑨迌
	Yunxiao	𨑨迌
	Zhao'an	耍2, 𨑨迌
	Dongshan	𨑨迌
	Taipei	耍2, 𨑨迌, 奕
	Kaohsiung	耍2, 𨑨迌, 奕
	Kinmen	𨑨迌
	Penang (Hokkien)	𨑨迌, 奕
	Singapore (Hokkien)	耍2, 𨑨迌
	Manila (Hokkien)	𨑨迌, 𨑨, 奕
	Longyan	𨑨迌
	Zhangping	𨑨迌
	Datian	嬉
	Chaozhou	耍2, 𨑨迌
	Raoping	耍2
	Shantou	耍2, 𨑨迌
	Shantou (Chenghai)	𨑨迌
	Jieyang	耍2, 𨑨迌, 羅坐
	Lufeng	𨑨迌
	Haifeng	𨑨迌
	Bangkok (Teochew)	𨑨迌
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	𨑨迌
	Singapore (Teochew)	耍2, 𨑨迌
	Pontianak (Teochew)	耍2
	Leizhou	弄
	Wenchang	弄
	Haikou	弄
	Qionghai	弄
	Singapore (Hainanese)	弄
Puxian Min	Putian	搭聊
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	搭聊
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	搭聊
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	搭聊
	Xianyou	搭聊
	Xianyou (Fengting)	搭聊
	Xianyou (Youyang)	搭聊
Central Min	Yong'an	嬉
	Sanming (Sanyuan)	嬉
	Sanming (Shaxian)	嬉
Wu	Shanghai	白相
	Shanghai (Chongming)	白相
	Suzhou	白相
	Wuxi	白相
	Hangzhou	耍子
	Shaoxing	嬉 intransitive, 搞 transitive
	Ningbo	嬲和, 嬉 dated, 嬉戲 dated, 白相 rare
	Wenzhou	嬉, 玩, 狡調
	Lishui	嬉
	Jinhua	嬉
Xiang	Changsha	玩
	Shuangfeng	耍1
	Quanzhou	耍1

Pronunciation 3

trad.		嫽
simp. #		嫽

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎo (lao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): nó͘ / ló

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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–Macau)
    • Jyutping: lou⁵
    • Yale: lóuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nó͘
    • Tâi-lô: nóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nor
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /nɔ̃⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ló
    • Tâi-lô: ló
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loir
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /lo⁵³/

Definitions

嫽

1. alternative form of 姥 (“maternal grandparent”)

Japanese

Kanji

嫽

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. play with

Readings

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• Go-on: りょう (ryō)^{←れう (reu, historical)}
• Kan-on: りょう (ryō)^{←れう (reu, historical)}
• Kun: さとい (satoi, 嫽い)、たわむれる (tawamureru, 嫽れる)、みめよい (mimeyoi, 嫽い)、みだれる (midareru, 嫽れる)

Korean

Hanja

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

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