尞

尞 U+5C1E, 尞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C1E ← 尝 [U+5C1D] CJK Unified Ideographs 尟 → [U+5C1F]

Translingual

Han character

尞 (Kangxi radical 42, 小+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 大金日火 (KCAF), composition ⿱昚小)

1. fuel used for sacrifices

Derived characters

• 僚 嘹 㙩 嫽 嶛 憭 撩 潦 獠 遼 暸 橑 燎 璙 膫 瞭 繚(缭) 蟟 䜍 䝤 蹽 轑 鐐(镣) 镽 爒 𧄈 䩍 飉 䭜 𩻻
• 䨅 鷯(鹩)
• 寮 㞠 嶚 𦼔 療 竂 簝

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 297, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7517
• Dae Jaweon: page 592, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 565, character 10
• Unihan data for U+5C1E

Chinese

simp. and trad.		尞
2nd round simp.		了

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 尞
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意).

The earliest oracle bone inscriptions show 木 (“tree”) with dots around it representing flames – sacrifice with firewood. In some oracle bone inscriptions, 火 (“fire”) was added to emphasize the fire used in the sacrifice.

In the bronze inscriptions, 呂 (OC *ɡ·raʔ) was often added as a phonetic component, as seen in 寮 (OC *reːw) and 潦 (OC *reːwʔ, *reːws). This component may have been the basis of the 日 component found in late bronze inscriptions and in the seal script.

Shuowen interprets the character as 眘 (“serious”) + 火 (“fire”).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liào (liao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): liu⁴
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): liau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liào
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liào
    • Wade–Giles: liao⁴
    • Yale: lyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liaw
    • Palladius: ляо (ljao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: liu⁴
    • Yale: lìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: liu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: liu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːu̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: liau⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /liau⁵³/

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• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r][a]w-s/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	尞
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	liào
Middle Chinese	‹ ljewH ›
Old Chinese	/*[r][a]w-s/
English	burnt offering
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Definitions

尞

1. Original form of 燎 (liáo, “ancient offering involving burning wood”).

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 尞 – see 僚 (“official; bureaucrat; colleague; associate; companion; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 僚).

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		尞

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/

Definitions

尞

1. a surname

Etymology 4

simp. and trad.		尞

Pronunciation

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): liau

  (Hailu, HRS): 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/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: liau^˖
    • Sinological IPA: /liau³³/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: liau⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /liau⁵³/

Definitions

尞

1. (Hakka) alternative form of 嫽

Japanese

Kanji

尞

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. fuel used for sacrifices

Readings

• On (unclassified): りょう (ryō)
• Kun: かがりび (kagaribi)

Korean

Hanja

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

1. torchlight
2. set fire to (a house), light a fuse

Vietnamese

Han character

尞: Hán Nôm readings: lèo, lẽo, treo

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