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

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

simp. and trad.		獠

(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/
Bernhard 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

simp. and trad.		獠
alternative forms		䝤

Wikipedia has articles on:

• 僚人 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
• Rau peoples (English)

From a Tai language. See Wikipedia for more.

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/
Bernhard 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) A general name for ethnic groups in southwestern China.

   • 初，蜀土無獠，至此，始從山而出，北至犍為、梓潼，布在山谷，十餘萬落。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     初，蜀土无獠，至此，始从山而出，北至犍为、梓潼，布在山谷，十余万落。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: 648 CE, Fang Xuanling (lead editor), Book of Jin

     Chū, Shǔ tǔ wú lǎo, zhì cǐ, shǐ cóng shān ér chū, běi zhì Qiánwéi, Zǐtóng, bù zài shāngǔ, shí yú wàn luò. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 夷人通商於邕州石溪口，至今謂之獠市。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     夷人通商于邕州石溪口，至今谓之獠市。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 9th century, 劉恂, 嶺表錄異

     Yírén tōngshāng yú Yōngzhōu Shíxīkǒu, zhìjīn wèi zhī lǎo shì. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 獠在右江溪峒之外，俗謂之山獠。依山林而居，無酋長版籍，蠻之荒忽無常者也。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     獠在右江溪峒之外，俗谓之山獠。依山林而居，无酋长版籍，蛮之荒忽无常者也。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: Zhou Qufei, Representative Answers from the Region beyond the Mountains, 12^th century CE

     Lǎo zài Yòujiāng xīdòng zhī wài, sú wèi zhī shān lǎo. Yī shānlín ér jū, wú qiúzhǎng bǎnjí, mán zhī huānghū wúcháng zhě yě. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (obsolete, offensive) A term of abuse

   • 武氏從幄後呼曰：「何不撲殺此獠？」 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     武氏从幄后呼曰：「何不扑杀此獠？」 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: The New Book of Tang, 1060 CE

     Wǔ shì cóng wò hòu hū yuē: “Hé bù pūshā cǐ lǎo?” [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

The word is now written as 僚, as this form, 獠, is deemed a graphic pejorative with its "beast" radical. Some of the peoples referred to as 獠 in ancient texts have been identified as Kra-Dai speaking peoples by modern scholarship.

Compounds

• 獠奴
• 獠子

Japanese

Kanji

獠

(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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