瑬

瑬 U+746C, 瑬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-746C ← 瑫 [U+746B] CJK Unified Ideographs 瑭 → [U+746D]

Translingual

Han character

瑬 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+10, 15 strokes, cangjie input 水山一土戈 (EUMGI), composition ⿱流玉)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 739, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21160
• Dae Jaweon: page 1149, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1133, character 1
• Unihan data for U+746C

Chinese

simp. and trad.		瑬

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
流	*ru
硫	*ru
琉	*ru
旒	*ru
瑬	*ru
裗	*ru

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ru): phonetic 流 (OC *ru) + semantic 玉 (“jade”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liú (liu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liú
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lióu
    • Wade–Giles: liu²
    • Yale: lyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liou
    • Palladius: лю (lju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: ljuw

Rime
Character	瑬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	力求切
Baxter	ljuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/liu/
Shao Rongfen	/liəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/luw/
Li Rong	/liu/
Wang Li	/lĭəu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/li̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lau4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ru/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	瑬
Reading #	1/1
No.	8339
Phonetic component	流
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	劉
Old Chinese	/*ru/

Definitions

瑬

1. (literary) alternative form of 旒 (liú)