璙

璙 U+7499, 璙 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7499 ← 璘 [U+7498] CJK Unified Ideographs 璚 → [U+749A]

Translingual

Han character

璙 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 一土大金火 (MGKCF), composition ⿰𤣩尞)

1. a kind of jade
2. (Classical) fetters or leg irons made of pure silver

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 742, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21238
• Dae Jaweon: page 1151, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1137, character 5
• Unihan data for U+7499

Chinese

simp. and trad.		璙

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 玉 (“jade”) + phonetic 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/

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• Middle Chinese: lew, ljewX, lewH

Rime
Character	璙	璙	璙
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	璙	璙	璙
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	8081	8104	8120
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

璙

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Japanese

Kanji

璙

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): りょう (ryō)
• Kun: しろがね (shirogane)