腬

See also: 䏔

腬 U+816C, 腬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-816C ← 腫 [U+816B] CJK Unified Ideographs 腭 → [U+816D]

Translingual

Han character

腬 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 月弓竹木 (BNHD), composition ⿰月柔)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 989, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29699
• Dae Jaweon: page 1441, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2100, character 5
• Unihan data for U+816C

Chinese

simp. and trad.		腬
alternative forms		膩／腻 Cantonese 耨 Cantonese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
堥	*muː, *mu
蓩	*muːʔ, *moːɡ
猱	*ml'uː, *mljiwʔ, *ml'us
茅	*mruː
罞	*mruː, *muːŋ
蝥	*mruː, *mu, *mo, *moɡs
鶜	*mruː
瞀	*moːɡs, *mroːɡ
愗	*moːɡs
袤	*mus
雺	*mus, *mu, *muːŋ, *muːŋs
懋	*mus
楙	*mus
矛	*mu
蟊	*mu
髳	*mu, *muːŋ
鍪	*mu
鞪	*mu, *moːɡ
糅	*ml'us
腬	*ml'us, *mlju
柔	*mlju
揉	*mju
蹂	*mju, *mjuʔ, *mjus
鍒	*mju
騥	*mju
蝚	*mju
葇	*mju, *mjuʔ
鞣	*mju, *mjus
鰇	*mju
瑈	*mju
鶔	*mju
楺	*mjuʔ
煣	*mjuʔ, *mjus
輮	*mjuʔ, *mjus
韖	*mjuʔ
敄	*moʔ, *mos
務	*moɡs
鶩	*moɡs, *moːɡ
騖	*moɡs
婺	*moɡs
霚	*moɡs, *moːŋ
嵍	*moɡs
霧	*moɡs, *moːŋ
霿	*moːŋ, *moːŋs
楘	*moːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ml'us, *mlju): semantic 肉 (“meat”) + phonetic 柔 (OC *mlju).

Etymology

Possibly related to 柔 (OC *mlju, “soft”), 肉 (OC *njuɡ, “meat”) (Liu, 1999b).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): róu (rou²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nau⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): jio̍h

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: róu
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: róu
    • Wade–Giles: jou²
    • Yale: róu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rou
    • Palladius: жоу (žou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: nau⁶
    • Yale: nauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: neo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɐu̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jio̍h
    • Tâi-lô: jio̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jioih
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zioʔ¹²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: nyuw, nrjuwH

Rime
Character	腬	腬
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	日 (38)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	耳由切	女救切
Baxter	nyuw	nrjuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵɨu/	/ɳɨuH/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵiu/	/ɳiuH/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑiəu/	/niəuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵuw/	/ɳuwH/
Li Rong	/ȵiu/	/niuH/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭəu/	/nĭəuH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯ə̯u/	/ni̯ə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	róu	niù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jau4	nau6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ml'us/, /*mlju/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	腬	腬
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	8823	8835
Phonetic component	矛	矛
Rime group	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	糅	柔
Old Chinese	/*ml'us/	/*mlju/

Definitions

腬

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) good meat; fatty meat
2. (Cantonese) heavy; filling; too greasy or sweet
3. (Cantonese) slow; sluggish
4. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) wrinkled but soft

   衫腬腬 [Hokkien, trad. and simp.]

   saⁿ jio̍h jio̍h [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Compounds

• 腬喉
• 腬市
• 飫腬 / 饫腬