膫

膫 U+81AB, 膫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-81AB ← 膪 [U+81AA] CJK Unified Ideographs 膬 → [U+81AC]

Translingual

Han character

膫 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 月大金火 (BKCF), four-corner 2429₆, composition ⿰⺼尞)

1. (archaic variant of 膋) fat covering the intestines
2. omentum
3. male genitals
4. name of a state during the Han dynasty

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 994, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29865
• Dae Jaweon: page 1445, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2111, character 9
• Unihan data for U+81AB

Chinese

simp. and trad.		膫

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 *rews, *reːw): semantic 肉 (“body”) + phonetic 尞.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liáo (liao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): liu⁴
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): la⁵

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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/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: la⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lâ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /la⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: lew, ljewH

Rime
Character	膫	膫
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	落蕭切	力照切
Baxter	lew	ljewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/leu/	/liᴇuH/
Pan Wuyun	/leu/	/liɛuH/
Shao Rongfen	/leu/	/ljæuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛw/	/liawH/
Li Rong	/leu/	/liɛuH/
Wang Li	/lieu/	/lĭɛuH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lieu/	/li̯ɛuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liáo	liào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	liu4	liu6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*rews/, /*reːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	膫	膫
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	8088	8098
Phonetic component	尞	尞
Rime group	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	𤊽	聊
Old Chinese	/*rews/	/*reːw/
Notes	爒省文	說文又作膋

Definitions

膫

1. (Teochew) lard

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 豬油 (“lard”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		豨膏, 豕膏, 豬膏, 豬脂
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		豬油
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	大油, 豬油, 葷油
	Taiwan	豬油
	Ulanhot	葷油
	Tongliao	葷油
	Chifeng	豬油
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	葷油
	Harbin	大油
	Shenyang	葷油
	Malaysia	豬油
	Singapore	豬油
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	大油, 葷油, 豬油, 豬大油
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	大油, 豬油
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	大油, 脂油, 葷油
	Zhengzhou	大油
	Xi'an	大油, 豬油, 葷油
	Xining	豬油, 大油, 葷油
	Xuzhou	大油, 葷油
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	大油, 豬油 Han
	Bayanhot	大油
	Lanzhou	大油, 豬油, 葷油
	Ürümqi	大油
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	豬油
	Wuhan	豬油
	Guiyang	葷油, 豬油
	Kunming	豬油
	Guilin	豬油
	Liuzhou	豬油, 葷油
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	葷油, 大油 Hui
	Yangzhou	葷油, 豬油
	Hefei	豬油, 葷油
	Huanggang	豬油
Cantonese	Guangzhou	豬油, 豬膏, 豬大油, 大油
	Hong Kong	豬油, 豬膏
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	豬油
	Foshan	豬油
	Foshan (Shunde)	豬油
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	豬油
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	豬膏
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	豬油
	Taishan	豬膏
	Kaiping (Chikan)	豬膏
	Dongguan	豬油
	Shaoguan	豬油
	Yunfu	豬油
	Yangjiang	豬油, 豬膏
	Xinyi	豬油
	Lianjiang	豬油
	Nanning	豬油
	Wuzhou	豬油
	Yulin	豬油
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	豬油
	Danzhou	豬油
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	豬油
	Singapore (Guangfu)	豬油
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	豬油
Gan	Nanchang	豬油
	Lichuan	肥, 豬膏
	Pingxiang	豬油
Hakka	Meixian	豬油
	Xingning	豬油
	Huidong (Daling)	豬油
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	豬膏, 豬板油
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	豬太油
	Changting	豬膏
	Wuping	豬膏
	Wuping (Pingyu)	豬油
	Liancheng	豬膏
	Ninghua	豬膏油
	Yudu	豬膏
	Ruijin	豬膏
	Shicheng	豬膏油
	Shangyou (Shexi)	板膏油
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	豬油
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	豬油
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	豬油
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	豬油
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	豬油
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	豬油
	Hong Kong	豬油
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	豬油
	Sabah (Longchuan)	豬油
	Senai (Huiyang)	豬油
	Singkawang	豬油
Huizhou	Jixi	豬油, 葷油
	Shexian	豬油, 葷油
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	豬油
	Xiuning	豬油
	Yixian	豬油, 葷油
	Qimen	葷油
	Wuyuan	葷油, 豬油
Jin	Taiyuan	豬油, 葷油, 大油
	Pingyao	脂油, 大油
	Xinzhou	葷油
	Taibus (Baochang)	豬油
	Linhe	葷油
	Jining	大油, 葷油
	Hohhot	葷油
	Baotou	大油, 葷油
	Dongsheng	豬油
	Haibowan	豬油
Northern Min	Jian'ou	膏油
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	豨油, 膏油, 板油
	Songxi	膏油
	Zhenghe	豨油
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	膏油
	Jianyang	膏油
	Wuyishan	膏
	Pucheng (Shibei)	膏油, 板油
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	豬油
	Fuqing	豬油
	Gutian	豬油
	Ningde	豬油
	Zhouning	豬油
	Fuding	豬油
	Matsu	豬油
Southern Min	Xiamen	肉油, 豬油
	Quanzhou	肉油, 豬油
	Yongchun	豬油
	Zhangzhou	肉油, 豬油
	Yilan	豬油
	Penang (Hokkien)	肉油
	Singapore (Hokkien)	肉油, 豬油
	Longyan	豬油
	Datian	豨油
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	豬油
	Chaozhou	膫
	Shantou	膫, 豬膫
	Haifeng	豬油
	Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew)	膫
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	豬油
	Singapore (Teochew)	膫
	Leizhou	膫
	Wenchang	豬油
	Singapore (Hainanese)	豬油
Puxian Min	Putian	膫油
	Xianyou	膫油
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	豬油
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	豬油
Wu	Shanghai	豬油
	Shanghai (Chongming)	葷油, 豬油
	Suzhou	豬油, 葷油
	Wuxi	豬油, 葷油
	Danyang	葷油
	Hangzhou	豬油, 葷油
	Ningbo	豬油
	Wenzhou	豬油
	Jinhua	豬油, 脂油, 葷油
Xiang	Changsha	豬油, 葷油
	Shuangfeng	豬油
	Hengyang	豬油
	Quanzhou	豬油

Vietnamese

Han character

膫: Hán Nôm readings: lèo

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References

• Nom Foundation