醪

醪 U+91AA, 醪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-91AA ← 醩 [U+91A9] CJK Unified Ideographs 醫 → [U+91AB]

Translingual

Han character

醪 (Kangxi radical 164, 酉+11, 18 strokes, cangjie input 一田尸一竹 (MWSMH), four-corner 1762₂, composition ⿰酉翏)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1287, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40004
• Dae Jaweon: page 1787, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3597, character 2
• Unihan data for U+91AA

Chinese

trad.		醪
simp. #		醪
alternative forms		濁／浊 Min Nan colloquial

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
醪	*ruːw
嫪	*ruːw, *rɯːws
嘐	*ɡ·ruːw, *krɯːw, *qʰrɯːw
賿	*rrɯːw, *rrɯːwʔ
顟	*rrɯːw
膠	*krɯːw, *krɯːws, *kʰrɯːw
轇	*krɯːw
摎	*krɯːw, *rɯw
髎	*riw, *rɯːw
熮	*riws, *rɯːw, *rɯwʔ
廖	*rɯːw, *rɯːws, *rɯws
憀	*rɯːw, *rɯw
豂	*rɯːw
漻	*rɯːw
翏	*ɡ·rɯːw, *ɡ·rɯws
寥	*rɯːw, *rɯːwɢ
蓼	*rɯːwʔ, *rɯwɢ
鄝	*rɯːwʔ
鷚	*mɡlɯw, *rɯwɢs, *mɡrɯw, *ɡrɯw
繆	*mlɯw, *mɡrɯw, *mrɯws, *mlɯwɢ
勠	*rɯw, *rɯwɢs, *rɯwɢ
疁	*rɯw
飂	*rɯw, *rɯws
鏐	*rɯw, *rɯw
僇	*rɯwɢs, *rɯwɢ
瘳	*r̥ʰɯw
璆	*ɡlɯw, *ɡrɯw
謬	*mrɯws
蟉	*ɡ·rɯw, *ɡrɯw, *ɡrɯwʔ
樛	*krɯw
磟	*ruːwɢ, *rɯwɢ
戮	*rɯwɢ
剹	*rɯwɢ
穋	*rɯwɢ

Etymology

Sino-Tibetan: Tibetan རུ་མ (ru ma, “curdled milk”), Jingpho ru³¹- (“liquor”). Similar-looking words in Tai-Kadai may be Han or post-Han loans; cf. Proto-Tai *ʰlawꟲ (“liquor”) (Thai เหล้า (lâo)) (Schuessler, 2007).

Compare also Proto-Vietic *raːwʔ, whence Vietnamese rượu, Muong Bi rão, Tho [Cuối Chăm] riɛw⁴, Proto-Pong *riɛw⁴.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): láo (lao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lô

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lo⁵ / lao⁵ / liao⁵ / liou⁵

  (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): lo⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: láo
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: láo
    • Wade–Giles: lao²
    • Yale: láu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lau
    • Palladius: лао (lao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lou⁴
    • Yale: lòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lô
    • Tâi-lô: lô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: looi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lo²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lo²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lo¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lo²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lo⁵ / lao⁵ / liao⁵ / liou⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lô / lâu / liâu / liôu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lo⁵⁵/, /lau⁵⁵/, /liau⁵⁵/, /liou⁵⁵/

Note:

• lo5 - vernacular;
• lao5, liao5/liou5 - literary.

• • (Leizhou)
    • Leizhou Pinyin: lo⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /lɔ²²/

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• Middle Chinese: law

Rime
Character	醪
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	魯刀切
Baxter	law
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/lɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/lɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/law/
Li Rong	/lɑu/
Wang Li	/lɑu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	láo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lou4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ruːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	醪
Reading #	1/1
No.	8343
Phonetic component	翏
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	勞
Old Chinese	/*ruːw/

Definitions

醪

1. alcohol with dregs
2. jiuniang (sweet, soup- or pudding-like dish in Chinese cuisine)

   Synonym: 醪糟 (láozāo)

3. alcoholic beverage in general
4. (Southern Min) murky; muddy; turbid; unclear
5. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) thick; viscous

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 渾 (“muddy; turbid”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		渾濁, 混濁
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	渾
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	渾
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	溷
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	渾
	Wuhan	渾
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	渾
	Hefei	渾
Cantonese	Guangzhou	濁
	Hong Kong	濁
	Yangjiang	濁
Gan	Nanchang	渾
Hakka	Meixian	渾
Jin	Taiyuan	溷
Northern Min	Jian'ou	渾, 濁
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	渾
Southern Min	Xiamen	醪, 醪濁
	Zhangzhou	醪
	Chaozhou	醪
	Haikou	醪
Wu	Suzhou	渾
	Wenzhou	渾
Xiang	Changsha	渾
	Shuangfeng	渾

Dialectal synonyms of 稠 (“thick; viscous”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		稠
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		稠
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	稠, 糨
	Taiwan	稠
	Harbin	稠
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	稠
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	厚
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	稠
	Wanrong	稠
	Xi'an	稠
	Xuzhou	稠, 厚
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	稠
	Lanzhou	稠
	Ürümqi	稠, 糨, 糊
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	稠, 乾, 釅
	Wuhan	釅, 稠
	Guiyang	乾
	Liuzhou	稠
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	稠
	Yangzhou	厚, 稠, 乾
	Nantong	厚
	Hefei	厚, 乾
Cantonese	Guangzhou	杰
	Hong Kong	杰
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	杰
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	杰
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	醹
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	杰
	Macau	杰
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	杰
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	杰
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	杰
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	杰
	Foshan	杰
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	杰
	Foshan (Shunde)	杰
	Foshan (Sanshui)	杰
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	杰
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	杰
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	杰
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	杰
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	杰
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	杰
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	杰
	Taishan	醹, 杰
	Kaiping (Chikan)	醹, 杰
	Enping (Niujiang)	杰, 醹
	Heshan (Yayao)	杰
	Dongguan	杰
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	杰
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	杰
	Shaoguan	杰
	Yunfu	杰
	Yangjiang	𤄷, 杰
	Xinyi	杰
	Lianjiang	杰
	Nanning	杰
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	杰
Gan	Nanchang	及
	Lichuan	濃
	Pingxiang	濃
Hakka	Meixian	醹, 結
	Xingning	醹
	Huidong (Daling)	醹, 竭
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	竭
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	醹
	Changting	醹, 濃, 竭
	Wuping	醹, 竭
	Wuping (Pingyu)	醹
	Liancheng	醹, 竭
	Ninghua	濃, 稠
	Yudu	竭
	Ruijin	竭
	Shicheng	濃
	Shangyou (Shexi)	醹
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	醹
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	醹
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	醹
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	醹
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	醹
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	醹
	Hong Kong	醹
Huizhou	Jixi	硬
	Shexian	硬
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	厚
	Xiuning	硬
	Yixian	硬
	Qimen	硬
	Wuyuan	硬
Jin	Taiyuan	稠
Northern Min	Jian'ou	濃
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	濃
	Songxi	濃
	Zhenghe	濃
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	濃
	Jianyang	濃
	Wuyishan	濃
	Pucheng (Shibei)	濃
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	𬇴
	Fuzhou (Changle)	𬇴
	Lianjiang	𬇴
	Fuqing	洘
	Pingtan	洘
	Yongtai	𬇴
	Minqing	𬇴
	Gutian	𬇴
	Pingnan	𬇴
	Luoyuan	𬇴
	Fu'an	𬇴
	Ningde	𬇴
	Xiapu	𬇴
	Zherong	𬇴
	Shouning	濃
	Zhouning	𬇴
	Fuding	𬇴
Southern Min	Xiamen	洘, 洽
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	洘
	Quanzhou	洘, 洽
	Jinjiang	洘
	Nan'an	洘
	Shishi	洘
	Hui'an	洘
	Anxi	洘
	Yongchun	洘
	Dehua	洘
	Zhangzhou	洘, 洽, 汔, 𠕇, 醪
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	𠕇
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	𠕇
	Hua'an	𠕇
	Nanjing	𠕇
	Pinghe	𠕇, 汔
	Zhangpu	汔
	Yunxiao	糊
	Zhao'an	汔
	Dongshan	汔
	Taipei	洘
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	洘
	Kaohsiung	洘
	Yilan	洘, 汔
	Changhua (Lukang)	洘
	Taichung	洘
	Tainan	洘
	Taitung	洘
	Hsinchu	洘
	Kinmen	洘
	Penghu (Magong)	洘
	Penang (Hokkien)	汔
	Singapore (Hokkien)	洘
	Manila (Hokkien)	洘, 洽
	Longyan	汔, 釅
	Zhangping	乾, 𠕇
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	渴
	Datian	洘, 醪
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	杰
	Chaozhou	𫀸
	Shantou	𫀸
	Shantou (Chenghai)	𫀸
	Jieyang	𫀸
	Haifeng	𫀸
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	𫀸
	Leizhou	洘, 渴
	Wenchang	渴
	Haikou	渴
Puxian Min	Putian	洘
	Xianyou	洘
Central Min	Yong'an	濃
	Sanming (Shaxian)	濃
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	杰
Wu	Shanghai	厚
	Shanghai (Chongming)	厚
	Suzhou	厚
	Wuxi	乾
	Danyang	乾, 厚
	Hangzhou	厚
	Ningbo	燥
	Wenzhou	饘
	Jinhua	厚
Xiang	Changsha	釅
	Shuangfeng	濃

Compounds

• 單醪 / 单醪
• 投醪
• 濁醪 / 浊醪
• 醇醪
• 醪糟 (láozāo)
• 醪醴

Japanese

Kanji

醪

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. unrefined sake or shoyu

Readings

• On (unclassified): ろう (rō)
• Kun: どぶろく (doburoku)、にごりざけ (nigorizake)、もろみ (moromi)

Korean

Hanja

醪 • (ryo>yo) (hangeul 료>요, revised ryo>yo, McCune–Reischauer ryo>yo, Yale lyo>yo)

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Vietnamese

Han character

醪: Hán Nôm readings: lao

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