Translingual

      Etymology

      Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic  (body) + phonetic 

      Han character

      (radical 130 +12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 月大金火 (BKCF), four-corner 24296)

      1. the fat covering the intestines
      2. the omentum

      References

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

      Cantonese

      Hanzi

      (Yale liu4)


      Mandarin

      Hanzi

      (pinyin liáo (liao2), zhū (zhu1), Wade-Giles liao2, chu1)

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      Last modified on 10 October 2012, at 12:38