髎

髎 U+9ACE, 髎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9ACE ← 髍 [U+9ACD] CJK Unified Ideographs 髏 → [U+9ACF]

Translingual

Han character

髎 (Kangxi radical 188, 骨+11, 21 strokes, cangjie input 月月尸一竹 (BBSMH), composition ⿰骨翏)

1. hip bone

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1450, character 40
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45264
• Dae Jaweon: page 1977, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4417, character 14
• Unihan data for U+9ACE

Chinese

simp. and trad.		髎

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

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, ljew

Rime
Character	髎	髎
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	落蕭切	力昭切
Baxter	lew	ljew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/leu/	/liᴇu/
Pan Wuyun	/leu/	/liɛu/
Shao Rongfen	/leu/	/ljæu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛw/	/liaw/
Li Rong	/leu/	/liɛu/
Wang Li	/lieu/	/lĭɛu/
Bernard Karlgren	/lieu/	/li̯ɛu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liáo	liáo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	liu4	liu4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*riw/, /*rɯːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	髎	髎
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	8357	8364
Phonetic component	翏	翏
Rime group	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	3	2
Corresponding MC rime	燎	聊
Old Chinese	/*riw/	/*rɯːw/
Notes	見素問	見素問

Definitions

髎

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Japanese

Kanji

髎

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): りょう (ryō)
• Kun: こしぼね (koshibone)