尥

See also: 尦

尥 U+5C25, 尥 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C25 ← 尤 [U+5C24] CJK Unified Ideographs 尦 → [U+5C26]

Translingual

Han character

尥 (Kangxi radical 43, 尢+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 大山心戈 (KUPI), four-corner 4701₂, composition ⿺尢勺)

1. livestock kicking its hind legs up into the air

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 298, character 6
• Dae Jaweon: page 593, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 552, character 12
• Unihan data for U+5C25

Chinese

simp. and trad.		尥

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 尥
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
豹	*preːwɢs
趵	*preːwɢs, *preːwɢ
尥	*breːw, *b·reːwɢs
箹	*ʔreːwɢs, *ʔreːwɢ
杓	*plew, *pʰlew, *bljewɢ, *pleːwɢ
約	*ʔlewɢs, *ʔlewɢ
扚	*pleːwʔ, *pleːwɢ
釣	*pleːwɢs
瘹	*teːwɢs
芍	*ɡleːwʔ, *spʰlewɢ, *pl'ewɢ, *bljewɢ, *pleːwɢ
酌	*pljewɢ
灼	*pljewɢ
勺	*pljewɢ, *bljewɢ
彴	*pljewɢ
犳	*pljewɢ
妁	*pljewɢ, *bljewɢ
汋	*bljewɢ, *sbreːwɢ
仢	*bljewɢ
葯	*qlewɢ, *qreːwɢ
礿	*lewɢ
肑	*preːwɢ, *pleːwɢ
瓝	*breːwɢ
的	*pleːwɢ
靮	*pleːwɢ
馰	*pleːwɢ
玓	*pleːwɢ
魡	*pleːwɢ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liào (liao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): liu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liào
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liào
    • Wade–Giles: liao⁴
    • Yale: lyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liaw
    • Palladius: ляо (ljao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: liu⁶
    • Yale: liuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: liu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: liu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːu̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: baew, lewH

Rime
Character	尥	尥
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	IV
Fanqie	薄交切	力弔切
Baxter	baew	lewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bˠau/	/leuH/
Pan Wuyun	/bᵚau/	/leuH/
Shao Rongfen	/bau/	/leuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/baɨw/	/lɛwH/
Li Rong	/bau/	/leuH/
Wang Li	/bau/	/lieuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱau/	/lieuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	páo	liào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	paau4	liu6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*breːw/, /*b·reːwɢs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	尥	尥
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	11177	11185
Phonetic component	勺	勺
Rime group	宵	豹
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	庖	𩕐
Old Chinese	/*breːw/	/*b·reːwɢs/

Definitions

尥

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Japanese

Kanji

尥

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): りょう (ryō); ほう (hō); ちょう (chō)
• Kun: ゆきなやむ (yukinayamu)

Vietnamese

Han character

尥: Hán Nôm readings: liệu

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References

• Nom Foundation