鏐

See also: 镠

鏐 U+93D0, 鏐 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-93D0 ← 鏏 [U+93CF] CJK Unified Ideographs 鏑 → [U+93D1]

Translingual

Han character

鏐 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+11, 19 strokes, cangjie input 金尸一竹 (CSMH), four-corner 8712₂, composition ⿰釒翏)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1319, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40789
• Dae Jaweon: page 1819, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4253, character 4
• Unihan data for U+93D0

Chinese

trad.		鏐
simp.		镠

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *rɯw, *rɯw) : semantic 金 (“gold”) + phonetic 翏 (OC *ɡ·rɯːw, *ɡ·rɯws).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liú (liu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liú
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lióu
    • Wade–Giles: liu²
    • Yale: lyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liou
    • Palladius: лю (lju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lau⁴
    • Yale: làuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: leo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: ljuw, liw

Rime
Character	鏐	鏐
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	幽 (138)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	力求切	力幽切
Baxter	ljuw	liw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨu/	/liɪu/
Pan Wuyun	/liu/	/lɨu/
Shao Rongfen	/liəu/	/lieu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/luw/	/ljiw/
Li Rong	/liu/	/liĕu/
Wang Li	/lĭəu/	/liəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯ə̯u/	/lieu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liú	liú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lau4	lau4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]iw/

  (Zhengzhang): /*rɯw/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	鏐	鏐
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	liú	liú
Middle Chinese	‹ ljiw ›	‹ ljuw ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]iw/	/*[r]iw/
English	fine gold	fine gold
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鏐	鏐
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	8378	8392
Phonetic component	翏	翏
Rime group	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	劉	鏐
Old Chinese	/*rɯw/	/*rɯw/

Definitions

鏐

1. (literary) gold of high purity

Japanese

Kanji

鏐

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. gold

Readings

• On (unclassified): りゅう (ryū)