嫪

嫪 U+5AEA, 嫪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5AEA ← 嫩 [U+5AE9] CJK Unified Ideographs 嫫 → [U+5AEB]

Translingual

Han character

嫪 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 女尸一竹 (VSMH), four-corner 4742₂, composition ⿰女翏)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 270, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6669
• Dae Jaweon: page 538, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1078, character 15
• Unihan data for U+5AEA

Chinese

trad.		嫪
simp. #		嫪

Glyph origin

	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

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ruːw, *rɯːws): semantic 女 + phonetic 翏 (OC *ɡ·rɯːw, *ɡ·rɯws).

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character	嫪
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	郎到切
Baxter	lawH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɑuH/
Pan Wuyun	/lɑuH/
Shao Rongfen	/lɑuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lawH/
Li Rong	/lɑuH/
Wang Li	/lɑuH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lɑuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lou6

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嫪
Reading #	2/2
No.	8346
Phonetic component	翏
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	嫪
Old Chinese	/*rɯːws/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lào (lao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lào
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lào
    • Wade–Giles: lao⁴
    • Yale: làu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: law
    • Palladius: лао (lao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lou⁶
    • Yale: louh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: lawH

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*rɯːws/

Definitions

嫪

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to long for, to pine for
2. a surname

   • 嫪姓毐字按漢書嫪氏出邯鄲 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     嫪姓毐字按汉书嫪氏出邯郸 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 司馬貞 Sima Zhen, 《史記索隱》"Seeking the Obscure in the Records of the Grand Historian", volume 2

     Lào xìng Ǎi zì àn Hànshū Làoshì chū Hándān [Pinyin]

     Lao ('嫪') is a surname; Ai ('毐') is a style name. According to the Book of Han, the Lao clan originated from Handan."

Compounds

• 婟嫪
• 嫪毐 (Lào'ǎi)
• 戀嫪 / 恋嫪

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character	嫪
Reading #	1/2
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

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嫪
Reading #	1/2
No.	8344
Phonetic component	翏
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	勞
Old Chinese	/*ruːw/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): láo (lao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁴

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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/

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• Middle Chinese: law

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ruːw/

Definitions

嫪

1. (historical dictionaries only) to envy

References

• “嫪”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

嫪

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ろう (rō)^{←らう (rau, historical)}
• Kun: こいしたう (koishitau, 嫪う)^{←こひしたふ (kofisitafu, 嫪ふ, historical)}、なやむ (nayamu, 嫪む)