癆
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See also: 痨
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Han character
癆 (Kangxi radical 104, 疒+12, 17 strokes, cangjie input 大火火尸 (KFFS), four-corner 00127, composition ⿸疒勞)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 780, character 32
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22512
- Dae Jaweon: page 1190, character 11
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2698, character 10
- Unihan data for U+7646
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *raːw, *raːw, *raːws) : semantic 疒 (“sickness”) + phonetic 勞 (OC *raːw, *raːws).
Etymology 1
From 勞 (OC *raːw, *raːws, “to toil”) (Wang, 1982).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nao2
- Cantonese (Jyutping): lou4
- Gan (Wiktionary): lau4
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lô
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6lau
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): lau2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: láo
- Wade–Giles: lao2
- Yale: láu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lau
- Palladius: лао (lao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɑʊ̯³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: nao2
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: lao
- Sinological IPA (key): /nau²¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: lou4
- Yale: lòuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: lou4
- Guangdong Romanization: lou4
- Sinological IPA (key): /lou̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: lau4
- Sinological IPA (key): /lau³⁵/
- (Nanchang)
- Southern Min
- Wu
- Xiang
- (Changsha)
- Wiktionary: lau2
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɒu̯¹³/
- (Changsha)
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*raːw/
Definitions
癆
- (traditional Chinese medicine) internal injury caused by overstraining
- tuberculosis; pulmonary tuberculosis
- (Southwestern Mandarin, dialectal Gan) to have an upset stomach because of the lack of fats in one's diet; to crave meat
- (Xiang, of plants) to wither (in the sun)
- (Xiang, of a person) to be dispirited; depressed
Compounds
Etymology 2
Possibly related to 療 (OC *rews, “to cure”) (Schuessler, 2007). Compare ancient Chu dialect 瘌 (OC *raːd, “to be poisoned by medication”). Cognate to Mizo ru (“bark, roots, leaves or fruit which can be used to poison fish”), Jingpho mə-rau (“fishing by stupefying fish by poisonous vines”), Burmese ရိုး (rui:, “fish poison”) (Starostin).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nao4
- Gan (Wiktionary): lau5
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): lau5
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: lào
- Wade–Giles: lao4
- Yale: làu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: law
- Palladius: лао (lao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɑʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: nao4
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: lao
- Sinological IPA (key): /nau²¹³/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: lau5
- Sinological IPA (key): /lau¹¹/
- (Nanchang)
- Xiang
- (Changsha)
- Wiktionary: lau5
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɒu̯²¹/
- (Changsha)
- Middle Chinese: lawH
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*raːw/, /*raːws/
Definitions
癆
- (ancient Northern Yan and Joseon region) to be poisoned (by medication)
- (Jianghuai and Southwestern Mandarin, Gan, Xiang, transitive) to poison
- † painful
Compounds
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Kanji
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Readings
Hanja
癆 • (ro>no) (hangeul 로>노, revised ro>no, McCune–Reischauer ro>no, Yale lo>no)
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