僗

僗

僗 U+50D7, 僗 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-50D7 ← 僖 [U+50D6] CJK Unified Ideographs 僘 → [U+50D8]

Translingual

Han character

僗 (radical 9, 人+12, 14 strokes, cangjie input 人火火尸 (OFFS), four-corner 2922₇, composition ⿰亻勞)

References

• KangXi: page 116, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1096
• Dae Jaweon: page 247, character 32
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 222, character 2
• Unihan data for U+50D7

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		僗

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 僗 – see 勞 (“to toil; to do manual labour; to trouble; to disturb; etc.”). (This character, 僗, is an ancient form of 勞.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): láo (lao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: láo
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˊ
    • Wade–Giles: lao²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lau
    • IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁴
    • Yale: lòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /lou̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /lɑu^H/▼

Rime
Character	僗
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	郎到切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɑuH/
Pan Wuyun	/lɑuH/
Shao Rongfen	/lɑuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lawH/
Li Rong	/lɑuH/
Wang Li	/lɑuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/lɑuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lào

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*raːws/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	僗
Reading #	1/1
No.	7658
Phonetic component	勞
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	嫪
Old Chinese	/*raːws/
Notes	俗勞字

Definitions

僗

1. used as an auxiliary word

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Japanese

Kanji

僗

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ろう (rō)