撩

撩

撩 U+64A9, 撩 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-64A9 ← 撨 [U+64A8] CJK Unified Ideographs 撪 → [U+64AA]

Translingual

Han character

撩 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 手大金火 (QKCF), four-corner 5409₆, composition ⿰扌尞)

Derived characters

• 𡃔

References

• KangXi: page 456, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12741
• Dae Jaweon: page 805, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1955, character 2
• Unihan data for U+64A9

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Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
簝	*reːw, *reːw
潦	*reːwʔ, *reːws
獠	*reːwʔ, *ʔr'eːwʔ, *reːw
轑	*reːwʔ
橑	*reːwʔ, *reːw
燎	*rew, *rewʔ, *rews
繚	*rewʔ, *reːw, *reːwʔ
璙	*rewʔ, *reːw, *reːws
憭	*rewʔ, *reːw, *reːwʔ
爒	*rewʔ, *reːwʔ
僚	*rewʔ, *reːw
嫽	*rewʔ, *reːw, *reːws
療	*rews
膫	*rews, *reːw
鷯	*rews, *reːw
遼	*reːw
撩	*reːw, *reːwʔ
嘹	*reːw, *reːw, *reːws
寮	*reːw
飉	*reːw
竂	*reːw
鐐	*reːw, *reːws
蟟	*reːw
瞭	*reːw, *reːwʔ
嶚	*reːw
镽	*reːwʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *reːw, *reːwʔ) : semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 尞 ().

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		撩
alternative forms		料 “to tease”

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liáo (liao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): liu⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): liàu

  (Meixian, Guangdong): liau⁴

• Min Nan (POJ): liâu / liô

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liáo
    • Wade–Giles: liao²
    • Yale: lyáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liau
    • Palladius: ляо (ljao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ljɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: liu⁴
    • Yale: lìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: liu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: liu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːu̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liàu
    • Hakka Romanization System: liauˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: liau²
    • Sinological IPA: /li̯au̯¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: liau⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /liau⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liâu / liô
    • Tâi-lô: liâu / liô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liaau, liooi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liau²⁴/, /lio²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liau²⁴/, /lio²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liau¹³/, /lio¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liau²⁴/, /lio²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liau²³/, /liɤ²³/

Note:

• liâu - literary;
• liô - vernacular.

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• Middle Chinese: /leu/

Rime
Character	撩
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	落蕭切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/leu/
Pan Wuyun	/leu/
Shao Rongfen	/leu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛw/
Li Rong	/leu/
Wang Li	/lieu/
Bernard Karlgren	/lieu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liáo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	liu4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*reːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	撩
Reading #	1/2
No.	8091
Phonetic component	尞
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	聊
Old Chinese	/*reːw/

Definitions

撩

1. to arrange
2. Used in 撩亂／撩乱 (“chaotic”).
3. to wind around; to pester
4. to take; to pluck
5. to tease; to incite; to provoke

   春色撩人  ―  chūnsèliáorén  ―  (please add an English translation of this example)

   佢成日撩隔離位傾偈。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   佢成日撩隔离位倾偈。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   keoi⁵ sing⁴ jat⁶ liu⁴ gaak³ lei⁴ wai^6-2 king¹ gai². [Jyutping]

   He often tries to chat with the person sitting next to him.

   • 翠翠瞥了祖父一眼，見他眼睛紅紅的，知道他喝了酒，且有了點事情不高興，心中想：「誰撩你生氣？」 [MSC, trad.]
     翠翠瞥了祖父一眼，见他眼睛红红的，知道他喝了酒，且有了点事情不高兴，心中想：“谁撩你生气？” [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1936, Shen Congwen, 邊城

     Cuìcuì piē le zǔfù yī yǎn, jiàn tā yǎnjīng hóng hóng de, zhīdào tā hē le jiǔ, qiě yǒu le diǎn shìqíng bù gāoxìng, xīn zhōng xiǎng: “Shéi liáo nǐ shēngqì?” [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this example)

6. (originally dialectal, slang) to flirt with; to pick up

   撩妹  ―  liáomèi  ―  to flirt with a girl

Compounds

撩丁 撩人 撩弄 撩蜂吃螫 撩蹶子 撩逗 丟盔撩甲／丢盔撩甲 先撩者賤／先撩者贱 (xiānliáozhějiàn) 先撩者賤，打死無怨／先撩者贱，打死无怨 剔蠍撩蜂／剔蝎撩蜂 夢撒撩丁／梦撒撩丁 扯謊撩白／扯谎撩白

撥撩／拨撩 撥雨撩雲／拨雨撩云 撥雲撩雨／拨云撩雨 撩亂／撩乱 撩兒敲兒／撩儿敲儿 撩動／撩动 撩撥／撩拨 (liáobō) 撩是鬥非／撩是斗非 撩東劄西／撩东劄西 撩東撾西／撩东挝西 撩水飯／撩水饭

撩淺／撩浅 撩虎鬚／撩虎须 撩蜂撥刺／撩蜂拨刺 撩鍋／撩锅 撩雲撥雨／撩云拨雨 撩鬥／撩斗 暖盪撩鍋／暖荡撩锅 沒撩沒亂／没撩没乱 眼花撩亂／眼花撩乱 神魂撩亂／神魂撩乱 課嘴撩牙／课嘴撩牙

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liāo (liao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): liu¹
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): liau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liao
    • Wade–Giles: liao¹
    • Yale: lyāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lhiau
    • Palladius: ляо (ljao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ljɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: liu¹
    • Yale: līu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: liu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: liu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːu̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: liau¹
    • Sinological IPA: /liau⁴⁴/

Definitions

撩

1. to raise
2. to sprinkle

Compounds

撩水 撩衣

撩衣破步 撩起

破步撩衣 撩邊兒／撩边儿

Pronunciation 3

• 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): /ljɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: liu⁶
    • Yale: liuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: liu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: liu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːu̯²²/

Definitions

撩

1. Alternative form of 撂 (liào).
2. to glance
3. Used in 撩峭.

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		撩
alternative forms		了

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liǎo (liao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): liu², liu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liǎo
    • Wade–Giles: liao³
    • Yale: lyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leau
    • Palladius: ляо (ljao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ljɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: liu², liu¹
    • Yale: líu, līu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: liu², liu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: liu², liu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːu̯³⁵/, /liːu̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /leu^X/

Rime
Character	撩
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	盧鳥切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/leuX/
Pan Wuyun	/leuX/
Shao Rongfen	/leuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛwX/
Li Rong	/leuX/
Wang Li	/lieuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/lieuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	liu5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*reːwʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	撩
Reading #	2/2
No.	8116
Phonetic component	尞
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	了
Old Chinese	/*reːwʔ/

Definitions

撩

1. (literary or Cantonese) to pick at; to dig at

   撩鼻屎 [Cantonese]  ―  liu² bei⁶ si² [Jyutping]  ―  to pick one's boogers

See also

• 挖 (wā)

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 撩 – see 撈 (“to dredge up; to scoop out of water; to fish for; to grab; to take up; etc.”). (This character, 撩, is a variant form of 撈.)

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01669
• “撩”, 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–

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Japanese

Kanji

撩

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. to raise; to lift
2. to make orderly

Readings

• Go-on: りょう (ryō)^{←れう (reu, historical)}
• Kan-on: りょう (ryō)^{←れう (reu, historical)}
• Kun: おさめる (osameru, 撩める); いどむ (idomu, 撩む)

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Korean

Hanja

撩 • (ryo>yo) (hangeul 료>요, revised ryo>yo, McCune–Reischauer ryo>yo, Yale lyo>yo)

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Vietnamese

Han character

撩: Hán Nôm readings: lêu, bêu, leo, liệu, liêu, treo, trêu, cheo, đeo, gieo

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References

• Nom Foundation