潦

潦	U+6F66, 潦 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6F66

← 潥
[U+6F65]

CJK Unified Ideographs

潧 →
[U+6F67]

Translingual

Han character

潦 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 水大金火 (EKCF), four-corner 3419₆, composition ⿰氵尞)

to flood
a puddle
without care

Derived characters

𧀪

References

KangXi: page 650, character 1
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18259
Dae Jaweon: page 1060, character 7
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1738, character 11
Unihan data for U+6F66

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 *reːwʔ, *reːws) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 尞 ().

Pronunciation 1

simp. and trad.		潦
2nd round simp.		了
alternative forms		𣱾 2nd round simp. (1981)

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liáo, liǎo (liao², liao³)
(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˊ, ㄌㄧㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): liu², liu⁴
Min Nan (POJ): ló / láu / liáu / liâu

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/
- (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, liu⁴
  - Yale: líu, lìuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: liu², liu⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: liu², liu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːu̯³⁵/, /liːu̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ló
  - Tâi-lô: ló
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loir
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lo⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láu
  - Tâi-lô: láu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lao
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /lau⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lau⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liáu
  - Tâi-lô: liáu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liao
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /liau⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liau⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liâu
  - Tâi-lô: liâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liaau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liau²⁴/

Note:

láu - vernacular;
liáu/liâu - literary.

Definitions

潦

Used in 潦倒 (liáodǎo) and 潦草 (liáocǎo).
Alternative form of 燎 (liáo, “to burn; to scald”).

Compounds

浮皮潦草
潦倒 (liáodǎo)
潦泡
潦洌
潦潦草草

潦草 (liáocǎo)
潢潦可薦／潢潦可荐
潦亂／潦乱
潦漿泡／潦浆泡

潦草塞責／潦草塞责
窮愁潦倒／穷愁潦倒
窮途潦倒／穷途潦倒
龍鍾潦倒／龙钟潦倒

Pronunciation 2

simp. and trad.		潦

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎo (lao³)
(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǎo
  - Wade–Giles: lao³
  - Yale: lǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lao
  - Palladius: лао (lao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁵
  - Yale: lóuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³/

Middle Chinese: /lɑu^X/

Rime
Character	潦
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	盧晧切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɑu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/lɑu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/lɑu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/law^X/
Li Rong	/lɑu^X/
Wang Li	/lɑu^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/lɑu^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lou⁵

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*reːwʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	潦
Reading #	1/2
No.	8072
Phonetic component	尞
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	老
Old Chinese	/*reːwʔ/

Definitions

潦

heavy rain
(of rain) heavy; torrential
puddle; accumulated water

Compounds

行潦

Pronunciation 3

simp. and trad.		潦
2nd round simp.		涝
alternative forms		澇／涝

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lào (lao⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁶

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)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁶
  - Yale: louh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯²²/

Middle Chinese: /lɑu^H/

Rime
Character	潦
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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɑu^H/
Pan Wuyun	/lɑu^H/
Shao Rongfen	/lɑu^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/law^H/
Li Rong	/lɑu^H/
Wang Li	/lɑu^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/lɑu^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lou⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*reːws/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	潦
Reading #	2/2
No.	8076
Phonetic component	尞
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	嫪
Old Chinese	/*reːws/
Notes	同澇

Definitions

潦

flooded; inundated
flooding
to flood

Compounds

停潦
旱潦

泥潦
淫潦

塗潦／涂潦

Japanese

Kanji

潦

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

heavy rain

Readings

Go-on: ろう (rō)^{←らう (rau, historical)}
Kan-on: ろう (rō)^{←らう (rau, historical)}
Kun: にわたずみ (niwatazumi)^{←にはたづみ (nifatadumi, historical)}

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

潦: Hán Nôm readings: lẻo

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