癆

See also: 痨

癆	U+7646, 癆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7646

← 癅
[U+7645]

CJK Unified Ideographs

癇 →
[U+7647]

Translingual

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: 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

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
勞	raːw, raːws
撈	raːw, reːw
嘮	ruːw, hr'aːw
癆	raːw, raːw, *raːws
簩	*raːw
蟧	raːw, reːw
憥	*raːw
澇	raːwʔ, raːws
僗	*raːws
髝	*raːws
膋	*reːw
犖	*rraːwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *raːw, *raːw, *raːws) : semantic 疒 (“sickness”) + phonetic 勞 (OC *raːw, *raːws).

Etymology 1

trad.		癆
simp.		痨
alternative forms		勞／劳 Sichuan sense 撈／捞 Sichuan sense

From 勞 (OC *raːw, *raːws, “to toil”) (Wang, 1982).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): láo (lao²)
(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˊ
(Chengdu, SP): nao²
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁴
Gan (Wiktionary): lau⁴
Min Nan (POJ): lô
Wu (Wiktionary): lau (T3)
Xiang (Wiktionary): lau²

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/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: nao²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: lao
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nau²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁴
  - Yale: lòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯²¹/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: lau⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lau³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lô
  - Tâi-lô: lô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: looi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lo²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lo²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lo¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lo²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ²³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: lau (T3)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔ²³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: lau²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɒu¹³/

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*raːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	癆
Reading #	2/3
No.	7651
Phonetic component	勞
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	勞
Old Chinese	/*raːw/
Notes	勞後起分化字

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

瘡癆／疮痨
癆傷／痨伤
癆氣／痨气
癆病／痨病 (láobìng)
癆病半切／痨病半切
癆病殼子／痨病壳子
癆病腔子／痨病腔子

癆病鬼／痨病鬼
癆症／痨症
癆瘵／痨瘵
癆腸刮肚／痨肠刮肚
癆蟲／痨虫
癩𰣻爛癆／癞𰣻烂痨
童子癆／童子痨 (tóngzǐláo)

美人癆／美人痨 (měirénláo)
肺癆／肺痨 (fèiláo)
話癆／话痨 (huàláo)
防癆／防痨
饞癆／馋痨
骨癆／骨痨
骨蒸癆／骨蒸痨

Etymology 2

trad.		癆
simp.		痨
alternative forms		澇／涝 Sichuan

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)
(Pinyin): lào (lao⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˋ
(Chengdu, SP): nao⁴
Gan (Wiktionary): lau⁵
Xiang (Wiktionary): lau⁵

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/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: nao⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: lao
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nau²¹³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: lau⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lau¹¹/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: lau⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɒu²¹/

Middle Chinese: /lɑu^H/

Rime
Character	癆
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	/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): /*raːw/, /*raːws/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	癆	癆
Reading #	1/3	3/3
No.	7650	7659
Phonetic component	勞	勞
Rime group	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime		嫪
Old Chinese	/*raːw/	/*raːws/
Notes	中毒

Definitions

癆

(ancient Northern Yan and Joseon region) to be poisoned (by medication)
(Jianghuai Mandarin, Southwestern Mandarin, Gan, Xiang, transitive) to poison
^† painful

Compounds

癆人／痨人

癆人的藥不在多／痨人的药不在多

癆藥／痨药

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	𭼎
Kyūjitai	癆

Kanji

癆

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: ろう (rō)^{←らう (rau, historical)}
Kan-on: ろう (rō)^{←らう (rau, historical)}
Kun: いたむ (itamu, 癆む)

Korean

Hanja

癆 • (ro>no) (hangeul 로>노, revised ro>no, McCune–Reischauer ro>no, Yale lo>no)

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Vietnamese

Han character

癆: Hán Nôm readings: lao

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