蓼

蓼

蓼 U+84FC, 蓼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-84FC ← 蓻 [U+84FB] CJK Unified Ideographs 蓽 → [U+84FD]

蓼 U+F9C2, 蓼 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9C2 ← 療 [U+F9C1] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 遼 → [U+F9C3]

Translingual

Han character

蓼 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 廿尸一竹 (TSMH), four-corner 4420₂, composition ⿱艹翏)

1. smartweed, polygonum

References

• KangXi: page 1053, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31744
• Dae Jaweon: page 1515, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3286, character 8
• Unihan data for U+84FC
• Unihan data for U+F9C2

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Chinese

trad.		蓼
simp. #		蓼

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
醪	*ruːw
嫪	*ruːw, *rɯːws
嘐	*ɡ·ruːw, *krɯːw, *qʰrɯːw
賿	*rrɯːw, *rrɯːwʔ
顟	*rrɯːw
膠	*krɯːw, *krɯːws, *kʰrɯːw
轇	*krɯːw
摎	*krɯːw, *rɯw
髎	*riw, *rɯːw
熮	*riws, *rɯːw, *rɯwʔ
廖	*rɯːw, *rɯːws, *rɯws
憀	*rɯːw, *rɯw
豂	*rɯːw
漻	*rɯːw
翏	*ɡ·rɯːw, *ɡ·rɯws
寥	*rɯːw, *rɯːwɢ
蓼	*rɯːwʔ, *rɯwɢ
鄝	*rɯːwʔ
鷚	*mɡlɯw, *rɯwɢs, *mɡrɯw, *ɡrɯw
繆	*mlɯw, *mɡrɯw, *mrɯws, *mlɯwɢ
勠	*rɯw, *rɯwɢs, *rɯwɢ
疁	*rɯw
飂	*rɯw, *rɯws
鏐	*rɯw, *rɯw
僇	*rɯwɢs, *rɯwɢ
瘳	*r̥ʰɯw
璆	*ɡlɯw, *ɡrɯw
謬	*mrɯws
蟉	*ɡ·rɯw, *ɡrɯw, *ɡrɯwʔ
樛	*krɯw
磟	*ruːwɢ, *rɯwɢ
戮	*rɯwɢ
剹	*rɯwɢ
穋	*rɯwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *rɯːwʔ, *rɯwɢ) : semantic 艹 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 翏 (OC *ɡ·rɯːw, *ɡ·rɯws).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liǎo, lù (liao³, lu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˇ, ㄌㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): liu⁵, luk⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): láu / liáu / lio̍k / ló

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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/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lù
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lù
    • Wade–Giles: lu⁴
    • Yale: lù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luh
    • Palladius: лу (lu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: liu⁵, luk⁶
    • Yale: líuh, luhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: liu⁵, luk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: liu⁵, lug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːu̯¹³/, /lʊk̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láu / liáu / lio̍k / ló
    • Tâi-lô: láu / liáu / lio̍k / ló
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lao, liao, liok, loir
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lau⁵³/, /liau⁵³/, /liɔk̚⁴/, /lo⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lau⁵⁵⁴/, /liau⁵⁵⁴/, /liɔk̚²⁴/, /lo⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lau⁵³/, /liau⁵³/, /liɔk̚¹²¹/, /lo⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lau⁵³/, /liau⁵³/, /liɔk̚⁴/, /lo⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau⁴¹/, /liau⁴¹/, /liɔk̚⁴/, /lɤ⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /leu^X/, /lɨuk̚/

Rime
Character	蓼	蓼
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)	東 (4)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	盧鳥切	力竹切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/leuX/	/lɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/leuX/	/liuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/leuX/	/liuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛwX/	/luwk̚/
Li Rong	/leuX/	/liuk̚/
Wang Li	/lieuX/	/lĭuk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/lieuX/	/li̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liǎo	lù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	liu5	luk6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*rɯːwʔ/, /*rɯwɢ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蓼	蓼
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	8367	8405
Phonetic component	翏	翏
Rime group	幽	覺
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	了	六
Old Chinese	/*rɯːwʔ/	/*rɯwɢ/
Notes		見詩

Definitions

蓼

1. Part of the name of plants in family Polygonaceae, the knotweeds and smartweeds.

Compounds

摎蓼 毛蓼 (máoliǎo) 水蓼 荼蓼 蓼沿 (Liǎoyán) 蓼科

蓼花 蓼莪 蓼菜成行 蓼蓼 香蓼 含蓼問疾／含蓼问疾

竹節蓼／竹节蓼 紅蓼／红蓼 (hóngliǎo) 蓼蕭／蓼萧 蓼藍／蓼蓝 (liǎolán) 蓼蘭鎮／蓼兰镇 越王嘗蓼／越王尝蓼

References

• “蓼”, 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

蓼

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: りょう (ryō)^{←れう (reu, historical)}; ろく (roku)
• Kan-on: りく (riku); りょう (ryō)^{←れう (reu, historical)}
• Kun: たで (tade, 蓼)

Noun

蓼(たで) • (tade) 

1. knotweed

Derived terms

• 蓼(たで)食(く)う虫(むし)も好(す)き好(ず)き (tade kuu mushi mo sukizuki)

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Korean

Hanja

蓼 (eum 료 (ryo), South Korea 요 (yo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

蓼: Hán Nôm readings: liễu

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References

• Nom Foundation