霤

霤

See also: 溜

霤 U+9724, 霤 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9724 ← 霣 [U+9723] CJK Unified Ideographs 霥 → [U+9725]

Translingual

Han character

霤 (radical 173, 雨+10, 18 strokes, cangjie input 一月竹竹田 (MBHHW), four-corner 1060₂, composition ⿱雨留)

Derived characters

• 㽌, 𣠚, 𤄐

References

• KangXi: page 1377, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42396
• Dae Jaweon: page 1886, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4073, character 9
• Unihan data for U+9724

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		霤
variant forms		溜

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (卯) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
卯	*mruːʔ
昴	*mruːʔ
泖	*mruːʔ
茆	*mruːʔ, *m·ruʔ
奅	*m̥ʰruːs
窌	*m̥ʰruːs, *m·ruː, *m·rus
聊	*m·rɯːw
貿	*mlus
鄮	*mlus
劉	*m·ru
留	*m·ru, *m·rus
蒥	*m·ru
鶹	*m·ru
騮	*m·ru
榴	*m·ru
瑠	*ru
瘤	*m·ru, *m·rus
遛	*m·ru
鎦	*m·ru
飀	*m·ru
鰡	*m·ru
嵧	*m·ru
餾	*m·ru, *m·rus
瀏	*m·ru, *m·ruʔ
懰	*m·ru, *m·ruʔ
柳	*m·ruʔ
珋	*m·ruʔ
罶	*m·ruʔ
嬼	*m·ruʔ, *m·rus
溜	*m·rus
霤	*m·rus
廇	*m·rus
塯	*m·rus

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liù (liu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: liù
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˋ
    • Wade–Giles: liu⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liow
    • IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lau⁶
    • Yale: lauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: leo⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: /lɨu^H/▼

Rime
Character	霤
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	力救切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨuH/
Pan Wuyun	/liuH/
Shao Rongfen	/liəuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/luwH/
Li Rong	/liuH/
Wang Li	/lĭəuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯ə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liù

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*m·rus/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	霤
Reading #	1/1
No.	8908
Phonetic component	卯
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	溜
Old Chinese	/*m·rus/

Definitions

霤

1. eavesdrop; part of the eaves where rainwater drips down; eaves gutter

Compounds

中霤

承霤

重霤

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Japanese

Kanji

霤

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. raindrops
2. dripping water

Readings

• Go-on: る (ru)
• Kan-on: りゅう (ryū)
• Kun: あまだれ (amadare, 霤)