鷯

鷯

See also: 鹩

鷯 U+9DEF, 鷯 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9DEF ← 鷮 [U+9DEE] CJK Unified Ideographs 鷰 → [U+9DF0]

Translingual

Han character

鷯 (radical 196, 鳥+12, 23 strokes, cangjie input 大火竹日火 (KFHAF), four-corner 4792₇, composition ⿰尞鳥)

References

• KangXi: page 1501, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47342
• Dae Jaweon: page 2030, character 30
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4660, character 11
• Unihan data for U+9DEF

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Chinese

trad.		鷯
simp.		鹩

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liáo (liao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): liu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: liáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˊ
    • Wade–Giles: liao²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liau
    • IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: liu⁴
    • Yale: lìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: liu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: liu⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /liːu̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /leu/, /liᴇu^H/▼

Rime
Character	鷯	鷯
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	落蕭切	力照切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/leu/	/liᴇuH/
Pan Wuyun	/leu/	/liɛuH/
Shao Rongfen	/leu/	/ljæuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛw/	/liawH/
Li Rong	/leu/	/liɛuH/
Wang Li	/lieu/	/lĭɛuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/lieu/	/li̯ɛuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liáo	liào

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*rews/, /*reːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鷯	鷯
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	8089	8094
Phonetic component	尞	尞
Rime group	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	𤊽	聊
Old Chinese	/*rews/	/*reːw/

Definitions

鷯

1. Only used in 鳭鷯 and 鷦鷯／鹪鹩 (jiāoliáo).
2. ^† Synonym of 鶉／鹑 (chún).

Compounds

鷦鷯／鹪鹩 (jiāoliáo) 鷦鷯一枝／鹪鹩一枝 (jiāoliáo yīzhī)

鷯哥／鹩哥 (liáogē)

鷯鶉／鹩鹑

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Japanese

Kanji

鷯

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. wren

Readings

• On (unclassified): りょう (ryō)

Compounds

• 鷦鷯 (みそさざい) (misosazai)