溜

溜 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 水竹竹田 (EHHW), four-corner 3716₂, composition ⿰氵留)

• 𥵄, 𦽾, 𩆎, 𫬂

• KangXi: page 639, character 33
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17943
• Dae Jaweon: page 1046, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1703, character 9
• Unihan data for U+6E9C
• Unihan data for U+F9CB

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *m·rus) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 留 (OC *m·ru, *m·rus) – name of a river.

溜

1. to slide; to glide; to slip
2. to sneak off; to sneak away; to escape

   他什麼時候溜進來的？ [MSC, trad.]
   他什么时候溜进来的？ [MSC, simp.]

   Tā shénme shíhou liū jinlai de? [Pinyin]

   When did he sneak in?

3. to pilfer; to steal; to snatch
4. to fawn on; to curry favour with; to flatter
5. to heat up slightly
6. (alt. form 熘) (cooking) to add starch and quickly fry under high heat
7. expressive suffix appended to adjectives, often used in the reduplicated form 溜溜
8. (literary, or in compounds) slippery

• (slippery):

溜

1. (～水) archaic name for the Liu River in modern-day Guangxi Province
2. (of water or other liquids) to flow downwards; to drip; to dribble
3. water drop or water stream
4. Alternative form of 霤 (liù, “eavesdrop; part of the eaves where rainwater drips down; eaves gutter”).
5. swift current; rapids
6. (of water) rapid; swift and violent
7. (of an action) quick; swift; speedy; prompt
8. to shoot a glance at; to cast a sidelong glance at
9. Alternative form of 遛 (liù, “to stroll; to saunter”).
10. to summon; to call for; to send for
11. Classifier for objects arranged in lines, rows or strings.
12. surroundings; neighborhood
13. (dialectal) to daub; to plaster

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. collect
2. gather

• Go-on: る (ru)
• Kan-on: りゅう (ryū)
• Kun: たまる (tamaru, 溜まる); たまる (tamaru, 溜る); たまり (tamari, 溜まり); ためる (tameru, 溜める); ため (tame, 溜); したたる (shitataru, 溜る)

溜 • (ryu>yu) (hangeul 류>유, revised ryu>yu, McCune–Reischauer ryu>yu, Yale lyu>yu)

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溜: Hán Nôm readings: lưu, lựu, rượu

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