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)

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

Chinese

trad.		蓼
simp. ^#		蓼
alternative forms		𦾷

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 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liǎo (liao³)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): liu⁵
Min Nan (POJ): láu / liáu

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/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: liu⁵
  - Yale: líuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: liu⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: liu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːu̯¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láu / liáu
  - Tâi-lô: láu / liáu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lao, liao
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lau⁵³/, /liau⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lau⁵⁵⁴/, /liau⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lau⁵³/, /liau⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lau⁵³/, /liau⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau⁴¹/, /liau⁴¹/

Middle Chinese: /leu^X/

Rime
Character	蓼
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	盧鳥切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/leu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/leu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/leu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛw^X/
Li Rong	/leu^X/
Wang Li	/lieu^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/lieu^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	liu⁵

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*rɯːwʔ/

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

Definitions

蓼

knotweed; smartweed (various plants in the family Polygonaceae, especially in the genuses Polygonum and Persicaria)
(figurative) difficulty; hardship

Compounds

摎蓼
毛蓼 (máoliǎo)
水蓼
甘蓼
荼蓼
蓼沿 (Liǎoyán)

蓼科
蓼花
蓼菜成行
香蓼
含蓼問疾／含蓼问疾
竹節蓼／竹节蓼

紅蓼／红蓼 (hóngliǎo)
蓼擾／蓼扰
蓼蕭／蓼萧
蓼藍／蓼蓝 (liǎolán)
蓼蘭鎮／蓼兰镇
越王嘗蓼／越王尝蓼

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lù (lu⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): luk⁶
Min Nan (POJ): lio̍k / ló

Mandarin
- (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–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: luk⁶
  - Yale: luhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: luk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: lug⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊk̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lio̍k / ló
  - Tâi-lô: lio̍k / ló
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liok, loir
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liɔk̚⁴/, /lo⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liɔk̚²⁴/, /lo⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɔk̚¹²¹/, /lo⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liɔk̚⁴/, /lo⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɔk̚⁴/, /lɤ⁴¹/

Middle Chinese: /leu^X/

Rime
Character	蓼
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	盧鳥切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/leu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/leu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/leu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛw^X/
Li Rong	/leu^X/
Wang Li	/lieu^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/lieu^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	liu⁵

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*rɯːwʔ/

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

Definitions

蓼

(literary, of plants) tall

Compounds

蓼莪

蓼蓼

Pronunciation 3

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liǔ (liu³)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: liǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: liǒu
  - Wade–Giles: liu³
  - Yale: lyǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leou
  - Palladius: лю (lju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ljoʊ̯²¹⁴/

Definitions

蓼

Only used in 糾蓼／纠蓼.

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–

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)

knotweed

Derived terms

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

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

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