僗

僗	U+50D7, 僗 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-50D7

← 僖
[U+50D6]

CJK Unified Ideographs

僘 →
[U+50D8]

Translingual

Han character

僗 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+12, 14 strokes, cangjie input 人火火尸 (OFFS), four-corner 2922₇, composition ⿰亻勞)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 116, character 21
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1096
Dae Jaweon: page 247, character 32
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 222, character 2
Unihan data for U+50D7

Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 僗 – see 勞 (“to toil; to do manual labour; to trouble; to disturb; etc.”). (This character is an ancient form of 勞).

Etymology 2

trad.		僗
simp.		𫢬

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): láo (lao²)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: láo
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: láo
  - Wade–Giles: lao²
  - Yale: láu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lau
  - Palladius: лао (lao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: lou⁴
  - Yale: lòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯²¹/

Middle Chinese: lawH

Rime
Character	僗
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	郎到切
Baxter	lawH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɑu^H/
Pan Wuyun	/lɑu^H/
Shao Rongfen	/lɑu^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/law^H/
Li Rong	/lɑu^H/
Wang Li	/lɑu^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lɑu^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lou⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*raːws/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	僗
Reading #	1/1
No.	7658
Phonetic component	勞
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	嫪
Old Chinese	/*raːws/
Notes	俗勞字

Definitions

僗

used as an auxiliary word

Japanese

Kanji

僗

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): ろう (rō)