嘹

嘹	U+5639, 嘹 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5639

← 嘸
[U+5638]

CJK Unified Ideographs

嘺 →
[U+563A]

Translingual

Han character

嘹 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 口大金火 (RKCF), four-corner 6409₆, composition ⿰口尞)

used to describe clarity of voice
resonant

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 207, character 24
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4270
Dae Jaweon: page 430, character 19
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 682, character 13
Unihan data for U+5639

Chinese

simp. and trad.		嘹
2nd round simp.		𠮩

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
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liâu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: liáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: liáo
  - Wade–Giles: liao²
  - Yale: lyáu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liau
  - Palladius: ляо (ljao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: liu⁴
  - Yale: lìuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: liu⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: liu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːu̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liâu
  - Tâi-lô: liâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liaau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liau²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liau²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liau¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liau²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liau²³/

Middle Chinese: lew, lewH

Rime
Character	嘹	嘹
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	落蕭切	力弔切
Baxter	lew	lewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/leu/	/leu^H/
Pan Wuyun	/leu/	/leu^H/
Shao Rongfen	/leu/	/leu^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛw/	/lɛw^H/
Li Rong	/leu/	/leu^H/
Wang Li	/lieu/	/lieu^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lieu/	/lieu^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liáo	liào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	liu⁴	liu⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*reːw/, /*reːws/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嘹	嘹	嘹
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	8092	8110	8119
Phonetic component	尞	尞	尞
Rime group	宵	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	2	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	聊	聊	𩕐
Old Chinese	/*reːw/	/*reːw/	/*reːws/

Definitions

嘹

(of sound) clear and melodious
嘹亮 ― liáoliàng ― loud and clear

Compounds

嘹亮 (liáoliàng)
嘹唳
嘹喨 (liáoliàng)
嘹嚦 / 嘹呖

Japanese

Kanji

嘹

(Hyōgai kanji)

used to describe clearness of voice

Readings

On (unclassified): りょう (ryō)

Korean

Hanja

嘹 • (ryo) (hangeul 료, revised ryo, McCune–Reischauer ryo)

used describe clarity of voice
resonant

Vietnamese

Han character

嘹: Hán Nôm readings: rêu

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