撩

撩 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 手大金火 (QKCF), four-corner 5409₆, composition ⿰扌尞)

• 𡃔

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 456, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12741
• Dae Jaweon: page 805, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1955, character 2
• Unihan data for U+64A9

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *reːw, *reːwʔ): semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 尞.

撩

1. to arrange
2. used in 撩亂／撩乱 (“chaotic”)
3. to wind around; to pester
4. to take; to pluck
5. to tease; to incite; to provoke

   春色撩人  ―  chūnsèliáorén  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   佢成日撩隔離位傾偈。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   佢成日撩隔离位倾偈。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   keoi⁵ seng⁴ jat⁶ liu⁴ gaak³ lei⁴ wai^6-2 king¹ gai^6-2. [Jyutping]

   He often tries to chat with the person sitting next to him.

   • 翠翠瞥了祖父一眼，見他眼睛紅紅的，知道他喝了酒，且有了點事情不高興，心中想：「誰撩你生氣？」 [MSC, trad.]
     翠翠瞥了祖父一眼，见他眼睛红红的，知道他喝了酒，且有了点事情不高兴，心中想：「谁撩你生气？」 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1936, Shen Congwen, 邊城 (biānchéng)

     Cuìcuì piē le zǔfù yī yǎn, jiàn tā yǎnjīng hóng hóng de, zhīdào tā hē le jiǔ, qiě yǒu le diǎn shìqíng bù gāoxìng, xīn zhōng xiǎng: “Shéi liáo nǐ shēngqì?” [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

6. (originally dialectal, slang) to flirt with; to pick up

   撩妹  ―  liáomèi  ―  to flirt with a girl

撩

1. to raise
2. to sprinkle

撩

1. alternative form of 撂 (liào)
2. to glance
3. used in 撩峭

撩

1. (literary or Cantonese) to pick at; to dig at

   撩鼻屎 [Cantonese]  ―  liu¹ bei⁶ si² [Jyutping]  ―  to pick one's nose

   撩牙 [Cantonese]  ―  liu¹ ngaa⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  to pick one's teeth

• 挖 (wā)

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01669
• “撩”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. to raise; to lift
2. to make orderly

• Go-on: りょう (ryō)^{←れう (reu, historical)}
• Kan-on: りょう (ryō)^{←れう (reu, historical)}
• Kun: おさめる (osameru, 撩める)、いどむ (idomu, 撩む)

撩 • (ryo>yo) (hangeul 료>요, revised ryo>yo, McCune–Reischauer ryo>yo, Yale lyo>yo)

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撩: Hán Nôm readings: lêu, bêu, leo, liệu, liêu, treo, trêu, cheo, đeo, gieo

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