饒

饒 (Kangxi radical 184, 食+12, 21 strokes, cangjie input 人戈土土山 (OIGGU), four-corner 8471₁, composition ⿰飠堯)

• 𠑬, 𡆁, 𦣗, 𥍘, 𦈂, 𲄖, 𩽸, 𩰈

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1425, character 40
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44400
• Dae Jaweon: page 1951, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4472, character 2
• Unihan data for U+9952

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ŋjew, *ŋjaws): semantic 食 (“food”) + phonetic 堯 (OC *ŋeːw).

饒

1. abundant; plentiful
2. to forgive; to have mercy on; to let off; to spare

   請饒我一命吧！／请饶我一命吧！  ―  Qǐng ráo wǒ yīmìng ba!  ―  Please spare my life!

3. (Mandarin, colloquial, often of the vendor) to give as a giveaway, or as an extra

   甲：「姐姐，看好了，這魚四斤高高的。」乙：「嘛高高的！再給饒一條。」 [Tianjin Mandarin, trad.]
   甲：「姐姐，看好了，这鱼四斤高高的。」乙：「嘛高高的！再给饶一条。」 [Tianjin Mandarin, simp.]

   Jiǎ: “Jiějie, kàn hǎo le, zhèi yú sì jīn gāogāor de.” Yǐ: “Mà gāogāor de! Zài gěi ráo yī tiáo.” [Pinyin]

   A: “Look, ma'am, all this fish is heavier than two kilos already! (pointing to the steelyard balance which is tilted towards the fish side)”
   B: “What are you talking about! Add another fish please (so that it is actually ‘two kilos' worth of fish’).”

4. (colloquial) even though; though; despite
5. a surname

   饒宗頤／饶宗颐  ―  Ráo Zōngyí  ―  Jao Tsung-I

• (abundant):

• (to forgive):

• (even though):

Others:

• → Proto-Vietic: *ɲiew
  • Vietnamese: nhiều

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𩜙)

1. abundant

• Go-on: にょう (nyō)^{←ねう (neu, historical)}
• Kan-on: じょう (jō)^{←ぜう (zeu, historical)}
• Kun: ゆたか (yutaka, 饒か)
• Nanori: あつし (atsushi)、たかし (takashi)、にぎ (nigi)、ゆたか (yutaka)

饒 • (yo) (hangeul 요, revised yo, McCune–Reischauer yo, Yale yo)

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饒: Hán Việt readings: nhiêu^[1][2][3]
饒: Nôm readings: nhau^{[2][3][4][5][6][7]}, nhiêu^[2][3], nheo^[2][4], nhiều^[3][4], sèo^[2], xèo^[2]

1. chữ Nôm form of nhau (“in common; together; communally; reciprocally; to each other”)
   • 1820, 阮攸 [Nguyễn Du], compiled by Liễu Văn Đường, 傳翹 [Truyện Kiều], published 1866, line 2:

     𡦂(chữ)才(tài)𡦂(chữ)命(mệnh)窖(khéo)⿱罒𪜀(là)恄(ghét)饒(nhau)

     Talent and fate are always apt to strife