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U+69B4, 榴
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-69B4

[U+69B3]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+69B5]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 75, +10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 木竹竹田 (DHHW), four-corner 47962, composition )

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 544, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15280
  • Dae Jaweon: page 932, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1267, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+69B4

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
2nd round simp. 𰗶
alternative forms
Opened pomegranate

Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *m·ru) : semantic + phonetic (OC *m·ru, *m·rus).

Etymology

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The botanist Li Shizhen suggests that is the same as (OC *m·ru, *m·rus, “lump, tumour”), as the pomegranate fruit resembles cancerous outgrowths on the body.

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (37)
Final () (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter ljuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/lɨu/
Pan
Wuyun
/liu/
Shao
Rongfen
/liəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/luw/
Li
Rong
/liu/
Wang
Li
/lĭəu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/li̯ə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
liú
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
lau4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 8886
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*m·ru/

Definitions

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  1. Short for 石榴 (shíliú, “pomegranate”).
  2. a surname

Compounds

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. pomegranate

Readings

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  • Go-on: (ru)
  • Kan-on: りゅう (ryū)りう (riu, historical)
  • Kun: ざくろ (zakuro, )

Compounds

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Korean

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Hanja

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(ryu>yu) (hangeul >, revised ryu>yu, McCune–Reischauer ryu>yu, Yale lyu>yu)

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: lựu

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