# 嫽

| 嫽 | U+5AFD, &#23293; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5AFD |
| ← 嫼 [U+5AFC] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 嫾 → [U+5AFE] |

## Translingual
### Han character

嫽 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 女大金火 (VKCF), four-corner 4449$_6$, composition ⿰女尞)
* play with

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 271, character 10
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6717
* Dae Jaweon: page 539, character 4
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1080, character 6
* Unihan data for U+5AFD

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | 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 |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *rewʔ, *reːw, *reːws) : semantic 女 (“female”) + phonetic 尞.

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): liáo (liao$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): liu$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: liáo
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: liáo
*** Wade–Giles: liao$^2$
*** Yale: lyáu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liau
*** Palladius: ляо (ljao)
*** Sinological IPA : /li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: liu$^4$
*** Yale: lìuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: liu$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: liu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /liːu̯²¹/
* Middle Chinese: lew, ljewX, lewH
Rime :
| Character | 嫽 | 嫽 | 嫽 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) | 來 (37) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 蕭 (93) | 宵 (91) | 蕭 (93) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | IV | III | IV |
| Fanqie | 落蕭切 | 力小切 | 力弔切 |
| Baxter | lew | ljewX | lewH |
| Reconstructions ||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /leu/ | /liᴇu$^X$/ | /leu$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /leu/ | /liɛu$^X$/ | /leu$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /leu/ | /ljæu$^X$/ | /leu$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /lɛw/ | /liaw$^X$/ | /lɛw$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /leu/ | /liɛu$^X$/ | /leu$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /lieu/ | /lĭɛu$^X$/ | /lieu$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /lieu/ | /li̯ɛu$^X$/ | /lieu$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | liáo | liǎo | liào |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | liu$^4$ | liu$^5$ | liu$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*rewʔ/, /*reːw/, /*reːws/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 嫽 | 嫽 | 嫽 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| No. | 8085 | 8105 | 8118 |
| Phonetic component | 尞 | 尞 | 尞 |
| Rime group | 宵 | 宵 | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 繚 | 聊 | 𩕐 |
| Old Chinese | /*rewʔ/ | /*reːw/ | /*reːws/ |

#### Definitions

嫽
* to play with

### Pronunciation 2

* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): liu$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): lau$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): liau
    (Hailu, HRS): liau$^˖$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): liau$^4$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: liu$^6$
*** Yale: liuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: liu$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: liu$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /liːu̯²²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: lau$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /lau²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liau
*** Hakka Romanization System: liau
*** Hagfa Pinyim: liau$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /li̯au̯⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: liau$^˖$
*** Sinological IPA: /liau³³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: liau$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /liau⁵³/

#### Definitions

嫽
* (Cantonese, Hakka) to play
* (Hakka) to chat; to kill time (with someone)
       Dêd$^5$ han$^2$ guo$^4$ loi$^2$ tung$^2$ ngai$^2$ liau$^4$. [Hakka Transliteration Scheme]
       When you are free, come and chat with me.
* (Hakka) to rest, to relax

##### Compounds

* 偷嫽
* 嫽涼／嫽凉

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 嬉, 戲 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 玩, 玩耍 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 玩兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 玩 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 玩 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 玩 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 玩兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 玩兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 站, 耍$_1$ |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 耍$_1$ |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 耍$_1$ |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 耍$_1$ |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 耍$_1$ |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 玩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 耍$_1$ |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 玩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 玩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 玩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 玩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 玩 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 玩 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 玩 |
| Mandarin | Nanping (Yanping) | 耍$_1$ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 玩, 嫽 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 玩 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 嫽 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 玩 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 嫽 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 嫽 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 玩 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 玩, 仙 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 去嫽 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 玩, 嫽 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 嫽 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 嫽 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 成人, 玩 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 玩 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 耍$_1$, 玩 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 耍$_1$ |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 耍$_1$ |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 玩 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 玩 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 嫽 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 嫽 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 嫽, 戀 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 嫽 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 嫽 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 耍$_1$ |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 嫽 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 嫽 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 耍$_1$ |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 嫽 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 嫽 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 耍$_1$ |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 耍極 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) | 耍$_1$ |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 玩 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 玩 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 玩 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 玩 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 耍$_1$ |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 玩耍 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 耍$_1$ |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 蕩 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 耍$_1$ |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 耍$_1$ |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 耍$_1$, 搞 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 轉 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 玩, 耍$_1$ |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 蕩 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 搞 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 嫽, 蕩 |
| Cantonese | Maoming (Xinpo) | 嫽 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 嫽 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 耍$_1$ |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 去嫽 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 嘢 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 耍$_1$ |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 玩 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 耍$_1$ |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 玩, 嫽 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 玩 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 玩, 嫽 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 玩, 嫽 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 耍$_1$ |
| Gan | Nanchang | 暱, 玩 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 猥 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 耍$_1$ |
| Hakka | Meixian | 嫽, 搞 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua) | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai Bendihua) | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie Bendihua) | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 搣 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 搞 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Changting | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 嬉 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 嫽, 搞 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 嬉 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 搞, 嫽 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 尞, 搞 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 尞, 搞 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 尞, 搞 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 尞, 搞 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 尞, 爽 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 尞, 搞 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 嫽, 搞 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 嫽, 搞 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 嫽 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 搞 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 嬉 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 耍$_1$ |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 嬉 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 嬉 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 嬉 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 嬉 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 嬉 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 客佻 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 客佻 |
| Eastern Min | Lianjiang | 客佻 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 客佻 |
| Eastern Min | Pingtan | 客佻 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 客佻 |
| Eastern Min | Minqing | 客佻 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 客佻 |
| Eastern Min | Pingnan | 他佻 |
| Eastern Min | Luoyuan | 客佻 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 宅佻 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 客佻 |
| Eastern Min | Xiapu | 客佻 |
| Eastern Min | Zherong | 宅佻 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 宅佻 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 宅佻 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 宅佻 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 客佻 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 客佻 |
| Eastern Min | Sitiawan (Gutian) | 客佻 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 耍$_2$, 𨑨迌, 奕 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 𨑨, 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Nan'an | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 𨑨迌, 𨑨 |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 耍$_2$, 𨑨迌, 奕 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 耍$_2$, 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Hua'an | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Nanjing | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 耍$_2$, 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 耍$_2$, 𨑨迌, 奕 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 耍$_2$, 𨑨迌, 奕 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 𨑨迌, 奕 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 耍$_2$, 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 奕, 𨑨, 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 嬉 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 耍$_2$, 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Raoping | 耍$_2$ |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 耍$_2$, 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 耍$_2$, 𨑨迌, 羅坐 |
| Southern Min | Lufeng | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 耍$_2$, 𨑨迌 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 耍$_2$ |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 弄 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 弄 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 弄 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 弄 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 弄 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 搭聊 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 搭聊 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 搭聊 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 搭聊 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 搭聊 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 搭聊 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 搭聊 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 嬉 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 嬉 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 嬉 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 白相 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 白相 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 白相 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 白相 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 耍子 |
| Wu | Shaoxing | 嬉 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 嬲和, 嬉 dated, 嬉戲 dated, 白相 rare |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 嬉, 玩, 狡調 |
| Wu | Lishui | 嬉 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 嬉 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 玩 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 耍$_1$ |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 耍$_1$ |

### Pronunciation 3

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lǎo (lao$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lou$^5$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): nó͘ / ló
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lǎo
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lǎo
*** Wade–Giles: lao$^3$
*** Yale: lǎu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lao
*** Palladius: лао (lao)
*** Sinological IPA : /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lou$^5$
*** Yale: lóuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lou$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lou$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /lou̯¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nó͘
*** Tâi-lô: nóo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: nor
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /nɔ̃⁵⁵⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ló
*** Tâi-lô: ló
*** Phofsit Daibuun: loir
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /lo⁵³/

#### Definitions

嫽
* Alternative form of 姥 (“maternal grandparent”)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* play with

#### Readings

(Can we verify this pronunciation?)
* Go-on: りょう (ryō)
* Kan-on: りょう (ryō)
* Kun: さとい (satoi, 嫽い)、たわむれる (tawamureru, 嫽れる)、みめよい (mimeyoi, 嫽い)、みだれる (midareru, 嫽れる)

## Korean
### Hanja

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