# 獠

| 獠 | U+7360, &#29536; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7360 |
| ← 獟 [U+735F] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 獡 → [U+7361] |

## Translingual
### Han character

獠 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 大竹大金火 (KHKCF), four-corner 4429$_6$, composition ⿰犭尞)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 718, character 29
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20692
* Dae Jaweon: page 1130, character 7
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1368, character 3
* Unihan data for U+7360

## 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 *reːwʔ, *ʔr'eːwʔ, *reːw): semantic 犬 (“beast”) + phonetic 尞.

### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “see Schuessler P357”)

#### Pronunciation

* 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
Rime :
| Character | 獠 |
| Reading # | 1/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 蕭 (93) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 落蕭切 |
| Baxter | lew |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /leu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /leu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /leu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /lɛw/ |
| Li Rong | /leu/ |
| Wang Li | /lieu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /lieu/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | liáo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | liu$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*reːw/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 獠 |
| Reading # | 3/3 |
| No. | 8096 |
| Phonetic component | 尞 |
| Rime group | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 聊 |
| Old Chinese | /*reːw/ |

#### Definitions

獠
* to hunt (especially at night)
* savage

#### Compounds

* 獠丁
* 獠子
* 獠牙 (liáoyá)
* 獠面
* 長嘴獠牙 / 长嘴獠牙
* 青臉獠牙 / 青脸獠牙
* 青面獠牙 (qīngmiànliáoyá)
* 饞獠 / 馋獠

### Etymology 2

* 僚人 (Written Standard Chinese)
* Rau peoples (English)
From a Tai language. See Wikipedia for more.

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lǎo (lao$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lou$^5$
* 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/
* Middle Chinese: traewX, lawX
Rime :
| Character | 獠 | 獠 |
| Reading # | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 知 (9) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 肴 (90) | 豪 (89) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | II | I |
| Fanqie | 張絞切 | 盧晧切 |
| Baxter | traewX | lawX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʈˠau$^X$/ | /lɑu$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʈᵚau$^X$/ | /lɑu$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȶau$^X$/ | /lɑu$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʈaɨw$^X$/ | /law$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ȶau$^X$/ | /lɑu$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ȶau$^X$/ | /lɑu$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ȶau$^X$/ | /lɑu$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhǎo | lǎo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zaau$^2$ | lou$^5$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*reːwʔ/, /*ʔr'eːwʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 獠 | 獠 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 |
| No. | 8073 | 8077 |
| Phonetic component | 尞 | 尞 |
| Rime group | 宵 | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 老 | 䝤 |
| Old Chinese | /*reːwʔ/ | /*ʔr'eːwʔ/ |

#### Definitions

獠
* (historical, derogatory) A general name for ethnic groups in southwestern China.
    From: 648 CE, Fang Xuanling (lead editor), Book of Jin
    Chū, Shǔ tǔ wú lǎo, zhì cǐ, shǐ cóng shān ér chū, běi zhì Qiánwéi, Zǐtóng, bù zài shāngǔ, shí yú wàn luò. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    From: c. 9th century, 劉恂, 嶺表錄異
    Yírén tōngshāng yú Yōngzhōu Shíxīkǒu, zhìjīn wèi zhī lǎo shì. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    From: Zhou Qufei, Representative Answers from the Region beyond the Mountains, 12th century CE
    Lǎo zài Yòujiāng xīdòng zhī wài, sú wèi zhī shān lǎo. Yī shānlín ér jū, wú qiúzhǎng bǎnjí, mán zhī huānghū wúcháng zhě yě. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (obsolete, offensive) A term of abuse
    From: The New Book of Tang, 1060 CE
    Wǔ shì cóng wò hòu hū yuē: “Hé bù pūshā cǐ lǎo?” [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Usage notes

The word is now written as 僚, as this form, 獠, is deemed a graphic pejorative with its "beast" radical. Some of the peoples referred to as 獠 in ancient texts have been identified as Kra-Dai speaking peoples by modern scholarship.

#### Compounds

* 獠奴
* 獠子

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* to hunt at night by torches

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): りょう (ryō)、ろう (rō)、とう (tō)
* Kun: かり (kari)

## Korean
### Hanja

獠 • (ryo>yo) (hangeul 료>요, revised ryo>yo, McCune–Reischauer ryo>yo, Yale lyo>yo)
* hunt at night

## Vietnamese
### Han character

獠: Hán Nôm readings: liêu, lão
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.