# 腬

| 腬 | U+816C, &#33132; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-816C |
| ← 腫 [U+816B] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 腭 → [U+816D] |

## Translingual
### Han character

腬 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 月弓竹木 (BNHD), composition ⿰月柔)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 989, character 7
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29699
* Dae Jaweon: page 1441, character 11
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2100, character 5
* Unihan data for U+816C

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 堥 | *muː, *mu |
| 蓩 | *muːʔ, *moːɡ |
| 猱 | *ml'uː, *mljiwʔ, *ml'us |
| 茅 | *mruː |
| 罞 | *mruː, *muːŋ |
| 蝥 | *mruː, *mu, *mo, *moɡs |
| 鶜 | *mruː |
| 瞀 | *moːɡs, *mroːɡ |
| 愗 | *moːɡs |
| 袤 | *mus |
| 雺 | *mus, *mu, *muːŋ, *muːŋs |
| 懋 | *mus |
| 楙 | *mus |
| 矛 | *mu |
| 蟊 | *mu |
| 髳 | *mu, *muːŋ |
| 鍪 | *mu |
| 鞪 | *mu, *moːɡ |
| 糅 | *ml'us |
| 腬 | *ml'us, *mlju |
| 柔 | *mlju |
| 揉 | *mju |
| 蹂 | *mju, *mjuʔ, *mjus |
| 鍒 | *mju |
| 騥 | *mju |
| 蝚 | *mju |
| 葇 | *mju, *mjuʔ |
| 鞣 | *mju, *mjus |
| 鰇 | *mju |
| 瑈 | *mju |
| 鶔 | *mju |
| 楺 | *mjuʔ |
| 煣 | *mjuʔ, *mjus |
| 輮 | *mjuʔ, *mjus |
| 韖 | *mjuʔ |
| 敄 | *moʔ, *mos |
| 務 | *moɡs |
| 鶩 | *moɡs, *moːɡ |
| 騖 | *moɡs |
| 婺 | *moɡs |
| 霚 | *moɡs, *moːŋ |
| 嵍 | *moɡs |
| 霧 | *moɡs, *moːŋ |
| 霿 | *moːŋ, *moːŋs |
| 楘 | *moːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ml'us, *mlju): semantic 肉 (“meat”) + phonetic 柔 (OC *mlju).

### Etymology

Possibly related to 柔 (OC *mlju, “soft”), 肉 (OC *njuɡ, “meat”) (Liu, 1999b).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): róu (rou$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄖㄡˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): nau$^6$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): jio̍h
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: róu
*** Zhuyin: ㄖㄡˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: róu
*** Wade–Giles: jou$^2$
*** Yale: róu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rou
*** Palladius: жоу (žou)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʐoʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: nau$^6$
*** Yale: nauh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: nau$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: neo$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /nɐu̯²²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jio̍h
*** Tâi-lô: jio̍h
*** Phofsit Daibuun: jioih
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zioʔ¹²¹/
* Middle Chinese: nyuw, nrjuwH
Rime :
| Character | 腬 | 腬 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 日 (38) | 娘 (12) |
| Final (韻) | 尤 (136) | 尤 (136) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 耳由切 | 女救切 |
| Baxter | nyuw | nrjuwH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ȵɨu/ | /ɳɨu$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ȵiu/ | /ɳiu$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȵʑiəu/ | /niəu$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ȵuw/ | /ɳuw$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ȵiu/ | /niu$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ȵʑĭəu/ | /nĭəu$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ȵʑi̯ə̯u/ | /ni̯ə̯u$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | róu | niù |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jau$^4$ | nau$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ml'us/, /*mlju/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 腬 | 腬 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 8823 | 8835 |
| Phonetic component | 矛 | 矛 |
| Rime group | 幽 | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 糅 | 柔 |
| Old Chinese | /*ml'us/ | /*mlju/ |

### Definitions

腬
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) good meat; fatty meat
* (Cantonese) heavy; filling; too greasy or sweet
* (Cantonese) slow; sluggish
* (Zhangzhou Hokkien) wrinkled but soft
       saⁿ jio̍h jio̍h [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
       (please add an English translation of this usage example)

### Compounds

* 腬喉
* 腬市
* 飫腬 / 饫腬