# 嫪

| 嫪 | U+5AEA, &#23274; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5AEA |
| ← 嫩 [U+5AE9] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 嫫 → [U+5AEB] |

## Translingual
### Han character

嫪 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 女尸一竹 (VSMH), four-corner 4742$_2$, composition ⿰女翏)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 270, character 13
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6669
* Dae Jaweon: page 538, character 9
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1078, character 15
* Unihan data for U+5AEA

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 醪 | *ruːw |
| 嫪 | *ruːw, *rɯːws |
| 嘐 | *ɡ·ruːw, *krɯːw, *qʰrɯːw |
| 賿 | *rrɯːw, *rrɯːwʔ |
| 顟 | *rrɯːw |
| 膠 | *krɯːw, *krɯːws, *kʰrɯːw |
| 轇 | *krɯːw |
| 摎 | *krɯːw, *rɯw |
| 髎 | *riw, *rɯːw |
| 熮 | *riws, *rɯːw, *rɯwʔ |
| 廖 | *rɯːw, *rɯːws, *rɯws |
| 憀 | *rɯːw, *rɯw |
| 豂 | *rɯːw |
| 漻 | *rɯːw |
| 翏 | *ɡ·rɯːw, *ɡ·rɯws |
| 寥 | *rɯːw, *rɯːwɢ |
| 蓼 | *rɯːwʔ, *rɯwɢ |
| 鄝 | *rɯːwʔ |
| 鷚 | *mɡlɯw, *rɯwɢs, *mɡrɯw, *ɡrɯw |
| 繆 | *mlɯw, *mɡrɯw, *mrɯws, *mlɯwɢ |
| 勠 | *rɯw, *rɯwɢs, *rɯwɢ |
| 疁 | *rɯw |
| 飂 | *rɯw, *rɯws |
| 鏐 | *rɯw, *rɯw |
| 僇 | *rɯwɢs, *rɯwɢ |
| 瘳 | *r̥ʰɯw |
| 璆 | *ɡlɯw, *ɡrɯw |
| 謬 | *mrɯws |
| 蟉 | *ɡ·rɯw, *ɡrɯw, *ɡrɯwʔ |
| 樛 | *krɯw |
| 磟 | *ruːwɢ, *rɯwɢ |
| 戮 | *rɯwɢ |
| 剹 | *rɯwɢ |
| 穋 | *rɯwɢ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ruːw, *rɯːws): semantic 女 + phonetic 翏 (OC *ɡ·rɯːw, *ɡ·rɯws).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lào (lao$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lou$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lào
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lào
*** Wade–Giles: lao$^4$
*** Yale: làu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: law
*** Palladius: лао (lao)
*** Sinological IPA : /lɑʊ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lou$^6$
*** Yale: louh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lou$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lou$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /lou̯²²/
* Middle Chinese: lawH
Rime :
| Character | 嫪 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 豪 (89) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 郎到切 |
| Baxter | lawH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /lɑu$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /lɑu$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /lɑu$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /law$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /lɑu$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /lɑu$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /lɑu$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | lào |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | lou$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*rɯːws/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 嫪 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 8346 |
| Phonetic component | 翏 |
| Rime group | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 嫪 |
| Old Chinese | /*rɯːws/ |

#### Definitions

嫪
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to long for, to pine for
* a surname
    From: 司馬貞 Sima Zhen, 《史記索隱》"Seeking the Obscure in the Records of the Grand Historian", volume 2
    Lào xìng Ǎi zì àn Hànshū Làoshì chū Hándān [Pinyin]
    Lao ('嫪') is a surname; Ai ('毐') is a style name. According to the Book of Han, the Lao clan originated from Handan."

#### Compounds

* 婟嫪
* 嫪毐 (Lào'ǎi)
* 戀嫪 / 恋嫪

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): láo (lao$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lou$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: láo
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: láo
*** Wade–Giles: lao$^2$
*** Yale: láu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lau
*** Palladius: лао (lao)
*** Sinological IPA : /lɑʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lou$^4$
*** Yale: lòuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lou$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lou$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /lou̯²¹/
* Middle Chinese: law
Rime :
| Character | 嫪 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 豪 (89) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 魯刀切 |
| Baxter | law |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /lɑu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /lɑu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /lɑu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /law/ |
| Li Rong | /lɑu/ |
| Wang Li | /lɑu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /lɑu/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | láo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | lou$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ruːw/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 嫪 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 8344 |
| Phonetic component | 翏 |
| Rime group | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 勞 |
| Old Chinese | /*ruːw/ |

#### Definitions

嫪
* (historical dictionaries only) to envy

### References

* “嫪”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): ろう (rō)
* Kun: こいしたう (koishitau, 嫪う)、なやむ (nayamu, 嫪む)