嫽

嫽 · liáo

play with; (Cant.) to provoke

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
liáo
Cantonese
liu4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

play with; (Cant.) to provoke

Dictionary definitions & readings

嫽 liáo · good; smart; to play

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
21080.060:liáo,liǎo,liào,lǎo Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0711.040:liáo Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
222.170:liáo Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
リョウ ロウ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
료:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
落蕭 力小 力弔 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
VKCF Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4449.6 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0271.100 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
146.06 299.29 413.13 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+5AFD
Radical
女 · 38
Strokes
15
Residual strokes
12
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7829

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
lew · 落蕭 · 效開四平蕭來 · #653
Middle Chinese
ljewX · 力小 · 效開三上宵來 · #1696
Middle Chinese
lewH · 力弔 · 效開四去蕭來 · #2762

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Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCheungBauerIndex
398.07
kCihaiT
391.404
kCowles
2393
kDaeJaweon
0539.040
kHanYu
21080.060
kIRGDaeJaweon
0539.040
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
21080.060
kIRGKangXi
0271.100
kKangXi
0271.100
kMeyerWempe
1604
kMorohashi
06717
kSBGY
146.06 299.29 413.13
kCangjie
VKCF
kCheungBauer
038/12;VKCF;liu4
kFourCornerCode
4449.6
kMojiJoho
MJ009961
kPhonetic
817
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G3-3D56
kIRG_HSource
HB2-E556
kIRG_JSource
J1-3A2D
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-3DD6
kIRG_KSource
K1-5F34
kIRG_TSource
T2-4F7D
kRSUnicode
38.12
kTotalStrokes
15
kBigFive
E556
kCCCII
217D2A
kCNS1986
2-4F7D
kCNS1992
2-4F7D
kEACC
217D2A
kGB3
2954
kJis1
2613
kKoreanName
2015
kTGH
2013:7829
kTaiwanTelegraph
8278
kXerox
302:305
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+21425+38.3.12
kCantonese
liu4
kDefinition
play with; (Cant.) to provoke
kFanqie
落蕭 力小 力弔
kHangul
료:1N
kHanyuPinyin
21080.060:liáo,liǎo,liào,lǎo
kJapanese
リョウ ロウ
kJapaneseKun
TAWAMURERU MIMEYOI TAWARERU MIDARERU SATOI
kJapaneseOn
REU RAU
kKorean
LYO
kMandarin
liáo
kTGHZ2013
222.170:liáo
kXHC1983
0711.040:liáo

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Structure & connections

0.10
1dictionary records using 嫽0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
女 beside 尞 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰女尞$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰女尞$(GHTJKP)

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