醪

醪 · láo

unclear wine, wine with dregs

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
láo
Cantonese
lou4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

unclear wine, wine with dregs

Dictionary definitions & readings

醪 láo · wine or liquor with sediment

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
63597.020:láo Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0678.050:láo Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
211.020:láo Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
láo粵lou4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ロウ にごりざけ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
료:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
魯刀 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
MWSMH Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
1762.2 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1287.110 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
155.38 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
1069r Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+91AA
Radical
酉 · 164
Strokes
18
Residual strokes
11
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6323

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

18 strokes
醪
Strokes
18
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

18 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
law · 魯刀 · 效開一平豪來 · #708

PHONO-ML, source line 5749; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1355.202
kDaeJaweon
1787.110
kFennIndex
289.05
kGSR
1069r
kHanYu
63597.020
kIRGDaeJaweon
1787.110
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
63597.020
kIRGKangXi
1287.110
kKangXi
1287.110
kKarlgren
546
kMatthews
3838
kMeyerWempe
1623b
kMorohashi
40004 40004:E0102
kNelson
4800
kSBGY
155.38
kSMSZD2003Index
713.05
kCangjie
MWSMH
kFenn
283K
kFourCornerCode
1762.2
kMojiJoho
MJ026545 MJ026545:E0102 MJ026546:E0103
kPhonetic
819
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIICore
CG
kIRG_GSource
G0-7532
kIRG_HSource
HB2-F152
kIRG_JSource
J0-6E52
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-7F62
kIRG_KSource
K1-5F3B
kIRG_TSource
T2-637C
kRSUnicode
164.11
kTotalStrokes
18
kBigFive
F152
kCCCII
23413D
kCNS1986
2-637C
kCNS1992
2-637C
kEACC
23413D
kGB0
8518
kGB1
8518
kJis0
7850
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
6828
kTGH
2013:6323
kTaiwanTelegraph
6828
kXerox
301:046
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+6959+164.7.11 V+13617+164.7.11
kCantonese
lou4
kDefinition
unclear wine, wine with dregs
kFanqie
魯刀
kHangul
료:1N
kHanyuPinyin
63597.020:láo
kJapanese
ロウ にごりざけ
kJapaneseKun
NIGORIZA
kJapaneseOn
ROU
kKorean
LYO
kMandarin
láo
kSMSZD2003Readings
láo粵lou4
kTGHZ2013
211.020:láo
kXHC1983
0678.050:láo

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 醪0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰酉翏$(GHTJKP)

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