聊

聊	U+804A, 聊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-804A

← 聉
[U+8049]

CJK Unified Ideographs

聋 →
[U+804B]

Translingual

Han character

聊 (radical 128, 耳+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 尸十竹竹中 (SJHHL), four-corner 1712₀, composition ⿰耳卯)

References

KangXi: page 967, character 1

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29049

Dae Jaweon: page 1415, character 6

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2787, character 7

Unihan data for U+804A

Chinese

simp. and trad.		聊

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (卯) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
卯	*mruːʔ
昴	*mruːʔ
泖	*mruːʔ
茆	mruːʔ, m·ruʔ
奅	*m̥ʰruːs
窌	m̥ʰruːs, m·ruː, *m·rus
聊	*m·rɯːw
貿	*mlus
鄮	*mlus
劉	*m·ru
留	m·ru, m·rus
蒥	*m·ru
鶹	*m·ru
騮	*m·ru
榴	*m·ru
瑠	*ru
瘤	m·ru, m·rus
遛	*m·ru
鎦	*m·ru
飀	*m·ru
鰡	*m·ru
嵧	*m·ru
餾	m·ru, m·rus
瀏	m·ru, m·ruʔ
懰	m·ru, m·ruʔ
柳	*m·ruʔ
珋	*m·ruʔ
罶	*m·ruʔ
嬼	m·ruʔ, m·rus
溜	*m·rus
霤	*m·rus
廇	*m·rus
塯	*m·rus

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *m·rɯːw) : semantic 耳 (“ear”) + phonetic 卯 (OC *mruːʔ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liáo (liao²)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): liu⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): liau
Min Bei (KCR): liǎu
Min Dong (BUC): lièu
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): liâu

(Teochew, Peng'im): liao⁵
Wu (Wiktionary): liau (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: liáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˊ
  - Wade–Giles: liao²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liau
  - IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: liu⁴
  - Yale: lìuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: liu⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: liu⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /liːu̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liau
  - Hakka Romanization System: liau
  - Hagfa Pinyim: liau⁴
  - IPA: /li̯au̯⁵⁵/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: liǎu
  - IPA ^(key): /liau²¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: lièu
  - IPA ^(key): /l̃ieu⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liâu
  - Tâi-lô: liâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liaau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liaʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liaʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liaʊ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liaʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liaʊ²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: liao⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liâu
  - IPA ^(key): /liau⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: liau (T3)
  - IPA ^(key): /liɔ²³/

Dialectal data▼

Variety	Location	edit 聊
Mandarin	Beijing	/liau³⁵/
	Harbin	/liau²⁴/
	Tianjin	/liɑu⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/liɔ⁴²/
	Qingdao	/liɔ⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/liau⁴²/
	Xi'an	/liau²⁴/
	Xining	/liɔ²⁴/
	Yinchuan	/liɔ⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/liɔ⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/liɔ⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/niau²¹³/
	Chengdu	/niau³¹/
	Guiyang	/niao²¹/
	Kunming	/liɔ³¹/
	Nanjing	/liɔo²⁴/
	Hefei	/liɔ⁵⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/liau¹¹/
	Pingyao	/liɔ¹³/
	Hohhot	/liɔ³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/liɔ²³/
	Suzhou	/liæ¹³/
	Hangzhou	/liɔ²¹³/
	Wenzhou	/liɛ³¹/
Hui	Shexian	/liɔ⁴⁴/
Hui	Tunxi	/liu⁴⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/liau¹³/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/niaɯ¹²/
Gan	Nanchang	/liɛu⁴⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/liau¹¹/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/liɑu¹¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/liu²¹/
	Nanning	/liu²¹/
	Hong Kong	/liu²¹/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/liau³⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/lieu⁵³/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/liau²¹/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/liau⁵⁵/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/liau³¹/

Middle Chinese: /leu/▼

Rime
Character	聊
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	落蕭切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/leu/
Pan Wuyun	/leu/
Shao Rongfen	/leu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛw/
Li Rong	/leu/
Wang Li	/lieu/
Bernard Karlgren	/lieu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liáo

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]ˤiw/

(Zhengzhang): /*m·rɯːw/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	聊
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	liáo
Middle Chinese	‹ lew ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]ˁiw/
English	rely on
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	聊
Reading #	1/1
No.	8878
Phonetic component	卯
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	聊
Old Chinese	/*m·rɯːw/

Definitions

聊

to chat
to talk about
somewhat; slightly; at least
聊勝於無 / 聊胜于无 ― liáoshèngyúwú ― slightly better than nothing
for the time being; tentatively
聊且 ― liáoqiě ― for the time being
- 聊乘化以歸盡。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  聊乘化以归尽。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 陶淵明, 《歸去來辭並序》
  Liáo chéng huà yǐ guī jìn. [Pinyin]
  For the time being, I go along with nature's course when living the rest of my life.

Compounds

不聊
人不聊生
何聊賴／何聊赖
椒聊
民不聊生
海說神聊／海说神聊
無聊／无聊 (wúliáo)
無聊賴／无聊赖 (wúliáolài)
無聊透頂／无聊透顶
百無聊賴／百无聊赖 (bǎiwúliáolài)
瞎聊
神聊
神聊大王
窮極無聊／穷极无聊

線上聊天／线上聊天
聊且
聊以卒歲／聊以卒岁 (liáoyǐzúsuì)
聊以塞責／聊以塞责
聊以自慰
聊以解嘲
聊備一格／聊备一格 (liáobèiyīgé)
聊勝一籌／聊胜一筹
聊勝於無／聊胜于无 (liáo shèng yú wú)
聊城射書／聊城射书
聊城縣／聊城县
聊天 (liáotiān)
聊天區／聊天区

聊天室
聊復備數／聊复备数
聊復爾爾／聊复尔尔
聊復爾耳／聊复尔耳
聊施小計／聊施小计
聊生 (liáoshēng)
聊聊 (liáoliao)
聊表寸心
聊表心意
聊賴／聊赖 (liáolài)
聊齋志異／聊斋志异
苦不聊生
閒聊／闲聊 (xiánliáo)

Japanese

Kanji

聊

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

slightly

Readings

Go-on: りょう (ryō)^{←れう (reu, historical)}
Kan-on: りょう (ryō)^{←れう (reu, historical)}
Kun: いささか (isasaka, 聊か)

Korean

Hanja

聊 • (ryo, yo) (hangeul 료, 요)

Vietnamese

Han character

聊 (liêu)

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