溜

See also: 霤

溜	U+6E9C, 溜 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6E9C

← 溛
[U+6E9B]

CJK Unified Ideographs

溝 →
[U+6E9D]

溜	U+F9CB, 溜 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9CB

← 流
[U+F9CA]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs

琉 →
[U+F9CC]

Translingual

Han character

溜 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 水竹竹田 (EHHW), four-corner 3716₂, composition ⿰氵留)

Derived characters

𥵄, 𦽾, 𩆎, 𫬂

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 639, character 33
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17943
Dae Jaweon: page 1046, character 21
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1703, character 9
Unihan data for U+6E9C

Unihan data for U+F9CB

Chinese

simp. and trad.		溜
2nd round simp.		𰜈
alternative forms		澑

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溜

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／形声, OC *m·rus) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 留 (OC *m·ru, *m·rus) – name of a river.

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liū (liu¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁶ / lau⁴ / liu¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): liu

(Teochew, Peng'im): liu¹ / liu³
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹lieu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: liū
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: liou
  - Wade–Giles: liu¹
  - Yale: lyōu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lhiou
  - Palladius: лю (lju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: lau⁶ / lau⁴ / liu¹
  - Yale: lauh / làuh / līu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁶ / lau⁴ / liu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: leo⁶ / leo⁴ / liu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²²/, /lɐu̯²¹/, /liːu̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liu
  - Tâi-lô: liu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liu³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liu⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: liu¹ / liu³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liu / liù
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liu³³/, /liu²¹³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹lieu
  - MiniDict: 'lieu^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹'lieu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /liɤ⁵³/

Definitions

溜

to slide; to glide; to slip
to sneak off; to sneak away; to escape
他什麼時候溜進來的？ [MSC, trad.]
他什么时候溜进来的？ [MSC, simp.]
Tā shénme shíhou liū jinlai de? [Pinyin]
When did he sneak in?
to pilfer; to steal; to snatch
to fawn on; to curry favour with; to flatter
to heat up slightly
(alt. form 熘) (cooking) to add starch and quickly fry under high heat
expressive suffix appended to adjectives, often used in the reduplicated form 溜溜
(literary, or in compounds) slippery

Synonyms

(slippery):

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光溜 (guāngliu) (colloquial)
光滑 (guānghuá)
平滑 (pínghuá)
滑
滑溜溜 (huáliūliū) (ideophonic)
滑潤／滑润 (huárùn)
細膩／细腻 (xìnì)
𨤡／𬪺 (guang⁴) (Sichuanese)

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liù (liu⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁶
Eastern Min (BUC): léu
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): liū

(Teochew, Peng'im): liu³ / lao³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: liù
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: liòu
  - Wade–Giles: liu⁴
  - Yale: lyòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liow
  - Palladius: лю (lju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: lau⁶
  - Yale: lauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: leo⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²²/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: léu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃iɛu²¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liū
  - Tâi-lô: liū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liu
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liu⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /liu²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: liu³ / lao³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liù / làu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liu²¹³/, /lau²¹³/

Note:

literally - liu3;
vernacular - lao3.

Middle Chinese: ljuwH

Rime
Character	溜
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	力救切
Baxter	ljuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨu^H/
Pan Wuyun	/liu^H/
Shao Rongfen	/liəu^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/luw^H/
Li Rong	/liu^H/
Wang Li	/lĭəu^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯ə̯u^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lau⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*m·rus/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	溜
Reading #	1/1
No.	8906
Phonetic component	卯
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	溜
Old Chinese	/*m·rus/

Definitions

溜

(～水) archaic name for the Liu River in modern-day Guangxi Province
(of water or other liquids) to flow downwards; to drip; to dribble
water drop or water stream
Alternative form of 霤 (liù, “eavesdrop; part of the eaves where rainwater drips down; eaves gutter”)
swift current; rapids
(of water) rapid; swift and violent
(of an action) quick; swift; speedy; prompt
to shoot a glance at; to cast a sidelong glance at
Alternative form of 遛 (“to stroll; to saunter”)
to summon; to call for; to send for
Classifier for objects arranged in lines, rows or strings.
surroundings; neighborhood
(dialectal) to daub; to plaster

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

溜

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

Readings

Go-on: る (ru)
Kan-on: りゅう (ryū)
Kun: たまる (tamaru, 溜まる)、たまる (tamaru, 溜る)、たまり (tamari, 溜まり)、ためる (tameru, 溜める)、ため (tame, 溜)、したたる (shitataru, 溜る)

Korean

Hanja

溜 • (ryu>yu) (hangeul 류>유, revised ryu>yu, McCune–Reischauer ryu>yu, Yale lyu>yu)

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