榴

榴	U+69B4, 榴 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-69B4

← 榳
[U+69B3]

CJK Unified Ideographs

榵 →
[U+69B5]

Translingual

Han character

榴 (radical 75, 木+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 木竹竹田 (DHHW), four-corner 4796₂, composition ⿰木留)

Derived characters

籕, 𡂆

References

KangXi: page 544, character 24

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15280

Dae Jaweon: page 932, character 8

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1267, character 5

Unihan data for U+69B4

Chinese

simp. and trad.		榴

Opened pomegranate

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·ru) : semantic 木 + phonetic 留 (OC *m·ru, *m·rus).

Etymology

The botanist Li Shizhen suggests that 榴 is the same as 瘤 (OC *m·ru, *m·rus, “lump, tumour”), as the pomegranate fruit resembles cancerous outgrowths on the body.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liú (liu²)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): liù
Min Dong (BUC): liù
Min Nan (POJ): liû
Wu (Wiktionary): lieu (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: liú
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ
  - Wade–Giles: liu²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liou
  - IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lau⁴
  - Yale: làuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: leo⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liù
  - Hakka Romanization System: liuˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: liu²
  - IPA: /li̯u¹¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: liù
  - IPA ^(key): /l̃ieu⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liû
  - Tâi-lô: liû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liuu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liu²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liu²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liu¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liu²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liu²³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: lieu (T3)
  - IPA ^(key): /liɜ²³/

Middle Chinese: /lɨu/▼

Rime
Character	榴
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	力求切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/liu/
Shao Rongfen	/liəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/luw/
Li Rong	/liu/
Wang Li	/lĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liú

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*m·ru/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	榴
Reading #	1/1
No.	8886
Phonetic component	卯
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	劉
Old Chinese	/*m·ru/

Definitions

榴

Short for 石榴 (shíliú, “pomegranate”).
A surname.

Compounds

安石榴 (ānshíliú)
手榴彈／手榴弹 (shǒuliúdàn)
朱脣榴齒／朱唇榴齿
楠榴
榴彈／榴弹 (liúdàn)
榴彈炮／榴弹炮

榴月 (Liúyuè)
榴槤／榴梿 (liúlián)
榴火
榴炮
榴花
榴霰彈／榴霰弹

番石榴 (fānshíliú)
石榴 (shíliú)
石榴裙 (shíliúqún)
若榴 (ruòliú)
鎗榴彈／𬬰榴弹

Japanese

Kanji

榴

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

pomegranate

Readings

Goon: る (ru)

Kan’on: りゅう (ryū)^{←りう (riu, historical)}

Kun: ざくろ (zakuro, 榴)

Compounds

Compounds with 榴

崖石榴 (いたびかずら) (itabikazura)
若榴 (ざくろ) (zakuro)
柘榴 (ざくろ) (zakuro); or 柘榴 (じゃくろ) (jakuro)
石榴 (ざくろ) (zakuro); or 石榴 (せきりゅう) (sekiryū); or 石榴 (じゃくろ) (jakuro)
石榴石 (ざくろいし) (zakuroishi)
石榴口 (ざくろぐち) (zakuroguchi)
石榴鼻 (ざくろばな) (zakurobana)
手 (しゅ)榴 (りゅう)弾 (だん) (shuryūdan); or 手 (て)榴 (りゅう)弾 (だん) (teryūdan)

海 (つ)石 (ば)榴 (き) (tsubaki)
花柘榴 (はなざくろ) (hanazakuro)
蕃 (ばん)石 (じ)榴 (ろう) (banjirō)
榴 (りゅう)輝 (き)岩 (がん) (ryūkigan)
榴 (りゅう)散 (さん)弾 (だん) (ryūsandan)
榴 (りゅう)霰 (さん)弾 (だん) (ryūsandan)
榴 (りゅう)弾 (だん) (ryūdan)
榴 (りゅう)弾 (だん)砲 (ほう) (ryūdanhō)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

榴 (lựu)

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