料

料	U+6599, 料 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6599

料	U+F9BE, 料 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9BE

← 尿
[U+F9BD]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs

樂 →
[U+F9BF]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

料 (Kangxi radical 68, 斗+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 火木卜十 (FDYJ), four-corner 9490₀, composition ⿰米斗)

Derived characters

𠺫, 𰌔, 𰔛, 𫃼, 𬝮, 窲, 𱸚, 𰒄, 𰘑

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 478, character 9
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13501
Dae Jaweon: page 836, character 10
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2253, character 4
Unihan data for U+6599

Unihan data for U+F9BE

Chinese

trad.		料
simp. ^#		料

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 料
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (料) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
料	reːw, reːws
炓	*reːws

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 米 (“rice”) + 斗 (“dipper”) – to measure; to gauge.

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liào (liao⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): liu^6-2 / liu⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): liau

(Meixian, Guangdong): liau⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): liau³
Northern Min (KCR): liāu
Eastern Min (BUC): lâiu / liêu / lièu
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): liāu / liau

(Teochew, Peng'im): liao⁷ / liou⁷
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶liau
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): liau⁴ / liau⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: liào
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: liào
  - Wade–Giles: liao⁴
  - Yale: lyàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liaw
  - Palladius: ляо (ljao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: liàor
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˋㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: liàor
  - Wade–Giles: liao⁴-ʼrh
  - Yale: lyàur
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liawl
  - Palladius: ляор (ljaor)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯aʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: liu^6-2 / liu⁶
  - Yale: líu / liuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: liu^6-2 / liu⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: liu^6-2 / liu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːu̯²²⁻³⁵/, /liːu̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liau
  - Hakka Romanization System: liau
  - Hagfa Pinyim: liau⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /li̯au̯⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: liau⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /liau⁵³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: liau³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /liau⁴⁵/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: liāu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liau⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: lâiu / liêu / lièu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃ɑu²⁴²/, /l̃iɛu²⁴²/, /l̃ieu⁵³/

Note:

lâiu - vernacular (noun);
- liêu - literary (verb:
- “to measure; to consider; to estimate”);
- lièu - obsolete literary (verb:
- “to oversee; to manage”), now merged into liêu.

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Hui'an, Zhangpu, Changtai, General Taiwanese, Singapore, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liāu
  - Tâi-lô: liāu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liau
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /liau⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangpu, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /liau³³/
  - IPA (Hui'an): /liau²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Changtai, Singapore): /liau²²/
- (Hokkien: Longyan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liau
  - Tâi-lô: liau
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liaw
  - IPA (Longyan): /liau³³⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: liao⁷ / liou⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liāu / liōu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liau¹¹/, /liou¹¹/

Note:

liao7 - Shantou;
liou7 - Chaozhou.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶liau
  - MiniDict: liau^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³liau
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /liɔ²³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: liau⁴ / liau⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɒu̯⁴⁵/, /li̯ɒu̯²¹/

Middle Chinese: lewH

Rime
Character	料
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	力弔切
Baxter	lewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/leu^H/
Pan Wuyun	/leu^H/
Shao Rongfen	/leu^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛw^H/
Li Rong	/leu^H/
Wang Li	/lieu^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lieu^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	liu⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]ˤew-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*reːws/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	料
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	liào
Middle Chinese	‹ lew^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]ˁew-s/
English	measure (v.)
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	料
Reading #	2/2
No.	8069
Phonetic component	料
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	𩕐
Old Chinese	/*reːws/

Definitions

料

to anticipate; to predict; to foresee; to expect
- 1979, “我是癡情無限”, in 黃沾 (lyrics), 知己同心, performed by 關菊英:
  
  將來難料會如何 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
  将来难料会如何 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
  zoeng¹ loi⁴ naan⁴ liu⁶ wui⁵ jyu⁴ ho⁴ [Jyutping]
  how the future will be is difficult to predict
to oversee; to manage; to deal with
material; matter; substance
ingredient; constituent; component
material (person or thing suited for a certain purpose); makings
他不是當兵的料。 [MSC, trad.]
他不是当兵的料。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā bùshì dāngbīng de liào. [Pinyin]
He is not born to be a soldier.
(Cantonese) information

Synonyms

(material; makings): 料子 (liàozi)

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liáo (liao²)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: liáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: liáo
  - Wade–Giles: liao²
  - Yale: lyáu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liau
  - Palladius: ляо (ljao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/

Middle Chinese: lew

Rime
Character	料
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	落蕭切
Baxter	lew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/leu/
Pan Wuyun	/leu/
Shao Rongfen	/leu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛw/
Li Rong	/leu/
Wang Li	/lieu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lieu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liáo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	liu⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*reːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	料
Reading #	1/2
No.	8068
Phonetic component	料
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	聊
Old Chinese	/*reːw/

Definitions

料

Alternative form of 撩 (“to tease; to provoke”)

Pronunciation 3

Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): liau

(Meixian, Guangdong): liau⁴

Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liau
  - Hakka Romanization System: liau
  - Hagfa Pinyim: liau⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /li̯au̯⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: liau⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /liau⁵³/

Definitions

料

(Hakka) Alternative form of 嫽

Japanese

Kanji

料

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

Go-on: りょう (ryō, Jōyō)^{←れう (reu, historical)}
Kan-on: りょう (ryō, Jōyō)^{←れう (reu, historical)}
Kun: はかる (hakaru, 料る)

Compounds

Kanji in this term
料
りょう Grade: 4
on'yomi

Suffix

料(りょう) • (-ryō)

fee, cost
material of something

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 料 (MC lew|lewH).

Historical readings

Recorded as Middle Korean 뇨 (nyo) (Yale: nyo) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.

From Middle Chinese 料 (MC lew)

Recorded as Middle Korean 료ᇢ (Yale: lyow) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.

From Middle Chinese 料 (MC lewH)

Recorded as Middle Korean 료ᇢ〮 (Yale: lyów) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.

Pronunciation

(initial position)
- (material; to predict; etc.):
  - (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [jo]
  - Phonetic hangul: [요]
- (fee; price; etc.):
  - (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [jo(ː)]
  - Phonetic hangul: [요(ː)]
    - Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
(non-initial position)
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɾjo]
- Phonetic hangul: [료]

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

料

Wikisource

料 (eumhun 헤아릴 료 (hearil ryo), word-initial (South Korea) 헤아릴 요 (hearil yo))

hanja form^? of 료/요 (“fee; price; cost; count”)
hanja form^? of 료/요 (“material; ingredient”)
hanja form^? of 료/요 (“to predict; to anticipate”)

Compounds

요리 (料理, yori)
요금 (料金, yogeum)
자료 (資料, jaryo)
재료 (材料, jaeryo)
원료 (原料, wollyo)
연료 (燃料, yeollyo)
무료 (無料, muryo)
유료 (有料, yuryo)
음료 (飮料, eumnyo)
비료 (肥料, biryo)
과료 (科料, gwaryo)
사료 (史料, saryo)
염료 (染料, yeomnyo)
사료 (飼料, saryo)
과료 (過料, gwaryo)
사료 (思料, saryo)
도료 (塗料, doryo)
향신료 (香辛料, hyangsillyo)

References

국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

Vietnamese

Han character

料: Hán Nôm readings: liệu, liều, xệu, lẽo, liêu

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