癆

See also: 痨

癆 U+7646, 癆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7646 ← 癅 [U+7645] CJK Unified Ideographs 癇 → [U+7647]

Translingual

Traditional	癆
Shinjitai (extended)	𭼎
Simplified	痨

Han character

癆 (Kangxi radical 104, 疒+12, 17 strokes, cangjie input 大火火尸 (KFFS), four-corner 0012₇, composition ⿸疒勞)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 780, character 32
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22512
• Dae Jaweon: page 1190, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2698, character 10
• Unihan data for U+7646

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
勞	*raːw, *raːws
撈	*raːw, *reːw
嘮	*ruːw, *hr'aːw
癆	*raːw, *raːw, *raːws
簩	*raːw
蟧	*raːw, *reːw
憥	*raːw
澇	*raːwʔ, *raːws
僗	*raːws
髝	*raːws
膋	*reːw
犖	*rraːwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *raːw, *raːw, *raːws): semantic 疒 (“sickness”) + phonetic 勞 (OC *raːw, *raːws).

Etymology 1

trad.		癆
simp.		痨
alternative forms		勞／劳 Sichuan sense 撈／捞 Sichuan sense

From 勞 (OC *raːw, *raːws, “to toil”) (Wang, 1982).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): láo (lao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nao²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁴
• Gan (Wiktionary): lau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lô
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶lau
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): lau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: láo
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: láo
    • Wade–Giles: lao²
    • Yale: láu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lau
    • Palladius: лао (lao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: nao²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: lao
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nau²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lou⁴
    • Yale: lòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯²¹/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: lau⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lau³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lô
    • Tâi-lô: lô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: looi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lo²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lo²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lo¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lo²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ²³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶lau
    • MiniDict: lau^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lɔ²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: lau²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɒu̯¹³/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*raːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	癆
Reading #	2/3
No.	7651
Phonetic component	勞
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	勞
Old Chinese	/*raːw/
Notes	勞後起分化字

Definitions

癆

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) internal injury caused by overstraining
2. tuberculosis; pulmonary tuberculosis
3. (Southwestern Mandarin, dialectal Gan) to have an upset stomach because of the lack of fats in one's diet; to crave meat
4. (Xiang, of plants) to wither (in the sun)
5. (Xiang, of a person) to be dispirited; depressed

Compounds

• 瘡癆 / 疮痨
• 癆傷 / 痨伤
• 癆氣 / 痨气
• 癆症 / 痨症
• 癆病 / 痨病 (láobìng)
• 癆病半切 / 痨病半切
• 癆病殼子 / 痨病壳子
• 癆病腔子 / 痨病腔子
• 癆病鬼 / 痨病鬼
• 癆瘵 / 痨瘵
• 癆腸刮肚 / 痨肠刮肚
• 癆蟲 / 痨虫
• 癩𰣻爛癆 / 癞𰣻烂痨
• 童子癆 / 童子痨 (tóngzǐláo)
• 美人癆 / 美人痨 (měirénláo)
• 肺癆 / 肺痨 (fèiláo)
• 話癆 / 话痨 (huàláo)
• 防癆 / 防痨
• 饞癆 / 馋痨
• 骨蒸癆 / 骨蒸痨
• 骨癆 / 骨痨

Etymology 2

trad.		癆
simp.		痨
alternative forms		澇／涝 Sichuan

Possibly related to 療 (OC *rews, “to cure”) (Schuessler, 2007). Compare ancient Chu dialect 瘌 (OC *raːd, “to be poisoned by medication”). Cognate to Mizo ru (“bark, roots, leaves or fruit which can be used to poison fish”), Jingpho mə-rau (“fishing by stupefying fish by poisonous vines”), Burmese ရိုး (rui:, “fish poison”) (Starostin).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): lào (lao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nao⁴

• Gan (Wiktionary): lau⁵
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): lau⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lào
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lào
    • Wade–Giles: lao⁴
    • Yale: làu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: law
    • Palladius: лао (lao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: nao⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: lao
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nau²¹³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: lau⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lau¹¹/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: lau⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɒu̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: lawH

Rime
Character	癆
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	郎到切
Baxter	lawH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɑuH/
Pan Wuyun	/lɑuH/
Shao Rongfen	/lɑuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lawH/
Li Rong	/lɑuH/
Wang Li	/lɑuH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lɑuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lou6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*raːw/, /*raːws/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	癆	癆
Reading #	1/3	3/3
No.	7650	7659
Phonetic component	勞	勞
Rime group	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime		嫪
Old Chinese	/*raːw/	/*raːws/
Notes	中毒

Definitions

癆

1. (ancient Northern Yan and Joseon region) to be poisoned (by medication)
2. (Jianghuai and Southwestern Mandarin, Gan, Xiang, transitive) to poison
3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) painful

Compounds

• 癆人 / 痨人
• 癆人的藥不在多 / 痨人的药不在多
• 癆藥 / 痨药

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	𭼎
Kyūjitai	癆

Kanji

癆

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ろう (rō)^{←らう (rau, historical)}
• Kan-on: ろう (rō)^{←らう (rau, historical)}
• Kun: いたむ (itamu, 癆む)

Korean

Hanja

癆 • (ro>no) (hangeul 로>노, revised ro>no, McCune–Reischauer ro>no, Yale lo>no)

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Vietnamese

Han character

癆: Hán Nôm readings: lao

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