撩

Information about character(s)

Radical: 手
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 12
Total Strokes: 15

Pronunciation

Pinyin: liáo, liǎo, lào, liāo, liào
Cantonese: liu1 liu4
JapaneseKun: OSAMERU IDOMU
JapaneseOn: RYOU ROU
Korean: LYO
Vietnamese: lêu

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: lift up, raise; leave, depart

CE-Dict: stitch/to take/to tease/to provoke/to stir up (emotions)

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to provoke; to stir up
2.to tease; to tantalize
liao
ㄌㄧㄠ
1.to raise and hold up (a curtain, etc.)
2.to sprinkle

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: hold up; sprinkle; tease

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: hold up; sprinkle; tease

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《手部》撩理也。从手尞聲。

康熙字典文字版 【卯集中】【手字部】撩
【唐韻】洛蕭切【集韻】【韻會】憐蕭切【正韻】連條切，𠀤音聊。【說文】理也。一曰取物也。攏取物爲撩。　又挑弄也。【魏志·龎德傳】但持長矛撩戰。【韓愈詩】猿鳥莫相撩。　又【集韻】力弔切，音料。亦取也。【詩·小雅·烝然汕汕傳】汕汕，樔也。【箋】樔者，今之撩罟也。　又【唐韻】【正韻】盧鳥切【集韻】【韻會】朗鳥切，𠀤音了。義同。又扶也。　又【集韻】郞到切，勞去聲。同撈。亦取物也。　又魯晧切，音老。義同。本作撩。撩字从𤊽。

CF-Dict: saisir/soulever/exciter

Han-De-Dict: veralbern, auf den Arm nehmen (u.E.)