轆轤

See also: 辘轳

Chinese

		windlass	windlass
trad. (轆轤)		轆	轤
simp. (辘轳)		辘	轳
alternative forms		鹿盧／鹿卢 樚櫨／樚栌

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lùlú

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˋ ㄌㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): luk¹ lou⁴
• Jin (Wiktionary): lueh^4-5 lueh⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lùlú → lùlu (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˋ ㄌㄨˊ → ㄌㄨˋ ˙ㄌㄨ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lùlů
    • Wade–Giles: lu⁴-lu⁵
    • Yale: lù-lu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luh.lu
    • Palladius: лулу (lulu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu⁵¹ lu³⁵/ → /lu⁵¹ lu¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: luk¹ lou⁴
    • Yale: lūk lòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: luk⁷ lou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lug¹ lou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊk̚⁵ lou̯²¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: lueh^4-5 lueh⁴
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /luəʔ²⁻⁵⁴ luəʔ²/

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• Middle Chinese: luwk lu

Rime
Character	轆	轤
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	屋 (3)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	盧谷切	落胡切
Baxter	luwk	lu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/luk̚/	/luo/
Pan Wuyun	/luk̚/	/luo/
Shao Rongfen	/luk̚/	/lo/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ləwk̚/	/lɔ/
Li Rong	/luk̚/	/lo/
Wang Li	/luk̚/	/lu/
Bernard Karlgren	/luk̚/	/luo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lù	lú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	luk6	lou4

Noun

轆轤

1. well pulley
2. windlass; winch
3. potter's wheel

Synonyms

• (well pulley): (Hokkien) 加轆仔／加辘仔

Derived terms

• 轆轤劍／辘轳剑
• 轆轤格／辘轳格
• 轆轤韻／辘轳韵
• 轆轤首／辘轳首 (lùlúshǒu)
• 轆轤體／辘轳体

 

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
轆	轤
ろく Hyōgaiji	ろ Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

From Chinese, most likely /luwklo/.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ろくろ [ròkúró] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) ろくろ​ [ròkúróꜜ] (Odaka – [3])
• (Tokyo) ろ​くろ [róꜜkùrò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɾo̞kɯ̟ᵝɾo̞]

Noun

轆(ろく)轤(ろ) • (rokuro) 

1. a rotating device used for wood and metal works; a lathe
   • 938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō, volume 5, page 79:

     轆轤 四聲字苑云轆轤 鹿盧二音　俗六路 圓轉機也

     Lathe The Four Tone Character Garden calls it a lathe two rokuru for the two sounds, commonly rokuro, it is a device for turning round objects.

   • 1603–1604, Nippo Jisho, page 539:

     Rocuro. ロクロ (轆轤) 轆轤師の使う轆轤. Rocuroni caqete fiqu. (轆轤にかけて挽く) 轆轤で細工する.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. a potter's wheel
   • 「２基の轆轤を、土の種類によって使い分けています。」[1]
3. the part of an umbrella that holds all stretchers and facilitates opening and closing; a runner
   • 1603–1604, Nippo Jisho, page 539:

     Rocuro. ロクロ (轆轤) 日傘の内側にある轆轤.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 轆轤師 (rokuroshi)
• 轆轤木 (rokurogi)
• 轆轤鉋 (rokuroganna, rokurogana)
• 轆轤錐 (rokurogiri)
• 轆轤首 (rokurokubi)

References

• Doi, Tadao (1603–1604) Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1980, →ISBN.
• Minamoto, Shitagō with Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (931–938) Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, published 1968, →ISBN.