禄

See also 祿

Translingual

simpl.		禄
trad.		祿

Etymology

Simplified from 祿 (示 → 礻 and 彔 → 录).

Note the long bottom stroke on 彐, which should not be written as ヨ – the bottom stroke should extend to the right, past the vertical.

Han character

禄 (radical 113 示+7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 戈火弓一水 (IFNME))

1. blessing, happiness, prosperity

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 844, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24741
• Dae Jaweon: page 1264, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2402, character 8
• Unihan data for U+7984

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Japanese

Kanji

禄

Readings

• On: ろく (roku)
• Kun: ふち (fuchi), さいわい (saiwai)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

禄 (traditional 祿, pinyin lù (lu4), Wade-Giles lu⁴)

Noun

1. official's salary in feudal China, emolument

Compounds

• 禄位
• 禄蠹
• 禄虫