絡

See also 络

Translingual

simpl.		络
trad.		絡

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 糸 (“thread”) + phonetic 各 – wrapped in thread, a web of thread.

Han character

絡 (radical 120 糸+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 女火竹水口 (VFHER), four-corner 2796₄)

1. enmesh, wrap around
2. web, net

Descendants

• 络

References

• KangXi: page 922, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27426
• Dae Jaweon: page 1357, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3396, character 1
• Unihan data for U+7D61

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Cantonese

Hanzi

絡 (simplified 络, Yale lok3)

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Japanese

Kanji

絡 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: らく (raku)
• Kun: からむ (karamu), まとう (matou), つながる (tsunagaru)

Compounds

• 経絡系 (けいらくけい, keirakukei): the meridian system

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Korean

Hanja

絡 (hangeul 락>낙, revised rak>nak, McCune-Reischauer rak>nak, Yale lak>nak)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

絡 (simplified 络, pinyin luò (luo4), Wade-Giles lo⁴)

Compounds

• 经络 (jīngluò): meridian

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Vietnamese

Han character

絡 (lạc, rạc)