綠

See also 绿, and 緑

Translingual

shinjitai	緑
simplified	绿
traditional	綠

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 糸 + phonetic 彔

Han character

綠 (radical 120 糸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 女火女弓水 (VFVNE), four-corner 2793₂)

1. green
2. chlorine

Descendants

• 緑 绿

References

• KangXi: page 926, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27541
• Dae Jaweon: page 1363, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 5, page 3422, character 2
• Unihan data for U+7DA0

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Cantonese

Hanzi

綠 (simplified 绿, Yale luk6)

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Japanese

Kanji

綠 (“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 緑)

1. the color green

Readings

• On: りょく (ryoku), ろく (roku)
• Kun: みどり (midori)
• Nanori: みどり (Midori)

Proper noun

綠 (hiragana みどり, romaji Midori)

1. A female given name.

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Korean

Hanja

綠 (hangeul 록>녹, revised rok>nok, McCune-Reischauer rok>nok, Yale lok>nok)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

綠 (simplified 绿, pinyin lǜ (lü4), Wade-Giles lü⁴), lu4

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Middle Chinese

Han character

綠 (*liok, löuk)

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Min Nan

Han character

綠 (le̍k, lek8, lio̍k, liok8)

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Vietnamese

Han character

綠 (lục, luốc)