甪

甪 U+752A, 甪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-752A ← 甩 [U+7529] CJK Unified Ideographs 甫 → [U+752B]

Translingual

Han character

甪 (Kangxi radical 101, 用+1, 6 strokes, cangjie input 竹月手 (HBQ), four-corner 2722₀, composition ⿱丿用)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 756, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21705
• Dae Jaweon: page 1166, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 38, character 6
• Unihan data for U+752A

Chinese

Glyph origin

Original glyph is 角 (Zihui).

Etymology 1

trad.		甪
simp. #		甪
alternative forms		角 𫡒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lù (lu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): luk⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lo̍k

  (Teochew, Peng'im): log⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lù
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lù
    • Wade–Giles: lu⁴
    • Yale: lù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luh
    • Palladius: лу (lu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: luk⁶
    • Yale: luhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: luk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍k
    • Tâi-lô: lo̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lok
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔk̚⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: log⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lo̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lok̚⁴/

Definitions

甪

1. Used in place names.

   甪直  ―  Lùzhí  ―  Luzhi, Jiangsu

   甪堰  ―  Lùyàn  ―  Luyan, Zhejiang

2. a surname

Etymology 2

trad.		甪
simp. #		甪
alternative forms		黜

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Is it related to Cantonese 甩 (lat1) and Hakka 㪐 (lut)?”)

Pronunciation

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lut

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lug⁴

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lut
    • Tâi-lô: lut
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lud
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lut̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lut̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lut̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lut̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lut̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lug⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: luk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /luk̚²/

Definitions

甪

1. (Southern Min) to come loose; to come off

   頭毛甪了了。 [Hokkien, trad.]
   头毛甪了了。 [Hokkien, simp.]

   Thâu-mn̂g lut liáu-liáu. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   Hair (on my head) is coming off.

2. (Hokkien) to rub back and forth (to make something fall off)

   甪予伊金 [Hokkien]  ―  lut hō͘ i kim [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to rub back and forth to make it shine

3. (Hokkien) to demote (to a lower rank)

   甪職／甪职 [Hokkien]  ―  lut-chit [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to demote to a lower rank

4. (Hokkien) to defraud; to swindle

   甪仔 [Hokkien]  ―  lut-á [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  swindler

5. (Hokkien, of prices, etc.) to drop; to decrease

   價錢甪𣍐落來。 [Hokkien, trad.]
   价钱甪𫧃落来。 [Hokkien, simp.]

   Kè-chîⁿ lut bōe lo̍h-lâi. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   The price can't be brought down.

6. (Mainland China Hokkien) to scald (chicken and duck) in boiling water to pluck its feathers or skin

   雞毛甪無清氣。 [Hokkien, trad.]
   鸡毛甪无清气。 [Hokkien, simp.]

   Koe-bô lut bô chheng-khì. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   The chicken hair was not plucked cleanly.

7. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to pluck (feathers)

   甪雞／甪鸡 [Taiwanese Hokkien]  ―  lut ke [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to pluck a chicken

Synonyms

• (to come off): 脫落／脱落 (tuōluò), 掉落 (diàoluò); (Hokkien) 黜

Compounds

• 甪仔
• 甪仔喙
• 甪位
• 甪喙
• 甪晶
• 甪班
• 甪職／甪职
• 甪臼
• 甪輪／甪轮
• 甪雞／甪鸡
• 踏甪

 

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 甪 – see 角 (“horn; antler; point; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 角).

Japanese

Kanji

甪

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ろく (roku)
• Kun: つの (tsuno)