㔹

Translingual

Han character

㔹 (Kangxi radical 24, 十+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 十大尸 (JKS), composition ⿰十力)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 155, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 59, character 6
• Unihan data for U+3539

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		㔹

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 十 (“ten”) + phonetic 力 (OC *rɯɡ).

力 (“power; strength”) also acts as a semantic component.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lè (le⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lak⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lè
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lè
    • Wade–Giles: lê⁴
    • Yale: lè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leh
    • Palladius: лэ (lɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lak⁶
    • Yale: lahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: leg⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐk̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: lok

Rime
Character	㔹
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	德 (131)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	盧則切
Baxter	lok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lək̚/
Pan Wuyun	/lək̚/
Shao Rongfen	/lək̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lək̚/
Li Rong	/lək̚/
Wang Li	/lək̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/lək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lak6

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 㔹

1. ^‡ having the talent and power of ten people