僇

Translingual

Han character

僇 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+11, 13 strokes, cangjie input 人尸一竹 (OSMH), four-corner 2722₂, composition ⿰亻翏)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 115, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1051
• Dae Jaweon: page 246, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 215, character 8
• Unihan data for U+50C7

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Chinese

trad.		僇
simp. #		僇

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 僇
Small seal script s05886
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (翏) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
醪	*ruːw
嫪	*ruːw, *rɯːws
嘐	*ɡ·ruːw, *krɯːw, *qʰrɯːw
賿	*rrɯːw, *rrɯːwʔ
顟	*rrɯːw
膠	*krɯːw, *krɯːws, *kʰrɯːw
轇	*krɯːw
摎	*krɯːw, *rɯw
髎	*riw, *rɯːw
熮	*riws, *rɯːw, *rɯwʔ
廖	*rɯːw, *rɯːws, *rɯws
憀	*rɯːw, *rɯw
豂	*rɯːw
漻	*rɯːw
翏	*ɡ·rɯːw, *ɡ·rɯws
寥	*rɯːw, *rɯːwɢ
蓼	*rɯːwʔ, *rɯwɢ
鄝	*rɯːwʔ
鷚	*mɡlɯw, *rɯwɢs, *mɡrɯw, *ɡrɯw
繆	*mlɯw, *mɡrɯw, *mrɯws, *mlɯwɢ
勠	*rɯw, *rɯwɢs, *rɯwɢ
疁	*rɯw
飂	*rɯw, *rɯws
鏐	*rɯw, *rɯw
僇	*rɯwɢs, *rɯwɢ
瘳	*r̥ʰɯw
璆	*ɡlɯw, *ɡrɯw
謬	*mrɯws
蟉	*ɡ·rɯw, *ɡrɯw, *ɡrɯwʔ
樛	*krɯw
磟	*ruːwɢ, *rɯwɢ
戮	*rɯwɢ
剹	*rɯwɢ
穋	*rɯwɢ

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lù (lu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): luk⁶

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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/

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• Middle Chinese: ljuwH, ljuwk

Rime
Character	僇	僇
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	屋 (4)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	力救切	力竹切
Baxter	ljuwH	ljuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨuH/	/lɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/liuH/	/liuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/liəuH/	/liuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/luwH/	/luwk̚/
Li Rong	/liuH/	/liuk̚/
Wang Li	/lĭəuH/	/lĭuk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯ə̯uH/	/li̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liù	lù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lau6	luk6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*rɯwɢs/, /*rɯwɢ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	僇	僇
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	8382	8407
Phonetic component	翏	翏
Rime group	幽	覺
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	溜	六
Old Chinese	/*rɯwɢs/	/*rɯwɢ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 僇

1. ^† slow; sluggish
2. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 戮 (lù, “to kill; to humiliate”).
3. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 勠 (lù, “(of forces) to join”).

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 僇 – see 聊. (This character is recorded in one or more historical dictionaries as a variant form of 聊).

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Japanese

Kanji

僇

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. humiliate
2. treat with contempt

Readings

• Go-on: ろく (roku)
• Kan-on: りく (riku)
• On: る (ru)
• Kun: はじ (haji, 僇); はずかしめる (hazukashimeru, 僇める)

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Korean

Hanja

僇 • (ryuk) (hangeul 륙, revised ryuk, McCune–Reischauer ryuk)

1. humiliate
2. kill
3. slow