掠

掠 U+63A0, 掠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-63A0 ← 掟 [U+639F] CJK Unified Ideographs 採 → [U+63A1]

Translingual

Han character

掠 (radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手卜口火 (QYRF), four-corner 5009₆, composition ⿰扌京)

1. rob, ransack, plunder
2. pass by

References

• KangXi: page 438, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12273
• Dae Jaweon: page 788, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1903, character 2
• Unihan data for U+63A0

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		掠

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 掠
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
涼	*ɡ·raŋ, *ɡ·raŋs, *ɡ·raŋs
凉	*ɡ·raŋ
椋	*ɡ·raŋ
綡	*ɡ·raŋ
輬	*ɡ·raŋ
諒	*ɡ·raŋs
掠	*ɡ·raŋs, *ɡ·raɡ
弶	*ɡaŋs
京	*kraŋ
麖	*kraŋ
鶁	*kraŋ
景	*kraŋʔ
鯨	*ɡraŋ
黥	*ɡraŋ
勍	*ɡraŋ
剠	*ɡraŋ
倞	*ɡraŋs
影	*qraŋʔ
璟	*qraŋʔ, *kʷraŋʔ
憬	*kʷraŋʔ
暻	*kʷraŋʔ
澋	*ɡʷraːŋʔ

Etymology

See 略 (lüè, “to plunder, to pillage”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lüè (lüe⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loek⁶
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): lio̍k / lia̍k / lia̍h

  (Teochew, Peng'im): liah⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: lüè
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄩㄝˋ
    • Wade–Giles: lüeh4
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liueh
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lyuè
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɥɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: loek⁶
    • Yale: leuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loek⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêg⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lœ̽ːk̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: lio̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liok
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɔk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: lia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liak
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liak̚¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lia̍h
    • Tâi-lô: lia̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liah
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liaʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /liaʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liaʔ¹²¹/

Note:

• lio̍k/lia̍k - literary;
• lia̍h - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: liah⁸
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lia̍h
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liaʔ⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /lɨɐŋ^H/, /lɨɐk̚/

Rime
Character	掠	掠
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)	藥 (107)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	力讓切	離灼切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨɐŋH/	/lɨɐk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/liɐŋH/	/liɐk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/liɑŋH/	/liɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɨaŋH/	/lɨak̚/
Li Rong	/liaŋH/	/liak̚/
Wang Li	/lĭaŋH/	/lĭak̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯aŋH/	/li̯ak̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liàng	lüè

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·raŋs/, /*ɡ·raɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	掠	掠
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	6825	6843
Phonetic component	京	京
Rime group	陽	鐸
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	亮	略
Old Chinese	/*ɡ·raŋs/	/*ɡ·raɡ/

Definitions

掠

1. to rob; to loot
2. to sweep through
3. (Hokkien, Teochew) to catch, to capture

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 捉 (“to catch, to capture”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		捉
Mandarin	Beijing	捉
	Taiwan	捉
	Malaysia	捉
	Singapore	捉
Cantonese	Guangzhou	捉
	Hong Kong	捉
	Macau	捉
	Kuala Lumpur	捉
	Singapore	捉
Min Nan	Xiamen	掠
	Quanzhou	掠
	Zhangzhou	掠
	Taipei	掠
	Kaohsiung	掠
	Tainan	掠
	Taichung	掠
	Hsinchu	掠
	Lukang	掠
	Sanxia	掠
	Yilan	掠
	Kinmen	掠
	Magong	掠
	Penang (Hokkien)	掠
	Singapore (Hokkien)	掠
	Chaozhou	掠
	Shantou	掠
	Singapore (Teochew)	掠

Compounds

• 侵掠 (qīnlüè)
• 剽掠 (piāolüè)
• 劫掠 (jiélüè)
• 大掠
• 姦淫擄掠／奸淫掳掠
• 後掠翼／后掠翼
• 抄掠
• 掠上心頭／掠上心头
• 掠亂／掠乱
• 掠人之美
• 掠取 (lüèqǔ)
• 掠地攻城
• 掠奪／掠夺 (lüèduó)

• 掠子
• 掠影 (lüèyǐng)
• 掠是搬非
• 掠殺／掠杀
• 掠治
• 掠美
• 掠脂斡肉
• 掠過／掠过 (lüèguò)
• 掠頭／掠头
• 掠食者
• 搶掠／抢掠 (qiǎnglüè)
• 擄掠／掳掠 (lǔlüè)

• 擗掠
• 攻城掠地
• 攻掠
• 暴掠
• 榜掠
• 殺掠／杀掠
• 浮光掠影
• 焚掠
• 考掠
• 肆掠
• 虛嘴掠舌／虚嘴掠舌
• 鈔掠／钞掠

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Japanese

Kanji

掠

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

• Go-on: らく (raku); ろう (rō)
• Kan-on: りゃく (ryaku); りょう (ryō)
• Kun: かすめる (kasumeru, 掠める)

Compounds

• 侵掠(しんりゃく) (shinryaku)
• 奪掠(だつりゃく) (datsuryaku)
• 掠奪(りゃくだつ) (ryakudatsu)
• 掠笞(りょうち) (ryōchi)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
掠
りゃく Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Middle Chinese 掠

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) りゃ​く [ryáꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [ɾʲa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

掠(りゃく) • (ryaku) 

1. the sixth of the Eight Principles of Yong

Hypernyms

• 永字八法(えいじはっぽう) (eiji happō, “the Eight Principles of Yong”)

Coordinate terms

• 側(そく) (soku, “the first of the Eight Principles of Yong”)
• 勒(ろく) (roku, “the second of the Eight Principles of Yong”)
• 努(ど) (do, “the third of the Eight Principles of Yong”)
• 趯(てき) (teki, “the fourth of the Eight Principles of Yong”)
• 策(さく) (saku, “the fifth of the Eight Principles of Yong”)
• 啄(たく) (taku, “the seventh of the Eight Principles of Yong”)
• 磔(たく) (taku, “the eighth of the Eight Principles of Yong”)

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Korean

Hanja

掠 • (ryak>yak, ryang>yang) (hangeul 략>약, 량>양, revised ryak>yak, ryang>yang, McCune–Reischauer ryak>yak, ryang>yang, Yale lyak>yak, lyang>yang)

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See also

• 略

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Vietnamese

Han character

掠 (lướt, lược, lựng)

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