掠

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

掠 U+F975, 掠 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F975 ← 若 [U+F974] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 略 → [U+F976]

Translingual

Han character

掠 (Kangxi 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 Dictionary: 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

• Unihan data for U+F975

Chinese

simp. and trad.		掠
alternative forms		稤 剠 䅫 㔀 㨼 稤 剠 䅫 㔀 㨼 𢱊 𰗉 𫿀 𰔡

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡ·raŋs, *ɡ·raɡ): semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 京 (OC *kraŋ).

Etymology 1

See 略 (lüè, “to plunder, to pillage”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lüè, lüě (lüe⁴, lüe³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄩㄝˋ, ㄌㄩㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loek⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): lia̍k

  (Hailu, HRS): liag^ˋ

• Eastern Min (BUC): liŏk
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): lyorh⁷ / lyoeh⁷
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lio̍k / lia̍k / lia̍h

  (Teochew, Peng'im): liah⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lüè
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lyuè
    • Wade–Giles: lüeh⁴
    • Yale: lywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liueh
    • Palladius: люэ (ljue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ly̯ɛ⁵¹/
      
  • (Beijing dialect)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lüě
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄩㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lyuě
    • Wade–Giles: lüeh³
    • Yale: lywě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leue
    • Palladius: люэ (ljue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ly̯ɛ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: loek⁶
    • Yale: leuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loek⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêg⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lœːk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lia̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: liag
    • Hagfa Pinyim: liag⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /li̯ak̚⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: liag^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /liak²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: liŏk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃uoʔ⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: lyorh⁷
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: lio̤̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lyɒʔ⁴/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: lyoeh⁷
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lyøʔ⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (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: ljangH, ljak

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
Baxter	ljangH	ljak
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/
Bernhard Karlgren	/li̯aŋH/	/li̯ak̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liàng	lüè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	loeng6	loek6

• 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. (Southern Min) to catch; to capture; to arrest
   • Late Qing/Early Republic, 《古板一世報全歌》, volume 3, 潮州 [Chaozhou]: 李萬利, page 10:

     員外見了𣱖昂々　叱声家丁人一衆　与我掠住二個人 [Teochew, trad.]
     员外见了气昂々　叱声家丁人一众　与我掠住二个人 [Teochew, simp.]

     uêng⁵ ghua⁷ gin³ liou² ki³ ngang¹ ngang¹, cêg⁴ sian¹ gê¹ dêng¹ nang⁵ zêg⁸ zêng³, e² ua² liah⁸ zu⁶ no⁶ gai⁵ nang⁵ [Peng'im]

     The master of the house was filled with rage on seeing this, and called to the group of servants: “capture [those] two for me”

4. (Hokkien) to massage by kneading
5. (Hokkien) to estimate; to evaluate; to assess; to suppose
6. (Hokkien) to control; to manipulate; to work out (to bring about or maintain a certain result)
7. (Hokkien) Classifier for lengths in spans, or the width of an open hand from the end of the thumb to the end of the middle finger: span
8. (Hokkien) used to introduce the target of a following verb phrase
9. (Mainland China Hokkien) to mend (especially by knitting)
10. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to identify the problem area
11. (Classical Chinese) to flog; to beat

    • 趙高治斯，榜掠千餘，不勝痛，自誣服。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
      赵高治斯，榜掠千余，不胜痛，自诬服。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

      From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

      Zhào Gāo zhì Sī, bàng lüè qiān yú, bùshēng tòng, zì wū fú. [Pinyin]

      Zhao Gao, as inquisitor, gave Li Si over a thousand flogs by the rod. Si, unable to bear the pain, false pleaded guilty.

Synonyms

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

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		捉, 抓, 捕, 捕捉
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	抓, 捉
	Malaysia	捉
	Singapore	捉, 抓
Cantonese	Guangzhou	捉
	Hong Kong	捉
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	捉
	Singapore (Guangfu)	捉
Hakka	Meixian	捉
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	捉
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	捉
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	捉
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	捉
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	捉
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	捉
Southern Min	Xiamen	掠
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	掠
	Quanzhou	掠
	Zhangzhou	掠
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	掠
	Tainan	掠
	Penang (Hokkien)	掠
	Singapore (Hokkien)	掠
	Manila (Hokkien)	掠
	Chaozhou	掠
	Raoping	掠
	Shantou	掠
	Singapore (Teochew)	掠
	Wenchang	掠
	Qionghai	掠
Puxian Min	Putian	搦
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	搦
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	搦
	Xianyou	搦
	Xianyou (Fengting)	搦
	Xianyou (Youyang)	搦
Wu	Shanghai	捉
	Suzhou	捉
	Hangzhou	抲
	Shaoxing	抲
	Ningbo	抲

Dialectal synonyms of 逮捕 (“to arrest”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		逮捕, 拘捕, 捕捉, 緝捕, 捉拿
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	逮, 抓
	Taiwan	捉, 抓
	Singapore	捉, 抓
Cantonese	Guangzhou	拉
	Hong Kong	拉, 錔
	Singapore (Guangfu)	拉
Hakka	Meixian	捉
Southern Min	Xiamen	緝掠
	Quanzhou	網, 網董
	Tainan	掠
	Penang (Hokkien)	掠
	Singapore (Hokkien)	掠
	Manila (Hokkien)	掠
	Singapore (Teochew)	掠
Wu	Shanghai	捕
	Ningbo	揢
	Wenzhou	拔

• (span): 拃 (zhǎ)
• (used to introduce the target): 拿 (ná)

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
• 扭掠:liú-lia̍h;Min Nan
• 掠上心頭 / 掠上心头
• 掠亂 / 掠乱
• 掠人之美
• 掠削
• 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
• 掠準:lia̍h-chún;Min Nan / 掠准:lia̍h-chún;Min Nan
• 掠美
• 掠脂斡肉
• 掠過 / 掠过 (lüèguò)
• 掠頭 / 掠头
• 掠食者 (lüèshízhě)
• 掠龍:lia̍h-lêng;Min Nan / 掠龙:lia̍h-lêng;Min Nan
• 搶掠 / 抢掠 (qiǎnglüè)
• 擄掠 / 掳掠 (lǔlüè)
• 擗掠
• 攻城掠地 (gōngchénglüèdì)
• 攻掠
• 暴掠
• 榜掠
• 殺掠 / 杀掠 (shālüè)
• 浮光掠影 (fúguānglüèyǐng)
• 焚掠
• 考掠
• 肆掠
• 虛嘴掠舌 / 虚嘴掠舌
• 鈔掠 / 钞掠

Descendants

• → Proto-Tai: *C̬.lakᴰ (“to steal”)
  • Thai: ลัก (lák, “to steal”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loek¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: loek¹
    • Yale: lēuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loek⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lœːk̚⁵/

Definitions

掠

1. (Cantonese) to obtain (money) forcefully

Compounds

• 掠水
• 掠錢 / 掠钱

Japanese

Kanji

掠

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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

• (Tokyo) りゃく [ryáꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɾʲa̠kɯ̟]

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”)

Korean

Hanja

掠 (eumhun 노략질할 략 (noryakjilhal ryak), word-initial (South Korea) 노략질할 약 (noryakjilhal yak))

1. hanja form^? of 략/약 (“rob, ransack, plunder”)
2. hanja form^? of 략/약 (“pass by”)

掠 (eumhun 볼기칠 량 (bolgichil ryang), word-initial (South Korea) 볼기칠 양 (bolgichil yang))

1. hanja form^? of 량/양 (“flog, beat”)

See also

• 略

Vietnamese

Han character

掠: Hán Nôm readings: lướt, lược, lựng

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