淥

See also: 渌

Translingual

Han character

淥 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水女弓水 (EVNE), four-corner 3713₂, composition ⿰氵彔)

1. clear (water)
2. strain liquids

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 630, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17666
• Dae Jaweon: page 1033, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1664, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6DE5

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Chinese

trad.		淥
simp.		渌

Etymology 1

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

	Old Chinese
剝	*proːɡ
龣	*kroːɡ, *roːɡ
祿	*roːɡ
淥	*roːɡ, *roɡ
睩	*roːɡ
琭	*roːɡ
箓	*roːɡ
碌	*roːɡ, *roɡ
盝	*roːɡ
娽	*roːɡ, *roɡ
彔	*b·roːɡ
趢	*roːɡ, *roɡ
簶	*roːɡ
綠	*roɡ
逯	*roɡ
錄	*roɡ
醁	*roɡ
騄	*roɡ
菉	*roɡ
籙	*roɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lù (lu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): luk⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): le̍k

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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: le̍k
    • Tâi-lô: li̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lek
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪk̚⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: luwk, ljowk

Rime
Character	淥	淥
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	屋 (3)	燭 (8)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	盧谷切	力玉切
Baxter	luwk	ljowk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/luk̚/	/lɨok̚/
Pan Wuyun	/luk̚/	/liok̚/
Shao Rongfen	/luk̚/	/liok̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ləwk̚/	/luawk̚/
Li Rong	/luk̚/	/liok̚/
Wang Li	/luk̚/	/lĭwok̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/luk̚/	/li̯wok̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lù	lù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	luk6	luk6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*roːɡ/, /*roɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	淥	淥
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	8542	8553
Phonetic component	录	录
Rime group	屋	屋
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	禄	録
Old Chinese	/*roːɡ/	/*roɡ/
Notes	說文同漉

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 淥

1. clear (water)
2. strain liquids

Etymology 2

Probably a Kra-Dai substrate word. Compare Thai ลวก (lûuak, “to scald”), Zhuang log (“to scald”).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): luk⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): luuk⁵

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): lug⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: luk⁶
    • Yale: luhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: luk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊk̚²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: luuk⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵk̚³²/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: lug⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /lʊk̚⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 淥 (Cantonese)

1. to scald

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Japanese

Kanji

淥

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ろく (roku); りょく (ryoku)
• Kun: こす (kosu)

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Korean

Hanja

淥 • (rok>nok) (hangeul 록>녹, revised rok>nok, McCune–Reischauer rok>nok, Yale lok>nok)

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Vietnamese

Han character

淥: Hán Nôm readings: lóc

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