甪

Translingual

Han character

甪 (Kangxi radical 101, 用+1, 6 strokes, cangjie input 竹月手 (HBQ), four-corner 2722₀, composition ⿱丿用)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 756, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21705
• Dae Jaweon: page 1166, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 38, character 6
• Unihan data for U+752A

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Original glyph is 角 (Zihui).

Etymology 1

trad.		甪
simp. #		甪
alternative forms		角

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lù (lu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): luk⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lo̍k

  (Teochew, Peng'im): log⁸

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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: lo̍k
    • Tâi-lô: lo̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lok
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔk̚⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: log⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lo̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lok̚⁴/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 甪

1. Used in place names.

   甪直  ―  Lùzhí  ―  Luzhi, Jiangsu

   甪堰  ―  Lùyàn  ―  Luyan, Zhejiang

2. a surname

Etymology 2

trad.		甪
simp. #		甪
alternative forms		黜

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Is it related to Cantonese 甩 (lat1) and Hakka 㪐 (lut)?”)

Pronunciation

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lut

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lug⁴

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lut
    • Tâi-lô: lut
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lud
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lut̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lut̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lut̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lut̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lut̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lug⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: luk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /luk̚²/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 甪 (Southern Min)

1. to come loose; to come off
2. to rub off
3. to rub back and forth
4. to demote
5. (of prices, etc.) to drop; to decrease
6. to defraud; to swindle

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 甪 – see 角 (“horn; antler; point; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 角).

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Japanese

Kanji

甪

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Readings

• On (unclassified): ろく (roku)
• Kun: つの (tsuno)