碌

碌 U+788C, 碌 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-788C ← 碋 [U+788B] CJK Unified Ideographs 碍 → [U+788D]

碌 U+F93B, 碌 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F93B ← 鷺 [U+F93A] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 祿 → [U+F93C]

碌 U+2F94F, 碌 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F94F ← 硎 [U+2F94E] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 磌 → [U+2F950]

Translingual

Han character

碌 (radical 112, 石+8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 一口弓一水 (MRNME) or 一口女弓水 (MRVNE), four-corner 1763₂, composition ⿰石录 or ⿰石彔)

References

• KangXi: page 832, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24282
• Dae Jaweon: page 1248, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2440, character 13
• Unihan data for U+788C

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Chinese

trad.		碌
simp. #		碌

Glyph origin

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *roːɡ, *roɡ): semantic 石 (“stone”) + phonetic 彔 (OC *b·roːɡ).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lù (lu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): luk¹, luk⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lu̍k
• Min Nan (POJ): lo̍k / lio̍k / lia̍k / le̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: lù
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˋ
    • Wade–Giles: lu4
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luh
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lù
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: luk¹, luk⁶
    • Yale: lūk, luhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: luk⁷, luk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lug¹, lug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊk̚⁵/, /lʊk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lu̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: lug
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lug⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /luk̚⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍k
    • Tâi-lô: lo̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lok
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /lɔk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: lio̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liok
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɔk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɔk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: lia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liak̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: le̍k
    • Tâi-lô: li̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lek
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /liɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪk̚¹²¹/

Note:

• lo̍k/lio̍k - literary;
• lia̍k/le̍k - vernacular.

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• Middle Chinese: /luk̚/, /lɨok̚/

Rime
Character	碌	碌
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
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	lǜ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	luk6	luk6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*roːɡ/, /*roɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	碌	碌
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	8546	8561
Phonetic component	录	录
Rime group	屋	屋
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	禄	録
Old Chinese	/*roːɡ/	/*roɡ/
Notes	見史記

Definitions

碌

1. busy

   忙碌  ―  mánglù  ―  busy

2. common

   庸碌  ―  yōnglù  ―  mediocre and unambitious

3. rough; uneven
4. (ideophonic) having numerous stones

Compounds

• 一骨碌 (yīgūlu)
• 劈留撲碌／劈留扑碌
• 力力碌碌
• 勞碌／劳碌 (láolù)
• 勞碌命／劳碌命
• 咭力骨碌
• 噗碌碌
• 奔波勞碌／奔波劳碌
• 奔碌
• 庸庸碌碌
• 庸碌 (yōnglù)
• 庸碌無能／庸碌无能
• 忙忙碌碌
• 忙碌 (mánglù)

• 急留骨碌
• 撲碌碌／扑碌碌
• 普碌碌
• 栗碌
• 歷碌／历碌
• 波波碌碌
• 滑碌碌
• 的溜撲碌／的溜扑碌
• 的溜骨碌
• 碌硞馬／碌硞马 (lo̍k-kho̍k-bé) (Min Nan)
• 碌碌 (lùlù)
• 碌碌庸才
• 碌碌庸流

• 碌碌波波
• 碌碌無奇／碌碌无奇
• 碌碌無為／碌碌无为 (lùlùwúwéi)
• 碌碌無聞／碌碌无闻
• 碌碌無能／碌碌无能
• 碌粥
• 趕碌／赶碌
• 頓碌／顿碌
• 風塵碌碌／风尘碌碌 (fēngchénlùlù)
• 餘子碌碌／余子碌碌
• 骨碌 (gūlu)
• 骨碌碌
• 骨裡骨碌／骨里骨碌

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 碌 – see 磟. (This character, 碌, is the simplified and variant traditional form of 磟.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

References

• “碌”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• “Query for 碌”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan], Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

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Japanese

Kanji

碌

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. satisfactory

Readings

• Go-on: ろく (roku)
• Kan-on: りょく (ryoku); ろく (roku)
• Kun: ろくな (rokuna, 碌な)

Adjectival noun

碌(ろく) • (roku) -na (adnominal 碌(ろく)な (roku na), adverbial 碌(ろく)に (roku ni))

1. Alternative form of 陸

Inflection

Inflection of 碌

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	碌だろ	ろくだろ	roku daro
Continuative (連用形)	碌で	ろくで	roku de
Terminal (終止形)	碌だ	ろくだ	roku da
Attributive (連体形)	碌な	ろくな	roku na
Hypothetical (仮定形)	碌なら	ろくなら	roku nara
Imperative (命令形)	碌であれ	ろくであれ	roku de are
Key constructions
Informal negative	碌ではない 碌じゃない	ろくではない ろくじゃない	roku de wa nai roku ja nai
Informal past	碌だった	ろくだった	roku datta
Informal negative past	碌ではなかった 碌じゃなかった	ろくではなかった ろくじゃなかった	roku de wa nakatta roku ja nakatta
Formal	碌です	ろくです	roku desu
Formal negative	碌ではありません 碌じゃありません	ろくではありません ろくじゃありません	roku de wa arimasen roku ja arimasen
Formal past	碌でした	ろくでした	roku deshita
Formal negative past	碌ではありませんでした 碌じゃありませんでした	ろくではありませんでした ろくじゃありませんでした	roku de wa arimasen deshita roku ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive	碌で	ろくで	roku de
Conditional	碌なら（ば）	ろくなら（ば）	roku nara (ba)
Provisional	碌だったら	ろくだったら	roku dattara
Volitional	碌だろう	ろくだろう	roku darō
Adverbial	碌に	ろくに	roku ni
Degree	碌さ	ろくさ	rokusa

Noun

碌(ろく) • (roku) 

1. Alternative form of 陸

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Korean

Hanja

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

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

碌: Hán Nôm readings: lộc