祿

See also: 禄 and 🉡

祿 U+797F, 祿 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-797F ← 祾 [U+797E] CJK Unified Ideographs 禀 → [U+7980]

祿 U+F93C, 祿 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F93C ← 碌 [U+F93B] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 綠 → [U+F93D]

Translingual

Han character

祿 (Kangxi radical 113, 示+8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 戈火女弓水 (IFVNE), four-corner 3723₂, composition ⿰礻彔(GHTV) or ⿰示彔(JK))

Derived characters

• 𦽎, 𦌟, 簶, 䴪 (Only for Taiwan character forms as mainland China characters contain 录 instead of 彔)
• 𭋙, 𤀓, 𤐠, 𤳨 (Mostly Vietnamese characters)

Related characters

• 禄 (Standardized form in China)

References

• KangXi: page 844, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24741
• Dae Jaweon: page 1264, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 4, page 2402, character 8
• Unihan data for U+797F

• Unihan data for U+F93C

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Chinese

trad.		祿
simp.		禄

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): semantic 示 (“spirit”) + phonetic 彔 (OC *b·roːɡ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lù (lu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): luk⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): lo̍k

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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)⁺
    • Jyutping: luk⁶
    • Yale: luhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: luk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊk̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (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/

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• Middle Chinese: /luk̚/

Rime
Character	祿
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	東 (3)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	盧谷切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/luk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/luk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/luk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ləwk̚/
Li Rong	/luk̚/
Wang Li	/luk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/luk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	luk6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]ˤok/

  (Zhengzhang): /*roːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	祿
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lù
Middle Chinese	‹ luwk ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]ˁok/
English	blessing
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	祿
Reading #	1/1
No.	8541
Phonetic component	录
Rime group	屋
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	禄
Old Chinese	/*roːɡ/

Definitions

祿

1. blessing; happiness; prosperity
2. emoluments; official salary

Compounds

Derived terms from 祿

• 不祿／不禄
• 佞祿／佞禄
• 俸祿／俸禄 (fènglù)
• 光祿大夫／光禄大夫
• 光祿寺／光禄寺
• 全祿／全禄
• 利祿／利禄 (lìlù)
• 利祿薰心／利禄薰心
• 功名利祿／功名利禄 (gōngmínglìlù)
• 加冠進祿／加冠进禄
• 加官進祿／加官进禄
• 升斗之祿／升斗之禄
• 厚祿／厚禄 (hòulù)
• 厚祿高官／厚禄高官
• 回祿／回禄 (Huílù)
• 回祿之災／回禄之灾
• 壽祿／寿禄
• 天祿／天禄 (tiānlù)
• 天祿琳琅／天禄琳琅
• 天祿閣／天禄阁
• 奉祿／奉禄
• 妃祿仙女／妃禄仙女
• 官卑祿薄／官卑禄薄
• 官祿／官禄 (guānlù)
• 官高祿厚／官高禄厚
• 寵祿／宠禄
• 寸祿／寸禄

• 尊官厚祿／尊官厚禄
• 尸祿／尸禄
• 尸祿素餐／尸禄素餐 (shīlùsùcān)
• 干祿／干禄
• 抽簡祿馬／抽简禄马
• 括囊守祿／括囊守禄
• 持祿／持禄
• 持祿保位／持禄保位
• 持祿取容／持禄取容
• 持祿固寵／持禄固宠
• 持祿養交／持禄养交
• 持祿養身／持禄养身
• 斗升之祿／斗升之禄
• 斗斛之祿／斗斛之禄
• 榮祿／荣禄
• 無任之祿／无任之禄
• 無功不受祿／无功不受禄 (wúgōngbùshòulù)
• 無功受祿／无功受禄 (wúgōngshòulù)
• 無功而祿／无功而禄 (wúgōng'érlù)
• 無祿／无禄
• 爵祿／爵禄 (juélù)
• 王得祿墓／王得禄墓
• 祉祿／祉禄
• 祿位／禄位 (lùwèi)
• 祿命／禄命 (lùmìng)
• 祿山之爪／禄山之爪
• 祿相／禄相

• 祿祚／禄祚
• 祿籍／禄籍
• 祿米／禄米
• 祿糧／禄粮
• 祿蠹／禄蠹 (lùdù)
• 祿食／禄食
• 祿養／禄养
• 祿餌／禄饵
• 祿馬／禄马 (lùmǎ)
• 福祿／福禄 (fúlù)
• 福祿壽／福禄寿 (Fú-Lù-Shòu)
• 福祿雙全／福禄双全
• 秩祿／秩禄
• 苟祿／苟禄
• 薄祿相／薄禄相
• 貪位慕祿／贪位慕禄
• 長生祿位／长生禄位
• 餌名釣祿／饵名钓禄
• 高位厚祿／高位厚禄 (gāowèihòulù)
• 高位重祿／高位重禄
• 高官厚祿／高官厚禄 (gāoguānhòulù)
• 高官大祿／高官大禄
• 高官重祿／高官重禄
• 高爵厚祿／高爵厚禄
• 高爵豐祿／高爵丰禄
• 高爵重祿／高爵重禄

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Japanese

Kanji

祿

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 禄)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ろく (roku)
• Kun: さいわい (saiwai, 祿い); ふち (fuchi, 祿)

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Korean

Hanja

祿 (eumhun 복 록 (bok rok), South Korea 복 녹 (bok nok))

1. Hanja form^? of 복/록 (“green, official salary”).
2. Hanja form^? of 복/록 (“blessing, happiness, fortune”).
3. Hanja form^? of 복/록 (“sacrificial meat”).
4. Hanja form^? of 복/록 (“pay salary”).
5. Hanja form^? of 복/록 (“bless”).

References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 祿

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Vietnamese

Han character

祿: Hán Nôm readings: lộc, lốc, trốc

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