祿

See also: 禄

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 Dictionary: 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

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lù (lu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): luk⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, 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–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/

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• Middle Chinese: luwk

Rime
Character	祿
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	屋 (3)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	盧谷切
Baxter	luwk
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

(deprecated template usage) 祿

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

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 祿 (lộc, lốc, trốc)

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