菉

Translingual

Han character

菉 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿弓一水 (TNME) or 廿女弓水 (TVNE), four-corner 4423₂, composition ⿱艹录)

1. the green bamboo
2. greenish bamboo

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1037, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31152
• Dae Jaweon: page 1495, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3241, character 9
• Unihan data for U+83C9

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Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 菉 – see 綠 (“green; to become green; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 綠).

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 菉 – see 彔 (“to carve wood; filter”). (This character is a variant form of 彔).

Etymology 3

trad.		菉
simp. #		菉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lù (lu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): luk⁶

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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/

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• Middle Chinese: ljowk

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

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]ok/

  (Zhengzhang): /*roɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	菉
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lù
Middle Chinese	‹ ljowk ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]ok/
English	(name of a plant)
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	菉
Reading #	1/1
No.	8560
Phonetic component	录
Rime group	屋
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	録
Old Chinese	/*roɡ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 菉

1. small carpetgrass; Arthraxon hispidus
2. used in names

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Japanese

Kanji

菉

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ろく (roku)
• Kan-on: りょく (ryoku)
• Kun: かりやす (kariyasu)

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Korean

Hanja

菉 • (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) 菉 (lục)

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