蘿

See also: 萝

Translingual

Han character

蘿 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+19, 22 strokes, cangjie input 廿田中土 (TWLG), four-corner 4491₄, composition ⿱艹羅)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1071, character 37
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32590
• Dae Jaweon: page 1538, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3336, character 11
• Unihan data for U+863F

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Chinese

trad.		蘿
simp.		萝

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (羅) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
羅	*raːl
蘿	*raːl
籮	*raːl
儸	*raːl
饠	*raːl
欏	*raːl, *raːlʔ
囉	*raːl
鑼	*raːl
邏	*raːl, *raːls

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *raːl) : semantic 艸 + phonetic 羅 (OC *raːl).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): luó (luo²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lo⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lô / lô͘ / lâ / nâ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: luó
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: luó
    • Wade–Giles: lo²
    • Yale: lwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luo
    • Palladius: ло (lo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lo⁴
    • Yale: lòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lo⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lô
    • Tâi-lô: lô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: looi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lo¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /lo²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lô͘
    • Tâi-lô: lôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâ
    • Tâi-lô: lâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: laa
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen): /la²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /la²³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nâ
    • Tâi-lô: nâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: naa
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /nã²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /nã²⁴/

Note:

• lô/lô͘ - literary;
• lâ - vernacular.

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• Middle Chinese: la

Rime
Character	蘿
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	魯何切
Baxter	la
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/lɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/lɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/la/
Li Rong	/lɑ/
Wang Li	/lɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/lɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	luó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lo4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*raːl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蘿
Reading #	1/1
No.	8677
Phonetic component	羅
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	羅
Old Chinese	/*raːl/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 蘿

1. (botany) creeping or trailing plants

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Japanese

Kanji

蘿

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ら (ra)
• Kan-on: ら (ra)
• Kun: つた (tsuta)

Compounds

• 蘿藦(ががいも) (gagaimo), 蘿藦(らま) (rama):
• 松蘿(しょうら) (shōra)
• 女蘿(じょら) (jora)
• 蘿蔔(すずしろ) (suzushiro), 蘿蔔(らふく) (rafuku): daikon
• 海蘿(ふのり) (funori)
• 松(まつ)の蘿(こけ) (matsu no koke)
• 緑蘿(りょくら) (ryokura): lush green ivy or vines

Kanji in this term
蘿
かげ Hyōgaiji
irregular

Noun

蘿(かげ) • (kage) 

1. wolf's-foot clubmoss (Lycopodium clavatum)

Synonyms

• (wolf's-foot clubmoss): 日陰(ひかげ)の蔓(かずら) (hikage no kazura), 日陰草(ひかげぐさ) (hikagegusa), 山蔓(やまかずら) (yamakazura), 山蔓陰(やまかずらかげ) (yamakazurakage), 玉蔭(たまかげ) (tamakage)

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Korean

Hanja

蘿 • (ra>na) (hangeul 라>나, revised ra>na, McCune–Reischauer ra>na, Yale la>na)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 蘿 (la, lá)

1. leaf

Compounds

• 𩇢蘿𣘃 (xanh lá cây)

Usage notes

• Chữ Nôm. The modern Vietnamese word for leaf is lá.
• This character only means leaf in Vietnamese chữ Nôm. In Chinese, this character has a different meaning. 葉 means silver in Chinese and Japanese.
• This is the regular form of this character. The common form is 𦲿.

References

• www.chunom.org