路

§Translingual

Stroke order

§Han character

路 (radical 157 足+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 口一竹水口 (RMHER), four-corner 6716₄, composition ⿰⻊各)

§Derived characters

• 露
• 鷺

§References

• KangXi: page 1225, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37524
• Dae Jaweon: page 1697, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3704, character 6
• Unihan data for U+8DEF

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§Chinese

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simp. and trad.		路

§Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 足 + phonetic 各

§Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lù, luò (lu⁴, luo⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˋ, ㄌㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁶
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): lu
• Min Dong (BUC): diô/lô
• Min Nan (POJ): lō͘
• Wu (WT Romanisation): lu (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: lù
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˋ
    • Wade-Giles: lu⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luh
    • IPA ^(key): /lu⁵¹/

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  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: luò
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˋ
    • Wade-Giles: luo⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luoh
    • IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁶
    • Yale: louh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /lou̯²²/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lu
    • IPA (Siyen, including Miaoli): /lu⁵⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: diô/lô
    • IPA ^(key): /tuɔ²⁴²/, /lou²⁴²/
  • Note: diô - colloquial; lô - literary.
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lō͘
    • Tâi-lô: lō͘
    • IPA (Taipei): /lɔ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔ²²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • WT Romanisation: lu (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /lɯ²³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (路, reconstructed)
Character (路), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 來 (37) Final: 模 Division: I			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 洛故切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/luoH/	/luoH/	/loH/	/luoH/	/lɔH/	/luH/	/loH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (路, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
路					3856					各					暮					0					路					/*ɡ·raːɡs/

§Definitions

路

1. road, path, street
2. journey

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§Japanese

§Kanji

路

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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§Readings

• On: ろ (ro)
• Kun: じ (ji), みち (michi)

§Suffix

路 (hiragana じ, romaji -ji)

1. route

§Alternative forms

• 道

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§Korean

§Hanja

路 (ro, no) (hangeul 로, 노, revised ro, no, McCune-Reischauer ro, no, Yale lo, no)

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§Vietnamese

§Han character

路 (lộ, lọ, lồ, lựa, trọ, trò, lần)

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