驢

See also: 驴

驢	U+9A62, 驢 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9A62

← 驡
[U+9A61]

CJK Unified Ideographs

驣 →
[U+9A63]

Translingual[edit]

Traditional	驢
Shinjitai (extended)	馿
Simplified	驴

Han character[edit]

驢 (Kangxi radical 187, 馬+16, 26 strokes, cangjie input 尸火卜心廿 (SFYPT), four-corner 7131₇, composition ⿰馬盧)

Derived characters[edit]

𩧥

References[edit]

KangXi: page 1446, character 40
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45069
Dae Jaweon: page 1972, character 13
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4583, character 7
Unihan data for U+9A62

Chinese[edit]

trad.		驢
simp.		驴
alternative forms		馿𩢉 ^‡ 䮫／𩨇 ^‡ 𩧥 ^{^‡s}

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 驢
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
唬	qʰraːs, kʷraːɡ
戲	qʰral, qʰrals, *qʰaː
巇	*qʰra
隵	*qʰra
嚱	*qʰras
盧	*b·raː
鑪	*raː
壚	*raː
籚	*raː
蘆	raː, ra
顱	*b·raː
髗	*b·raː
鱸	*raː
攎	*raː
櫨	*raː
轤	*raː
黸	*raː
獹	*raː
鸕	*raː
艫	*raː
纑	*raː
瀘	*raː
瓐	*raː
爐	*raː
嚧	*raː
矑	*b·raː
罏	*raː
蠦	*raː
虜	*raːʔ
擄	*raːʔ
艣	*raːʔ
鐪	*raːʔ
虖	qʰaː, qʰʷa, qʰaː, qʰʷa
虍	*qʰaː
雐	*qʰʷlaː
虎	*qʰlaːʔ
琥	*qʰlaːʔ
萀	*qʰlaːʔ
臚	*b·ra
廬	*ra
驢	*b·ra
藘	*ra
爈	ra, ras
櫖	ra, ras
儢	*raʔ
慮	*ras
勴	*ras
鑢	*ras
濾	*ras
攄	*r̥ʰa
處	kʰljaʔ, kʰljas
豦	kas, ɡa
據	*kas
鐻	kas, ɡa, *ɡaʔ
澽	kas, ɡas
虛	kʰa, qʰa
墟	*kʰa
懅	*ɡa
蘧	ɡa, ɡʷa
籧	*ɡa
醵	ɡa, ɡas, *ɡaɡ
璩	*ɡa
虡	*ɡaʔ
遽	*ɡas
勮	*ɡas
噓	qʰa, qʰas
驉	*qʰa
歔	*qʰa
魖	*qʰa
膚	*pla
虧	*kʰʷral
噱	*ɡaɡ
臄	*ɡaɡ
劇	*ɡaɡ
諕	*qʰʷraːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *b·ra): semantic 馬 (“horse”) + phonetic 盧 (OC *b·raː).

Pronunciation[edit]

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): lǘ (lü²)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄩˊ

(Chengdu, SP): nu²

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): лү (lü, I)
Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁴, lou⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lì
Min Dong (BUC): lè̤
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): lîr / lû / lî

(Teochew, Peng'im): le⁵
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Shanghainese): ⁶liu; ⁶lu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǘ
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄩˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lyú
  - Wade–Giles: lü²
  - Yale: lyú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liu
  - Palladius: люй (ljuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ly³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: nu²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: lu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nu²¹/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: лү (lü, I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ly²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: leoi⁴, lou⁴
  - Yale: lèuih, lòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁴, lou⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁴, lou⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯²¹/, /lou̯²¹/

Note: lou4 - Hong Kong.

Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lì
  - Hakka Romanization System: liˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: li²
  - Sinological IPA: /li¹¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: lè̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃œ⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Kinmen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîr
  - Tâi-lô: lîr
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Kinmen): /lɯ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen, Magong)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lû
  - Tâi-lô: lû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: luu
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /lu²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lî
  - Tâi-lô: lî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lii
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /li¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /li²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: le⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lṳ̂
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɯ⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wugniu: ⁶liu; ⁶lu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation: ³ly; ³lu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ly²³/, /lu²³/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 驢
Mandarin	Beijing	/ly³⁵/
	Harbin	/ly²⁴/
	Tianjin	/luei⁴⁵/ /ly⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/ly⁴²/
	Qingdao	/ly⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/ly⁴²/
	Xi'an	/ly²⁴/
	Xining	/l̩ʷ²⁴/
	Yinchuan	/ly⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/ly⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/ly⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/ny²¹³/
	Chengdu	/nu³¹/ /ny³¹/
	Guiyang	/ni²¹/
	Kunming	/lu³¹/
	Nanjing	/ly²⁴/
	Hefei	/zz̩ʷ⁵⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/ly¹¹/
	Pingyao	/luei¹³/
	Hohhot	/ly³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/lu²³/
	Suzhou	/li¹³/
	Hangzhou	/lu²¹³/
	Wenzhou	/løy³¹/
Hui	Shexian	/ly⁴⁴/
Hui	Tunxi	/li⁴⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/li¹³/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/ni¹²/
Gan	Nanchang	/li⁴⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/lu¹¹/
Hakka	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/løy²¹/
	Nanning	/ly²¹/
	Hong Kong	/løy²¹/ /lou²¹/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/lu³⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/lœ⁵³/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/ly³³/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/lɯ⁵⁵/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/lu³¹/

Middle Chinese: ljo

Rime
Character	驢
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	力居切
Baxter	ljo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨʌ/
Pan Wuyun	/liɔ/
Shao Rongfen	/liɔ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɨə̆/
Li Rong	/liɔ/
Wang Li	/lĭo/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯wo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lǘ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	leoi⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*b·ra/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	驢
Reading #	1/1
No.	5236
Phonetic component	虍
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	臚
Old Chinese	/*b·ra/

Definitions[edit]

驢

donkey; ass

Synonyms[edit]

Dialectal synonyms of 驢子 (“donkey; ass (a domestic animal)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		驢子
Mandarin	Harbin	驢, 毛驢兒, 毛驢子
	Yantai (Muping)	驢
	Jinan	驢
	Luoyang	驢, 毛驢兒, 小毛驢兒
	Wanrong	驢
	Xi'an	驢
	Yinchuan	驢
	Xining	毛驢兒, 尕驢兒
	Ürümqi	毛驢子
	Wuhan	驢子
	Chengdu	驢子
	Xuzhou	驢
	Yangzhou	驢子
	Nanjing	驢子, 毛驢
Cantonese	Guangzhou	驢
Cantonese	Hong Kong	驢
Gan	Nanchang	驢狗子
	Lichuan	驢仔
	Pingxiang	驢狗子
Hakka	Meixian	驢仔
Hakka	Yudu	驢子
Huizhou	Jixi	毛驢
Jin	Taiyuan	驢兒, 毛驢
Jin	Xinzhou	驢
Min Bei	Jian'ou	驢
Min Dong	Fuzhou	驢
Min Nan	Taipei	驢仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	驢仔
	Kaohsiung	驢仔
	Yilan	驢仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	驢仔
	Taichung	驢仔
	Tainan	驢仔
	Hsinchu	驢仔
	Kinmen	驢
	Penghu (Magong)	驢
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	驢
Wu	Shanghai	驢子
	Shanghai (Chongming)	驢
	Suzhou	驢子
	Danyang	驢子
	Hangzhou	驢狗兒
	Wenzhou	驢兒
	Jinhua	驢狗兒

Compounds[edit]

References[edit]

“驢”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A04654

Japanese[edit]

Shinjitai (extended)	馿
Kyūjitai	驢

Kanji[edit]

驢

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings[edit]

Go-on: りょ (ryo)
Kan-on: ろ (ro)
Kun: うさぎうま (usagiuma, 驢)

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

驢 (eum 려 (ryeo), South Korea 여 (yeo))

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Middle Vietnamese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Noun[edit]

驢 (lừa)

donkey, ass

Descendants[edit]

Vietnamese: lừa (驢)

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

驢: Hán Nôm readings: lư, lừa

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驢

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驢

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References[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Definitions[edit]

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References[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

Readings[edit]

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Hanja[edit]

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Noun[edit]

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