魯

See also: 鲁

Translingual

Han character

魯 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+4, 15 strokes, cangjie input 弓田火日 (NWFA), four-corner 2760₃, composition ⿱魚日)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1466, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46013
• Dae Jaweon: page 2000, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4677, character 7
• Unihan data for U+9B6F

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Chinese

trad.		魯
simp.		鲁*

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
魯	*raːʔ
櫓	*raːʔ
穭	*raʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǔ (lu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ló͘ / luh

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǔ
    • Wade–Giles: lu³
    • Yale: lǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luu
    • Palladius: лу (lu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lou⁵
    • Yale: lóuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ló͘
    • Tâi-lô: lóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lor
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /lɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: luh
    • Tâi-lô: luh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: luq
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /luʔ³²/

Note: luh - only in 阿沙不魯.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lu²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lú
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: luX

Rime
Character	魯
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	郎古切
Baxter	luX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/luoX/
Pan Wuyun	/luoX/
Shao Rongfen	/loX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɔX/
Li Rong	/loX/
Wang Li	/luX/
Bernard Karlgren	/luoX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lou5

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]ˤaʔ/, /*r.ŋˤaʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*raːʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	魯	魯
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lǔ	lǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ luX ›	‹ luX ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]ˁaʔ/	/*r.ŋˁaʔ/ (dialect > *rŋˁ- > *rˁ- > MC l-)
English	dull, blunt, simple	(place name)
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	魯
Reading #	1/1
No.	8525
Phonetic component	魯
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	魯
Old Chinese	/*raːʔ/
Notes	說文從白鮺省聲， 甲文實會意象魚在口上表甘美

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 魯

1. foolish, stupid, rash
2. vulgar
3. Short for 山東／山东 (Shāndōng, “Shandong”).
4. (～國) (historical) Lu (vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty of ancient China)

Compounds

References

• (Min Nan) “Entry #11601”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

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Japanese

Kanji

魯

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• Go-on: る (ru)
• Kan-on: ろ (ro)
• Kun: おろか (oroka, 魯か)

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Korean

Hanja

魯 • (ro>no) (hangeul 로>노, revised ro>no, McCune–Reischauer ro>no, Yale lo>no)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 魯 (lỗ, lõ, nhỗ, sỗ)

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