黸

Translingual

Han character

黸 (Kangxi radical 203, 黑+16, 28 strokes, cangjie input 田火卜心廿 (WFYPT), composition ⿰黑盧)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1522, character 39
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48240
• Dae Jaweon: page 2058, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4758, character 6
• Unihan data for U+9EF8

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		黸

Etymology

Shuowen states it was the ancient dialectal word for "black" in what was the state of Qi (齊).

Glyph origin

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／形声, OC *raː) : semantic 黑 (“black”) + phonetic 盧 (OC *b·raː) – black.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lú (lu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lú
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lú
    • Wade–Giles: lu²
    • Yale: lú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lu
    • Palladius: лу (lu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lou⁴
    • Yale: lòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: lu

Rime
Character	黸
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	落胡切
Baxter	lu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/luo/
Pan Wuyun	/luo/
Shao Rongfen	/lo/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɔ/
Li Rong	/lo/
Wang Li	/lu/
Bernard Karlgren	/luo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lou4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*raː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	黸
Reading #	1/1
No.	5210
Phonetic component	虍
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	盧
Old Chinese	/*raː/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 黸

1. black

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Japanese

Kanji

黸

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ろ (ro), る (ru)
• Kun: くろい (kuroi)