𣎆

𣎆 U+23386, 𣎆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-23386 ← 𣎅 [U+23385] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B 𣎇 → [U+23387]

Translingual

Han character

𣎆 (Kangxi radical 74, 月+9, 13 strokes, composition ⿱吂⿰月凡)

1. animals with short hair

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 506, character 21
• Unihan data for U+23386

Chinese

simp. and trad.		𣎆
alternative forms		𦟀 𦝠

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 𣎆
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

Pictogram (象形) – a kind of dragon, either a Panlong/acquatic dragon (蟠龍) or a Chi/dragon without horns (螭); both of these kinds of dragon were a decorative motive in ancient Chinese art. Compare 龍.

Written as 𦟀 in the small seal script.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): luò (luo⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lo⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: luò
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: luò
    • Wade–Giles: lo⁴
    • Yale: lwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luoh
    • Palladius: ло (lo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lo⁵
    • Yale: lóh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lo⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: lo⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔː¹³/

Definitions

𣎆

1. Luò, a kind of dragon (either a Panlong or a Chi)

References

• “𣎆”, 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–